Benjamin Wilson has recently published two articles on the work of Samuel Beckett. The first, published in the latest edition of Samuel Beckett Today / Aujourd’hui, is entitled ‘ “Into What Nightmare Thingness Am I Fallen?”: Visual Agnosia in Beckett’s Four Novellas’. It explores how the narrators of Beckett’s four post-war nouvelles experience the perceptual […]
Continue ReadingDr Leonardo Impett and Dr Ryan Heuser Chair Panels at ‘Noisy Systems: Aesthetics, Epistemology, and Computation’, June 2026
On 4-5 June 2026, the Machine Visual Culture group will host ‘Noisy Systems: Aesthetics, Epistemology, and Computation’, a two day conference, at the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History, in Rome. The conference examines noise across machine learning, information theory, media theory, aesthetics, art history, philosophy, and practice-based research. It brings together […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Anthony Bale speaks at the third Annual Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities in Europe, June 2026
Professor Anthony Bale will speak in a plenary roundtable at the third Annual Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities in Europe, on the theme of ‘Moving and Being Moved’. This colloquium takes place at Queen Mary, University of London, 11-12 June 2026.
Continue ReadingShanti Giovannetti-Singh organises an online graduate conference for The Renaissance Society of America, 4 June 2026
Shanti Giovannetti-Singh has organised an online graduate conference for The Renaissance Society of America, consisting of a series of short lightning talks in response to the theme of ‘fragments’. The conference will take place on Thursday 4 June. Link to further information about the conference and to register: https://www.rsa.org/news/727257/Fragments-Graduate-Student-Lightning-Talks.htm Shanti Giovannetti-Singh is a PhD candidate […]
Continue ReadingLeonardo Impett has been appointed Research Fellow of the British School at Rome from 26 May 2026
The fellowship will support Dr Impett‘s ongoing work on machine visual culture, digital art history, and the cultural study of artificial intelligence.
Continue ReadingLeonardo Impett and Fabian Offert’s book ‘Vector Media’, with a foreword by Johanna Drucker, was published by the University of Minnesota Press, 28 April 2026
Link to further information about ‘Vector Media’: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517921675/vector-media/
Continue ReadingProfessor Sarah Houghton-Walker publishes new biography of John Clare, June 2026
Professor Houghton-Walker draws from Clare’s autobiographical writings, journals, letters and poetry, to present a rich, grounded portrait of the man and the places that shaped him. This new biography is published by Reaktion Books as part of their Critical Lives series of short critical biographies that present the work of important cultural figures in the […]
Continue ReadingListen to Prof. Michael Hurley @TrinCollCam on ghosts and opening your mind — broadcast this morning on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Thought for the Day’
Available on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nm78ky Or Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0To61DQKcTRgzJvoFjW5yV?si=c2e4f7ad85ee48e3
Continue ReadingRuth Abbott and Ephraim Levinson warmly invite you to an exhibition, presentation, and celebration of their long-running research project (2020-2026) on the multidisciplinary manuscripts of Thomas Gray
Friday 22nd May 2026 4:30—7:30pm Nihon Room, Pembroke College, Cambridge (in person only) An exhibition of Thomas Gray collection materials curated by Genny Grim and Lizzy Ennion-Smith (Pembroke College Library and Archives) will be on display before and after the seminar. 5pm Nihon Room, Pembroke College, Cambridge (in person or Teams) https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9c1a07cc-c65b-4a7e-b1cb-178415d2ecb6@49a50445-bdfa-4b79-ade3-547b4f3986e9 Ruth Abbott (Cambridge) […]
Continue ReadingDrew Milne exhibits ‘How Peace Came 2’ as part of a pop-up exhibition at the Judge Business School, 18 May 2026
HPC2 (How Peace Came 2), which Drew Milne made with Andrew James, is being exhibited at ‘Give & Take’, a pop-up exhibition on Value & Exchange at the Judge Business School, on Monday 18 May, 9.30am-6pm. Here is the blurb for the artwork to be installed: HPC2 (How Peace Came 2) by Andrew James and […]
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