Monthly Archives: November 2012

Early Modern Research Seminar

  The Early Modern Research Centre is hosting a resaerch seminar on Wednesday 21st November, at 5.15 pm in HUMSS 124, Whiteknights Campus Hannah Crawforth (King’s College London) will give a paper entitled ‘Milton, Sidney and the Politics of Lycidas’.   All … Continue reading

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Postgraduate problem solving session

The Postgraduate Research Group will be meeting in HumSS 110 at 4pm today (Tuesday 13th November) for a postgraduate only ‘problem-solving’ session. This is an opportunity for postgraduates to bring any problems that they might have come across in their … Continue reading

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Monday Literary Seminar

This is a reminder about our next Monday Literary Seminar, on 12 November. Our invited speaker is PROF. HELEN SMALL (University of Oxford). The topic of her paper is George Eliot & the Cosmopolitan Cynic.     Details: Monday 12 November, 5-6:30pm … Continue reading

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Nicola Abram writes on her Prison Reading Group

Since June, I’ve been voluntarily co-running a reading group at HMP/YOI Bronzefield, a women’s prison in Middlesex. Ours is one of 32 groups supported by the Prison Reading Groups project, a partnership between the University of Roehampton and the Prisoners’ … Continue reading

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Women’s Studies Group (1558 – 1837) announces new programme of events

Carolyn Lyle, who publishes also as Carolyn Williams, writes: In my capacity as Committee Member for the London-based Women’s Studies Group 1558-1837, I prepared the 2012-2013 programme for speakers’ sessions: these are international events with speakers ranging from doctoral students to … Continue reading

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Carolyn Lyle talks about her recent research leave

The bulk of my efforts were devoted to extending research on my designated research project. I had already presented a paper on it at the Bram Stoker Centenary Conference: Bram Stoker and Gothic Transformations, at the University of Hull, on … Continue reading

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Peter Robinson talks about Bernard Spencer: Mystery Poet

Professor Peter Robinson gave a talk on 12 October 2012 at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, on Bernard Spencer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NZYqPxObAo The talk reflected Peter’s recent research into Bernard Spencer which resulted in his latest publication.

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Creative Writing Fellow Adrian Blamires offers workshops

ADRIAN BLAMIRES: CREATIVE WRITING FELLOW 2012-13   Weekly Workshops Open to All Students in the English Department WEDNESDAYS 13:00-15:00 HUMSS 110 Those attending the workshops will try out a variety of writing exercises, designed to stimulate the creative imagination, and will … Continue reading

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Alison Donnell in St Louis

  Alison Donnell, Professor of Modern Literatures in English, has just returned from her visit to Washington University, St Louis where she was a Visiting Hurst Scholar. The university, founded by T.S. Eliot’s grandfather is counted among the world’s leaders … Continue reading

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David Brauner’s recent publications

  ‘”A Little Ethnic Kink Is Always Good to See”: Jewish Performance Anxiety and Anti­passing in the Fiction of Lorrie Moore’, Journal of American Studies 46, 2012, pp 581-­602 ‘Lorrie Moore: Mo(o)re than an Interim Assessment’ (co-authored with Heidi MacPherson), … Continue reading

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