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Modern Studies Event

Do come along to hear the renowned writer, Ian Sansom, give a talk this afternoon for the Modern Studies Seminar. The title of his subject is: ‘Thinking on Paper’.     11 March at 5pm, in Humss 125.     Ian’s recent book, Paper: An Elegy was … Continue reading

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Modern Studies Talk – all welcome!

Do come along the next Modern Studies talk on Tuesday 4th March in Humss 125, Whiteknights Campus Dr Matt Bevis’s subject is ‘Eliot Among the Comedians’.

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Welcome back to the Modern Studies seminar

Do come along to the first Modern Studies Seminar of the Spring this Tuesday 4th Feb at 5pm in Humss 125, Whiteknights Campus.   .  

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Vampiric Literary Monday

FROM NECROPHILIA TO TECHNOPHILIA: The Vampiric Imagination on Film Kevin Jackson’s illustrated talk on Monday 18 March 5pm HumSS 125, Whiteknights Campus rounds off this term’s series of Modern Studies Seminars Come and celebrate the last week of term and enjoy … Continue reading

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Literary Mondays return – all welcome

Dr Natalie Pollard, British Academy Research Fellow, writes:   Here is the Spring Term’s programme of MONDAY LITERARY SEMINARS.       The first seminar will take place this Monday (28th Jan) and the series runs weekly until the final Monday … Continue reading

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Get ready for Christmas – open to all

The Modern Studies Christmas Special   Tuesday 4 December, 5-6:30 in OLD WHITEKNIGHTS HOUSE.   There will be two short talks and readings by our invited speakers Dr Tim Atkins and Dr Jeff Hilson. The event is being chaired by Dr Natalie … 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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Literary Mondays

  Details: Monday 29 October, 5-6:30pm in HumSS 125, Whiteknights Campus Dr Peter Fifield, E.M. Forster and BBC Radio, chaired by Dr Mark Nixon Peter is the third invited speaker in our new series of Monday Lit talks, organised between … Continue reading

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