TL;DR: The University timetable app was showing wrong information for English Tripos and Postgrads, so it’s been cleared while I fix it. Our systems are fine, it’s just the app connection. Use the What’s On page for now; the timetable may flicker on/off during testing. -Jen —— We’re currently experiencing some problems with the timetable […]
Continue ReadingStudying English at Cambridge: in-person lectures and an information session for prospective students, Saturday 14 February
Studying English at Cambridge: in-person lectures designed to give prospective students an insight into our English Literature course as well as an information session. The Faculty of English is holding an in-person study morning on Saturday 14th February 2026. The event is aimed at A Level, IB or Scottish Higher English Literature students who may be considering studying English […]
Continue ReadingTimothy Glover’s manuscript discovery featured in the Telegraph
Timothy Glover published a journal article in Mediaeval Studies, demonstrating that a manuscript in Shrewsbury School contains the only surviving original version of Richard Rolle’s Emendatio vitae: i.e. the most popular work by the most disseminated late-medieval English writer. All other 120 surviving copies and all editions in print are now shown to be an abridgement […]
Continue ReadingTo celebrate Melvyn Bragg’s 27 years of ‘In Our Time’, five well-known fans chose their favourite episodes, and Dr Fiona Green features in one!
Comedian Frank Skinner chose the episode on the life and work of the poet Emily Dickinson. Link to listen to the episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b08p5lbp This ‘In Our Time’ episode was first broadcast in May 2017.
Continue ReadingIn December, Professor Bale gave invited lectures at the Cambridge Group for Irish Studies Seminar and the University of Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies
Professor Anthony Bale gave an invited lecture at the Cambridge Group for Irish Studies Seminar on 2 December 2025. On 4 December he gave an invited lecture, ‘Witchcraft in the Fourteenth Century: Texts, Contexts and Challenges’, at the University of Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies.
Continue ReadingJust a few tickets left for ‘Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages today and tomorrow’, 15-16 January
On Thursday 15th-Friday 16th January, the Medieval Ideas Creative Laboratory will be hosting a symposium on Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages today and tomorrow. Confirmed speakers include Anthony Bale, Elizabeth Boyle, Kristen Haas Curtis, Isabel Davis, Irina Dumitrescu, Amy Jeffs, Laura Varnam, Stacie Vos, James Wade. All are welcome but spaces are strictly […]
Continue ReadingTo celebrate Melvyn Bragg’s 27 years of ‘In Our Time’, five well-known fans chose their favourite episodes, and Professor Anthony Bale features in one!
Author & columnist Caitlin Moran chose the episode on English medieval mystic Margery Kempe. Link to listen to the episode: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b… This ‘In Our Time’ episode was first broadcast in June 2016.
Continue ReadingSubmissions are now open for The Propel Cambridge Poetry Prize 2026
PACE (Professional and Continuing Education) is the home of the Centre for Creative Writing at University of Cambridge. This year, we announced our updated part-time Master’s in Creative Writing course, where students will have the opportunity to study poetry across two years at Newnham College. To mark the occasion, we’re collaborating with Propel Magazine to launch […]
Continue ReadingThe Performance Art of Elaine Mitchener, December 3rd, 6.30pm, Judith E. Wilson Studio
Core to the performance work of Elaine Mitchener is her commitment to poetry and literature, which emerges as a complex sonic engagement with many 20th century writers, from N.H Pritchard and Edward Kamau Brathwaite, to Una Marson and Aime Cesaire. Mitchener has collaborated with musicians and artists such as Sonia Boyce, The Otolith Collective, Moor […]
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