Priyamvada Gopal, Professor of Postcolonial Studies, was interviewed about her work by Ava Doherty for ‘The Oxford Student’, Oxford University’s Student Newspaper. Link to article: https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2026/05/01/in-conversation-with-priyamvada-gopal-professor-of-postcolonial-studies/
Continue ReadingKasia Boddy interviews Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate, 29 May 2026
Kasia Boddy interviews Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate (2012-2014) as part of a conference on ‘The United States of America at 250: Reflections on the past, present, and future of independence’, which will take place on 29 May 2026, 12.30pm to 7pm, at the Ray Dolby Centre, Cambridge. This event […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Jenny Richards gives a keynote lecture at ‘Marking Music: The Use of Music Books in Early Modern Europe’ 11 May 2026
Professor Jenny Richards will share the Keynote with Professor Henry Woudhuysen and they will speak about ‘Rhetoric, Reading, and Making Books’. This conference, which takes place at King’s College London, is part of the ongoing project DORMEME: dissemination, ownership, and reading of music in early modern Europe. Link to further information and to register: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/marking-music-the-use-of-music-books-in-early-modern-europe […]
Continue ReadingDr Beryl Pong gives a public lecture at King’s College London, 11 May 2026
The title of Dr Pong’s lecture is “Dronotope: Emerging Technologies and the Politics of Timeline Visualisations”. The event is part of the King’s College London Department of Digital Humanities Research Seminar and is run in co-operation with the Digital Investigations Lab. Dr Pong will talk on critical and creative practices of information design, and on […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Jenny Richards organises a Humanities and STEM Skills/Competencies Workshop, CRASSH, 6 May 2026
The workshop will bring together teachers and researchers from the Humanities and STEM, a range of professionals with an interest in skills and careers, STEM Learning and Skills Builder. Participants will collaborate to provide a more granular perspective on the skills developed by their different disciplines in order to offer a blueprint for future educational […]
Continue ReadingJames Critchley publishes an article in the TLS on an unpublished play by Peter Shaffer
Ahead of the centenary of Peter Shaffer’s birth on 15 May, James Critchley has published an article in the TLS on an unpublished play of his. Link to the article: https://www.the-tls.com/arts/theatre/unpublished-play-peter-shaffer-essay-james-critchley James, who is a PhD student at Trinity College and the Faculty of English, is due to appear on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme […]
Continue ReadingAn evening with poet Mina Gorji at the Keats-Shelley House in Rome, 9 April 2026
The evening began with a presentation of Art of Escape (Carcanet, 2020), with Dr Gorji in conversation with translator, Jane Wilkinson and members of the Monteverdelegge Poetry Translation Lab. This was followed by a poetry reading from Art of Escape, Scale (Carcanet, 2022), and recent poems, and a Q&A session. Link to further information about the […]
Continue ReadingListen to Prof. Hurley @TrinCollCam on marking anniversaries — broadcast this morning on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Thought for the Day’
Available on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nfns52 Or Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7L0S7qOH6YWRiwNYnBsRS5
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