Tag Archives: Professor David Brauner

Professor Debra Shostak gives a talk today

D avid Brauner writes: Just a quick reminder that Professor Debra Shostak, who is a Visiting Scholar with us this term, will be giving a research seminar entitled ‘Autumn of a patriarch: Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections’  today (Monday, 20th February) at 12 … Continue reading

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Report on The Interface Between British Contemporary Black and Jewish Cultures: A Symposium

David Brauner writes: On 4th November 2016 a symposium on ‘The Interface Between British Contemporary Black and Jewish Cultures’ was held at the University of Reading. The event was sponsored by the ‘British Jewish: Contemporary Cultures’ AHRC network and the … Continue reading

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David Brauner gives a keynote address at the American Literature Symposium at the University of Cambridge

David writes: This weekend I found myself in surroundings that were both familiar and strange: familiar, because as an undergraduate at Pembroke College in the late 1980s I’d spent many hours on the Sidgwick site in Cambridge, attending lectures and … Continue reading

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A Tribute to Brian Friel (1929-2015)

David Brauner writes: Did you know that one of the greatest writers of the last fifty years has just died? No, I don’t mean Henning Mankell. I’m referring to the Irish playwright Brian Friel. Friel is best known in this … Continue reading

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Confessional comics daunt and inspire one of our colleagues

David Brauner writes: Over the years I have given many conference papers on many different subjects in many different locations to many different audiences. However, the paper I gave on 12th November at the ‘Graphic Details: Communities of Experience’ symposium held at JW3, … Continue reading

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