Monthly Archives: January 2014

Archives and Texts event today

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Cindy

Professor Alexis Weedon, Head of Journalism (University of Bedfordshire) & UNESCO Chair holder, New Media Forms of the Book and Professor Bob Owens (English Literature, University of Bedfordshire) will be talking on ‘Researching the Publishing History of The Pilgrim’s Progress’ at 5pm today in … Continue reading →

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Professor Grace Ioppolo on R.A. Foakes

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Cindy

 Grace writes: I was incredibly privileged to have been a PhD student of the great Shakespeare and Coleridge scholar R. A. Foakes at the University of California, Los Angeles, and to have been a friend and colleague of his for many … Continue reading →

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Early Modern Research Centre Seminar

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Cindy

Please see details below of next week’s seminar: Wednesday 29 January, 5 pm in Humss 124, Whiteknights Campus: Karen Hearn (Honorary Professor, UCL): ‘”Great with child”: Elizabethan and Jacobean Pregnancy Portraits’ All Welcome!

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Welcome back to the poetry reading group!

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Cindy

TODAY (Wednesday 22nd) at 6pm in HumSS 110, we will be re-starting the poetry reading group. We will be looking at a selection of poems by Charles Baudelaire, with a heady mix of prostitutes, vampires, albatrosses and plenty of intoxication. Our … Continue reading →

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Language, Text and Power

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Cindy

Please join us for the next Language, Text and Power seminar talk by Dr Alison Johnson, University of Leeds   “How came you not to cry out?” Representing child rape in the Old Bailey Proceedings 1700-1799.   Thursday 23 January … Continue reading →

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MLA Convention in Chicago

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Cindy

David Brauner writes: On Wednesday 8th January at 17.40 Central Time, I touched down at ‘O Hare International Airport in Chicago and breathed a huge sigh of relief. It had not been a straightforward journey: my flight had been delayed … Continue reading →

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Untouchable England

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Cindy

Neil Cocks writes: This term The Museum of English Rural Life will be staging a series of lunch-time seminars entitled ‘Untouchable England’. Dedicated to folklore, craft skills, and magical traditions, these talks will address a wide range of subjects, including … Continue reading →

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Archives and Texts Seminar Series

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Cindy

Dr Nicola Wilson (English), Dr Sophie Heywood and Dr Alison Martin (Modern Languages) write: We are delighted to announce this term’s programme for Archives & Texts. Please do come along. We have some excellent external speakers lined up and it … Continue reading →

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EMRC event today

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Cindy

The first Early Modern Research Centre Seminar of this term will be held today, 15th January. Dr. Janet Dickinson (Reading) will be talking on: ‘Rethinking the 1590s: Elizabeth 1’s most successful decade?’ The seminar will be held in Humss 124 … Continue reading →

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Diasporas of the Mind: Jewish and Postcolonial Writing and the Nightmare of History

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Cindy

Bryan Cheyette’s important and original new book, Diasporas of the Mind, sheds new light on a wide range of modern and contemporary writers to explore the power and limitations of the diasporic imagination after the Second World War. In this round-table discussion, Bryan was joined … Continue reading →

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