by katythompson | Nov 20, 2017 | Conferences, Events
Mariam Zarif is a doctoral candidate in English, nineteenth-century Literature, and Journalism at King’s College London. Her work focuses on New Woman fiction by male writers and the intersections between gender, sexuality and authorial disguise in the fin-di-siècle....
by chrisa | Aug 11, 2017 | Conferences
“The Ministry of Information (MOI) was established by the British government at the outbreak of the Second World War and began work on 4 September 1939. It was responsible for issuing ‘National Propaganda’ at home and abroad, as well as controlling news and...
by chrisa | Jul 7, 2017 | Conferences
Birkbeck and the Institute of English Studies come together for Appropriate Forms, a one-day conference celebrating the range of the late Barbara Hardy’s work, from the nineteenth-century novel to modernism, from Shakespeare to creative writing. Barbara Hardy,...
by chrisa | Jun 23, 2017 | Conferences
This year in celebrating Britain, Canada and the Arts, the IES held a conference offering a range of talks, discussions and screenings on the strong culture of artistic exchange, influence, and dialogue between Canada and Britain. Coinciding with and celebrating the...
by chrisa | Jan 23, 2017 | Collaborations, Conferences, Events
A Research Symposium & Workshop Friday 24 February 2017, 2.00-5.00pm Venue: The Council Room, Fielding Johnson Building, University of Leicester Organised by CAMEo Research Institute for Cultural and Media and Economies & Centre for New Writing, University of...
by chrisa | Sep 11, 2015 | Conferences
An IES conference on English literary heritage provided an excellent opportunity to make known some of Senate House Library’s literary manuscripts and artefacts. We chose a mixture of the bizarre and the worthy, taken from across several collections acquired at...