Nicolette Zeeman has been awarded the 2019-20 Anne Middleton Book Prize of the International Piers Plowman Society, for her Arts of Disruption. Allegory and Piers Plowman (Oxford University Press, 2020). See: https://piersplowman.org/2019-2020-anne-middleton-book-prize/
Continue ReadingFrançois·e Charmaille appears on The Multicultural Middle Ages podcast
The Multicultural Middle Ages podcast is launching a new series, Speculum Spotlight, in collaboration with Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. Each episode of the series showcases the work of a writer from the latest issue of the journal. The inaugural episode is an interview with François·e Charmaille (PhD candidate at Christ’s college) about their […]
Continue ReadingTheology and Literature study evening | Faculty of Divinity Tuesday 27th June
Theology and Literature study evening | Faculty of Divinity theology_literature_2023.png Holy Women & Heretics The Faculty of English and the Faculty of Divinity are holding a joint online study evening on Tuesday 27th June 2023. www.divinity.cam.ac.uk
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Cambridge Open Days | Undergraduate Study Cambridge Open Days, July and September 2023 Our next undergraduate Open Days will take place on Thursday 6 July and Friday 7 July. www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk
Continue ReadingDr Siddharth Soni wins the Ideas Prize for ‘paradigm-shifting’ book
Dr Siddharth Soni wins the £25,000 Ideas Prize for ‘paradigm-shifting’ book, to be published by Profile The Ideas Prize this year has been awarded to Dr Siddharth Soni for his book proposal Monstrous Archives. The Ideas Prize, one of UK’s largest and most prestigious prizes for a first book proposal, constitutes £25,000 and a contract […]
Continue ReadingClaudia Tobin speaks at Parham House
Garden Sanctuaries Ahead of her exhibition on garden sanctuaries to be held at the Garden Museum in 2024, Claudia Tobin has been invited to speak at the 2023 Garden Museum Literary Festival held at Parham House, West Sussex. The festival is Britain’s only travelling Literary Festival, with previous hosts including Chatsworth House (2022), Helmingham Hall (2021), […]
Continue ReadingClaudia Tobin awarded funding from Calliope Arts
‘Scoring Suffrage’ Claudia Tobin has been awarded funding from Calliope Arts to support the development of a research project and lecture-performance in collaboration with the award-winning violinist Ruth Palmer and Il Palmerino Cultural Association, Florence. Claudia and Ruth set out to uncover the musical sisterhood underscoring a network of European women artists, activists, and composers who took […]
Continue ReadingMichael Witmore, Director of the Folger, in conversation with Subha Mukherji, 8.30 pm GMT (new time), Wednesday 7 June:
Virtually Everything: an online event at the Folger Shakespeare Library Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger, in conversation with Subha Mukherji, 8.30 pm GMT (new time), Wednesday 7 June: Scholarship and the Humanities: Shakespeare as a Doorway to the Humanities https://crossroads-spacesofknowing.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
Continue ReadingDepartment of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, Open Day Wednesday 28th June 2023
Booking is open for Department of Anglo–Saxon, Norse & Celtic, Annual ASNC The Anglo–Saxon, Norse and Celtic Tripos is concerned with the history, languages,literature and material culture of the British Isles, Ireland and Scandinavia in the earlymedieval period. It is a wide–ranging course, which is likely to appeal to anyone with aninterest in medieval history, languages, […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Orietta da Rold is the Academic Director of the newly-launched University Library Research Institute
Cambridge University Library is excited to announce the launch of the University Library Research Institute (ULRI). Through innovation and partnerships, the Research Institute will collaborate with institutions locally, nationally and internationally to set the agenda for collections-led research, generating opportunities across and beyond disciplines.
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