Felicity Sheehy, a PhD student in English at King’s College, has been awarded the 2019 Jane Martin Poetry Prize, sponsored by Girton College. The prize was judged by Adam Crothers and Hilary Davies and was open to UK resident poets ages 18-30. It was established in 2010 in memory of Girton alumna Jane Elizabeth Martin. […]
Continue ReadingDr Laura Wright speaks at the Docklands History Group Annual Conference, Museum of London, 18 May 2019
Dr Laura Wright speaks about ‘Language and London Bridge’ at the Docklands History Group Annual Conference on Saturday 18 May 2019. The conference looks at ‘The Medieval Port of London’, and takes place at the Museum of London. A link to the conference website and programme.
Continue ReadingDr Jason Scott-Warren and Professor Caroline van Eck convene ‘Exuviae: Distributing the Self in Images and Objects’, CRASSH, University of Cambridge, 10-11 May 2019
‘Exuviae: Distributing the Self in Images and Objects’ celebrates the 21st birthday of Alfred Gell’s Art and Agency and takes place at CRASSH, University of Cambridge, from Friday 10 May-Saturday 11 May 2019. The convenors are Dr Jason Scott-Warren and Professor Caroline van Eck. Link to further information and registration.
Continue ReadingDr Michael D. Hurley runs postgraduate workshop on the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, University of St Andrews, 26 April 2019
Dr Michael D. Hurley will be running a postgraduate workshop on the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins with Dr Stephen Tardif (University of Toronto) at the University of St Andrews on Friday 26th April. https://events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/poetry-workshop-reading-gerard-manley-hopkins-sj/
Continue ReadingProfessor John Kerrigan speaks at ‘On Suffering’, a conference at New York University, April 2019
John Kerrigan talks about the representation of migrant experience in contemporary poetry, drama, film and also NGO reports and journalism at a conference On Suffering being held at New York University on 18 and 19 April.
Continue ReadingDr Sarah Haggarty publishes new book on William Blake, March 2019
William Blake in Context has just been published by Cambridge University Press. Its thirty eight essays, written by an international team of scholars, offer new interpretations and detailed analysis of a range of Blake’s work, from song to myth to critical prose and more, including his drawings, engravings, illustrations, paintings, manuscripts, and of course, illuminated […]
Continue ReadingDr Laura Wright is a speaker at ‘Multilingual practices from antiquity to the present day’, a round-table at the University of Oslo, 29-30 April 2019
Dr Laura Wright is a speaker at ‘Multilingual practices from antiquity to the present day’, a round-table at the University of Oslo, 29-30 April 2019 https://www.hf.uio.no/multiling/english/news-and-events/events/conferences/2019/multilingualism-from-antiquity-to-the-present-day/index.html
Continue ReadingFunding won from CRASSH to run a conference on ‘Philosophy, Poetry, and Utopian Politics – The Relevance of Richard Rorty’
Title of conference: Philosophy, Poetry, and Utopian Politics – The Relevance of Richard Rorty Lead convenor: Elin Danielsen Huckerby, PhD student, English, Magdalene Co-convenors: Céline Henne and Erlend Owesen, PhD students at HPS, and Nick Devlin, PhD student at POLIS Sponsor: Dr Ross Wilson, English, Trinity Dates: 12-13 of September 2019 In March, CRASSH agreed […]
Continue ReadingDr Ross Wilson writes an article for the Lent 2019 Cambridge alumni magazine, CAM, about the sometimes embarrasing bases for the formation of taste
Dr Ross Wilson writes an article for the Lent 2019 Cambridge alumni magazine, CAM, about the sometimes embarrasing bases for the formation of taste: https://www.cam.ac.uk/heavymetalandcriticaltheory
Continue ReadingDr Laura Wright continues to present ‘Word of Mouth’ on BBC Radio 4, February 2019
Dr Laura Wright continues to co-host BBC Radio 4’s Word of Mouth, a series which explores the world of words and the ways in which we use them. Monday 11 February – Talk of the Town: How Places Got Their Names From Ashby-de-la-Zouch to Zennor, via Great Snoring, Lost and Nempnett Thrubwell, Michael Rosen and […]
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