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 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,...
by chrisa | Jan 8, 2018 | CFPS
“Brigid Brophy … in Transition”: Co-Editors: Professor Richard Canning and Visiting Professor Gerri Kimber, University of Northampton, England In 2015, I and the ECW team at the University of Northampton ran a two-day international conference to celebrate all aspects...
by chrisa | Dec 15, 2017 | CFPS
“In my craft or sullen art” – Dylan Thomas Thomas is one in a long line who self-reflexively meditates on his own work. Indeed, a writer’s craft has been the topic of much discussion both by critics and by authors themselves, considering the interplay between a...
