Research Events
The School of English hosts research events through its four research groups, Medieval and Renaissance, 18th century, Romantic and Victorian, Modern and Contemporary and Creative Writing. Events are, however, open to all members of the School, and to the public, unless explicitly restricted. All events are also free of charge unless otherwise stated. For further information, please contact the School of English office, telephone 01334 462666. Unless a venue is specified, events take place in Kennedy Hall.
See also:
Research Events, Semester 2, 2011/12
Wednesday 22 February
Speaker: Andrew Greig
Title: ‘Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction: Writing in the Spaces’
Time and venue: 5pm, The Lawson Lecture Room
Wednesday 7 March
Speaker: Professor Jeremy Smith (University of Glasgow)
GEORGE JACK MEMORIAL LECTURE
Title: “Punctuation and Performance: Chapters in the History of Literacy”
Time and venue: 5.15pm, School II, St Salvator’s Quad
Wednesday 14 March
Speaker: Professor Kim Wheatley (College of William and Mary)
Title: Lady Morgan and the Quarterly Review
Time and venue: 2.15pm, The Lawson Lecture Room
Monday 9 April
Speaker: Professor Susan Grayzel (University of Mississippi)
Title: Facing the ‘Terrors of Modern War’: Gas Masks and the Popular Imaginary in Interwar and Wartime Britain
Time and venue: 5.15pm, The Lawson Lecture Room
Wednesday 11 April
Speaker: Professor Matthew Campbell (University of York)
Title: ‘”They went forth to the battle but they always fell”: How to read Irish Victorian Poetry’
Time and venue: 2pm, The Garden Seminar Room
Wednesday 18 April
Speaker: Professor Alessandra Petrina (University of Padua)
Title: ‘Petrarch in the British Isles’
Time and venue: 2pm, The Garden Seminar Room
Wednesday 25 April
Speaker: Dr David Dwan (Queen’s University, Belfast)
Title: Orwell’s Paradox: Equality in Animal Farm
Time and venue: 5.15pm, The Lawson Lecture Room
Wednesday 2 May
Speaker: Professor Catherine Bates (University of Warwick)
Title: ‘Questing in The Faerie Queene’
Time and venue: 5pm, The Garden Seminar Room
Previous seminar series:
Research Events Programme, Semester 1 2011/12 (PDF, 98 KB)
Research Events Programme, Semester 2 2010/11 (PDF, 82 KB)
Research Events Programme, Semester 1 2010/11 (PDF, 73 KB)
Research Events Programme, Semester 2 2009/10 (PDF, 86 KB)
Research Events Programme, Semester 1 2009/10 (Word, 66 KB)
Research Events Programme, Semester 2 2008/09 (PDF, 141 KB)
Research Events Programme, Semester 1 2008/09 (PDF, 61 KB)
Titles and Abstracts for Seminar Series 08/09 (Word, 48 KB)
Research Events Programme, Semester 2 2007/08 (PDF, 105 KB)
