Dr Sophie Seita is invited to present her work at the University of Southampton, as part of a new poetry and performance series called Entropics, curated by Dr Sarah Hayden: https://entropicsblog.wordpress.com/ Monday 27 February 2017
Continue ReadingDr Ewan Jones Organises Colloquium, ‘The Digital Archive Today’, 6 March 2017 – Registration Now Open
What possibilities and challenges does the digital age pose for the cultural archive? How do the portals through which we approach the text (tags, hyperlinks, indexes) change the nature of what we access? How can computational technologies not merely represent, but also remediate, large corpora or datasets. How might current and prospective projects distinguish themselves […]
Continue ReadingDr Mina Gorji Discusses John Clare On ‘In Our Time’, 9 February 2017
Dr Mina Gorji joins Melvyn Bragg on ‘In Our Time‘ to discuss the poet, John Clare. Listen to the repeat on BBC Radio 4 at 9.30pm, Thursday 9 February.
Continue ReadingDr Laura Wright Organises Workshop – The Emergence of Standard English in Multilingual Britain, c.1300-1800, April 2017
The Emergence of Standard English in Multilingual Britain, c.1300-1800 A Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies (MEITS) Workshop Thursday 20 April 2017 (08:30am – 6:30pm) and Friday 21 April 2017 (9:00am – 2:30pm) Venue: Room GR06/07 Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP Organiser: Dr Laura Wright, Reader in English Language at […]
Continue ReadingPoetry Reading: Edward Ragg (Saturday 11th February 2017, Faculty of English)
Edward Ragg (Selwyn ’99) reads from his new collection Holding Unfailing (Cinnamon Press, 2017): Date: 11th February 2017 Time: 6.45 p.m. Venue: Drama Studio, Faculty of English, 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP Drinks: Wine and soft drinks will be available RSVP: If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Edward Ragg on edward.ragg@cantab.net […]
Continue ReadingProfessor David Trotter Gives Churchill Lecture, University of Bristol, February 2017
Professor David Trotter gives the Churchill Lecture at the University of Bristol on 9 February 2017, 5pm-6.45pm, LT2 (11 Woodland Road). The title of the lecture is ‘Literary Lightning: Modernism and Media Theory’. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/events/2017/february/churchill-lecture.html This lecture will propose lightning as a figure for modernism’s understanding of the electromagnetic frequency domain disclosed by contemporary advances in […]
Continue ReadingRod Mengham and Ian Patterson Poetry Reading, Anna Mendelssohn Symposium, February 2017
4th February 2017 18.30-19.30 Rod Mengham and Ian Patterson will be reading their poetry at the Anna Mendelssohn Symposium University of Sussex
Continue ReadingDr Laura Wright Mentioned In ‘The Guardian’ Article
Dr Laura Wright is mentioned in a article in The Guardian (Society, Saturday 22 October): ‘If it had a lovely, posh name, it might have been different’: do street names matter? https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/oct/22/street-names-matter-property-values
Continue ReadingDr Ned Allen, How To Read An Earworm: From Twain to Tarantino, 26 January, 4.30pm, English Faculty SR24
The first meeting of the American Research Seminar & the Twentieth-century and Contemporary Research Seminar this term is a joint occasion featuring Dr Ned Allen (Cambridge) on HOW TO READ AN EARWORM: FROM TWAIN TO TARANTINO Thursday 26 January 4.30pm English Faculty Room SR24 ALL WELCOME
Continue ReadingNew Medieval Studies Website Launched, January 2017
A new medieval studies website has just been launched to promote cooperation and facilitate access to the events and seminars (in literature, history, art history, archaeology, music and more) across the faculties. The website can be found at: www.medievalstudies.group.cam.ac.uk Suggestions for events and news can be e-mailed to medievalstudies@english.cam.ac.uk. We are grateful to the History Faculty […]
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