Monthly Archives: March 2012

English Department in the wider community: Sixth Form Lectures

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

Our Sixth Form Lectures are a welcome addition to the school calendar of many secondary schools in our area and continue to be a successful element of our engagement with the wider community. This year the programme has, as usual, … Continue reading →

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Nicola Wilson talks to the BBC

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Cindy

  Ethel Carnie Holdsworth on the radio I went up to Blackburn on Tuesday to do a studio interview on Radio Lancashire about the mill girl author, Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886-1962). As so much of academia is about the long-game, … Continue reading →

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Finzi Event coming up

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Cindy

Award-winning poet George Szirtes will give a lecture entitled: ‘Sister Arts: Cohabitations, Credits and Debts’ which will focus on poetry and ekphrasis, the way the three arts of poetry, music and art refer to and support each other. Followed by … Continue reading →

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Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein’s latest publication is well received

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

Children in Culture Revisited ‘A timely volume that demonstrates the strength of multidisciplinary studies and takes childhood seriously.’ – Maria Nikolajeva, Professor of Education, University of Cambridge, UK Children in Culture Revisited follows on from the 1998 first volume, Children … Continue reading →

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Our first blog post

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

This will be the first of many blog posts in the department. We hope to keep you up to date with events, news and all sorts of exciting things happening in the department. If you have anything you would like … Continue reading →

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