Monthly Archives: October 2013

Neuroscience and literature

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Cindy

Professor Karín Lesnik-Oberstein writes: My research in the past few years has primarily been concerned with critiquing ideas of neuroscience (brain scans) in relation to literature and children’s literature. Many Humanities scholars have recently been very excited by the idea … Continue reading →

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CIRCL Seminar – all welcome!

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Cindy

On Wednesday 6th November, from 1 pm to 3 pm, in HUMSS 106, Whiteknights Campus, CIRCL PhD student Krissie West will give a CIRCL seminar on ‘Observation and Conversation: A. Bronson Alcott’s Constructions of Childhood’.

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Archives and Texts

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Cindy

The second talk in the Archives and Texts Seminar series will be on Monday, 4th November: ‘Exploring Black British Women’s Theatre’, by Dr Nicola Abram, University of Reading (English) *6pm in Humss Room 301* (Note the later time) This talk … Continue reading →

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John Holmes’s book is now available in paperback

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Cindy

John Holmes’s book Darwin’s Bards: British and American Poetry in the Age of Evolution (2009) has just come out in paperback with Edinburgh University Press. John’s book examines how poets have responded to Darwinism and other evolutionary theories from the … Continue reading →

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Writing Jews in Contemporary Britain

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Cindy

On September 11th, Dr David Brauner and Professor Bryan Cheyette both delivered well-received papers at a unique workshop entitled ‘Writing Jews in Contemporary Britain’.  Hosted by the Pears Institute at Birkbeck College, University of London, the workshop comprised three panels … Continue reading →

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Andrew Mangham’s latest publication

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Cindy

Dr Andrew Mangham has just published his Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction. He says, ‘I’m absolutely delighted with the look of this little book. It was a pleasure to work on something aimed at students, and something that will help … Continue reading →

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Caribbean Voices

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Cindy

Peepal Tree Press Literary Readings Monday 18 November 2013 6.00pm G09, Old Whiteknights House, Whiteknights Campus All are welcome to this free event.   Curdella Forbes is the critically acclaimed Jamaican author of Ghosts (Peepal Tree 2012); Songs of Silence … Continue reading →

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Ben Crystal talks on pronunciation

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Cindy

Professor Grace Ioppolo writes: I would like to invite you to a special lecture sponsored by the School of Literature and Languages’ Research Group on Theatre History and Performance Studies.  On November 12th at 5pm in Humms 27, Whiteknights Campus, … Continue reading →

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John Holmes in Italian

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Cindy

John Holmes has been invited to give a talk on Approaches and Methods in the Study of Literature and Science at the University of Ferrara today.       To read more about his talk (in Italian!), click here:   … Continue reading →

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Early Modern Research Seminar

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Cindy

Wednesday 23 October:  The Renaissance Stage in England and Italy: Dr. Lucy Munro (King’s College, London), ‘Elizabethan Children’s Companies and Women’s Performance’   Dr. Lisa Sampson (Reading), ‘Actresses in Sixteenth-Century Italy: Isabella Andreini between stage and page’ 4 pm Humss 124, … Continue reading →

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