Congratulations to Professor Clair Wills (Faculty of English and Murray Edwards College) who has been elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in recognition of her work on 20th-century British and Irish cultural history; contemporary writing; the literature and social history of migration. The full announcement can be read here: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/british-academy-welcomes-86-new-fellows-across-humanities-and-social-sciences/” —
Continue Reading‘WRONG: A Critical Biography of Dennis Cooper’ by Dr Diarmuid Hester (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in English) is now available from University of Iowa Press.
‘WRONG: A Critical Biography of Dennis Cooper’ by Dr Diarmuid Hester (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in English) is now available from University of Iowa Press. https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609386917/wrong Description: Working in a variety of forms and media since he first exploded onto the scene in the early 1970s, Dennis Cooper has been a punk poet, a queercore […]
Continue ReadingThe Faculty of English fully supports all our members in our commitment to freedom of speech
The Faculty of English fully supports all our members in our commitment to freedom of speech. Members should be able to make lawful expression of challenging views without fear of disrespect or discrimination. We abhor the racist language and threats that have been received by our colleague, Prof Priyamvada Gopal.
Continue ReadingDr Alex da Costa is one of the 2020 Pilkington Prize Winners thanked for their contribution to teaching excellence in a short film published by the Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning
The Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning have published a short film expressing thanks and congratulations to the 2020 Pilkington Prize Winners. Link to film. Although the Pilkington Prize celebrations can’t go ahead this summer, CCTL hope to welcome this year’s Prize Winners and next year’s to a double celebration in 2021. More information about […]
Continue ReadingTwo Members of the English Faculty, Bhanu Kapil and Rod Mengham, awarded 2020 Cholmondeley Awards for the body of work of a poet
Bhanu Kapil, the Judith E. Wilson Poetry Fellow, has been awarded a 2020 Cholmondeley Award by the UK Society of Authors. Rod Mengham has been awarded a 2020 Cholmondeley Award by the UK Society of Authors. These awards are given to poets for their general body of work and contribution to poetry. According to oxfordreference.com, […]
Continue ReadingDr Ewan Jones writes about teaching during the pandemic, as part of the ‘Critical Inquiry’ series ‘Posts from the Pandemic’, June 2020
Dr Ewan Jones publishes a piece on teaching during the pandemic, as part of Critical Inquiry‘s ongoing series of posts on the pandemic. Link to ‘How to Learn Together, Apart‘. Since early March, Critical Inquiry has been publishing a series of short pieces about the global outbreak of the coronavirus. ‘Posts from the Pandemic’ features […]
Continue ReadingDr Christopher Tilmouth contributes to Radio 4’s ‘The New Anatomy of Melancholy’
Christopher Tilmouth will be a contributor to the final episode of Radio 4’s series on Robert Burton’s ‘The Anatomy of Melancholy’ today at 1.45pm. Link to ‘The New Anatomy of Melancholy’.
Continue ReadingDr Lisa Mullen awarded the Oxford University PGCert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Portfolio Prize
The portfolio prize is awarded to the participant in each cohort scoring the highest grade in their teaching portfolio. The Faculty warmly congratulates Lisa.
Continue ReadingDr Michael D. Hurley takes over as co-editor of The Hopkins Quarterly – latest issue just published
Dr Michael D. Hurley and Dr Stephen Tardif (St Michael’s College, University of Toronto) have taken over as co-editors of The Hopkins Quarterly, an international journal of critical, scholarly, and appreciative responses to the lives and works of Gerard M. Hopkins, S.J., and his circle. Founded in 1974, the journal publishes academic articles and book […]
Continue ReadingDr Christopher Tilmouth contributes to Radio 4’s ‘The New Anatomy of Melancholy’
Christopher Tilmouth will be a contributor to Radio 4’s new 12-part series on Robert Burton’s ‘The Anatomy of Melancholy’ today at 1.45pm and again next week. Link to ‘The New Anatomy of Melancholy‘.
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