Dr Orietta Da Rold is at the University of Alicante on 3 May to give a Keynote Lecture entitled ‘Middle English Texts in their Material Context’.
Continue ReadingDr Rob MacFarlane Praises Choice of Nan Shepherd as Face of Scottish £5 Note
The new Scottish £5 note featuring the author Nan Shepherd will enter circulation later this year. As well as an image of Shepherd, the £5 note includes a quote from her first novel, The Quarry Wood – “It’s a grand thing to get leave to live” – and one from The Living Mountain: “But the […]
Continue ReadingJ H Prynne Gives Judith E Wilson Poetry Lecture, 2016
Mr J H Prynne gives the Judith E Wilson Poetry Lecture, 2016, at 5pm on Thursday 5 May. The title of the lecture is ‘Reading Kazoo’. The venue is Little Hall, Sidgwick Site. All are welcome. Enquiries: Drew Milne – agm33@cam.ac.uk
Continue ReadingDr Edward Wilson-Lee Awarded Leverhulme Fellowship for 2016/17
Dr Edward Wilson-Lee has been awarded a Leverhulme Fellowship for 2016/2017 to work on his next project: The Life and Library of Columbus’ Bastard Son. Hernando Colón, son of Columbus the explorer, was the collector of the first great library of the print age, the core of which survives today as the Biblioteca Colombina within […]
Continue ReadingDr Ross Wilson on Byron at Trinity (and Other Things) on BBC Radio 4
In ‘Lords and Sizars’, Episode 5 of Scenes from Student Life, Dr Wilson talks to recent graduate Ellie Cawthorne about Byron’s time at Trinity College and the class divide between student privilege and poor sizars in Byron’s time and today.
Continue ReadingPoetry Reading on Saturday April 30, 2016
Poetry Reading on Saturday 30 April, 2016. 8pm to 9.30pm in the Faculty of English Judith E Wilson Drama Studio. Featuring: Geoff Gilbert & Alex Houen, Chris Nealon and Sophie Mayer
Continue ReadingCMT Exhibition Space: Something New: Shakespeare in Eastern Africa
“Something New: Shakespeare in Eastern Africa” is an exhibition with just a few tantalizing samples of the extraordinary Shakespearean stories, texts, and events that have formed part of East African history over the past century and a half. Shakespearean works accompanied Victorian expeditions into the interior as their only reading, were among the first printed […]
Continue ReadingDr Edward Wilson-Lee at the Stratford Literary Festival, 29 April 2016
Dr Edward Wilson-Lee is at the Stratford Literary Festival on 29 April, taking part in ‘For All time – The Global Reach of Shakespeare’. In discussion, Dr Wilson-Lee, Bennet Brandreth and Gabriel Josipovici explore the extraordinary reach of Shakespeare’s global legacy, and look at how he is interpreted in wildly differing cultures. Dr Wilson-Lee also […]
Continue Reading‘ART / MONEY / CRISIS’ Conference at the Faculty of English and CRASSH, 29-30 April, 2016
The English Faculty hosts several forums from ART / MONEY / CRISIS, an international two-day conference based at CRASSH. The conference timetable includes artistic practitioners and academic speakers from disciplines including literature, sociology, economics, visual arts, cultural studies, anthropology, history, music, and politics. ART / MONEY / CRISIS features contributions from Faculty of English members […]
Continue ReadingFaculty of English Library and UL: Event for 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s Death
An all-ages event, with a special pop-up exhibition of Shakespeare-related materials. Come and hear (very) short informal talks by researchers in the Faculty of English on subjects ranging from the myth of Richard III, illustrated Shakespeare, women editing Shakespeare, and Shakespeare in Swaziland, illustrated by a wide range of items from the University Library’s holdings, […]
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