by katythompson | Jan 19, 2018 | CFPS
Contestations: Literature & Aesthetics Regent’s University London 11 – 12 July 2018 Keynote speakers: Prof Peter Lamarque, University of York, UK Dr Jukka Mikkonen, University of Tampere, Finland That literature is an art form is scarcely a matter of...
by chrisa | Jan 18, 2018 | Events
Over the winter months, the Institute of English Studies asked our staff and research fellows about their favourite winter reads. From the classic Dickens to a classic reinterpretation in the form of Margaret Atwood’s Hag-Seed, we’ve had a fantastic...
by chrisa | Jan 17, 2018 | CFPS
Decadence, Magic(k), and the Occult Goldsmiths, University of London, 19-20 July 2018 Keynote speaker: Professor Patricia Pulham (University of Surrey) Nineteenth-century Decadence coincided with a resurgence of esotericism, alternative religions, and a belief in...
by katythompson | Jan 15, 2018 | Conferences, Events
This post first appeared on the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery blog from Art Curator Stephanie Seville. Dr Cynthia Johnston wishes to add, “This conference was a culmination of many years of work on the R.E. Hart collection, which was very little-known when I...
by chrisa | Jan 12, 2018 | CFPS
Literature and ‘The Woman Question’ A Mark Rutherford Society Symposium hosted by RIMAP at the University of Bedfordshire Saturday 23 June 2018 ‘The Woman Question’ – encompassing not only debates over women’s suffrage, but gender equality more widely,...