New essays on Jane Austen
A new collection by (the late) Nora Bartlett celebrating a lifetime’s engagement with Jane Austen is published by Open Book
School news
Major Research Fellowship for Rhiannon Purdie
Professor Rhiannon Purdie has been awarded a two-year Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust to write a history of medieval Scots Literature.
Ross Roy Medal for alumnus Paul Malgrati
Dr Paul Malgrati was awarded the Ross Roy medal for this year’s best PhD thesis in the field of Scottish Literature
Devouring Men: Food, Masculinity and Power
Interdisciplinary virtual conference exploring the complex relationship between food, masculinity and power
Renaissance Academic Drama and the Popular Stage
Virtual conference exploring connections in early modern drama
New Novel by Lesley Glaister
Congratulations to Lesley Glaister on the publication of her new novel, Blasted Things, with Sandstone Press
First full study of E. M. Forster’s Maurice
Professor Emma Sutton publishes a collection of essays focusing on E. M. Forster’s ground-breaking novel with Dr Tsung-Han Tsai
Imagining Inheritance from Chaucer to Shakespeare
New book by Dr Alex Davis examines inheritance in medieval and Renaissance writing
Feeling Faint: Affect and Consciousness in the Renaissance
New book by Dr Giulio J. Pertile explores the Renaissance view of human consciousness
Concert at Combermere
Dr Sara Lodge performed in a concert of Edward Lear's words and music at Combermere Abbey