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  1. English PGR and staff mixer

    English PGR and staff mixer

    An event for PGRs to mingle with staff. Pizza and wine will be provided. This is only for PGRs and staff within the School of English.

  2. English Research Seminar 'When the Undead Sleep at Home'

    English Research Seminar 'When the Undead Sleep at Home'

    Dr Michelle Witen Universitat Flensburg

    Dr Witen from Europa-Universitat Flensberg will be giving a talk on 'When the Undead Sleep at Home: Bram Stoker's Dracula meets the Irish Home Rule...

  3. PG Forum: Chris O'Hara

    PG Forum: Chris O'Hara

    Mock Viva

    Join colleagues in the School of English for a special PG Forum, where fourth-year PhD candidate Chris O'Hara will be taking part in a mock viva...

  4. English Research Seminar -- Poetry reading by Sarah Holland-Batt and Niall Campbell

    English Research Seminar -- Poetry reading by Sarah Holland-Batt and Niall Campbell

    Join the School of English for a reading by two award-winning poets from their recent collections. Sarah Holland-Batt is an Australian poet, editor, and critic....

  5. English Research Seminar "Art-Pute" and Surplus: Labour, Feminisation and Performance

    English Research Seminar "Art-Pute" and Surplus: Labour, Feminisation and Performance

    Dr Savannah Whaley University of St Andrews

    Dr Savannah Whaley will give a talk on " Art-Pute" and Surplus: Labour, Feminisation and Performance

  6. English Research Seminar 'Milton's Faulty Media: Matter, Accommodation and Allegory in Paradise Lost

    English Research Seminar 'Milton's Faulty Media: Matter, Accommodation and Allegory in Paradise Lost

    Dr Namratha Rao University of York

    Dr Rao from the University of York will be giving a talk on 'Milton's Faulty Media: Matter, Accommodation and Allegory in Paradise Lost'

  7. Ecosystems: A Poetry Walkshop

    Ecosystems: A Poetry Walkshop

    A guided creative workshop exploring themes of biodiversity and interdependence in the ecosystems of St Andrews

    Organised by the School of English and Biology presidents, open to all students. Please bring warm and comfortable clothes/ footwear as we will be outdoors, as...

  8. English Research Seminar Talk Dr Millie Schurch (Fleeman Fellow) Stockholm University

    English Research Seminar Talk Dr Millie Schurch (Fleeman Fellow) Stockholm University

    Streetscapes and Genre in the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Tour

    A new type of tourism erupted in 1770s Scotland and, with it, a new kind of text. Spurred by Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands (1775), men...

  9. Dr Syrithe Pugh: Chasing Virgil's Gnat

    Dr Syrithe Pugh: Chasing Virgil's Gnat

    This Graduate Theory Reading Group seminar presents Dr Syrithe Pugh of the University of Aberdeen and a tal entitled, 'Chasing Virgil's Gnat'....

  10. English Research Seminar --- Dr Christine Okoth (Kings College London)

    English Research Seminar --- Dr Christine Okoth (Kings College London)

    Planning and the Genres of the Postcolony

    School of English Research Seminar featuring Dr Christine Okoth (Kings College London). While the event of revolution has produced both an extensive theoretical...

  11. English Research Seminar --- Professor Jeremy Smith (University of Glasgow)

    English Research Seminar --- Professor Jeremy Smith (University of Glasgow)

    'Mapping the religious lexicon of Elizabeth Melville of Culross (fl 1599-1631)'

    Melville has been widely celebrated in recent scholarship as a major female voice in early modern Scottish society. A Fife magnate's daughter who was...

  12. Inaugural Lecture by Professor Ian Johnson

    Inaugural Lecture by Professor Ian Johnson

    Reginald Pecock: the greatest of failures?

    In 1457, Reginald Pecock, Bishop of Chichester who was born circa 1390 and died around 1460, in the very act of trying to teach orthodox doctrine to the laity...

  13. Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh: From the Irish: bringing a minority language out into the world

    Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh: From the Irish: bringing a minority language out into the world

    Acclaimed Irish-language poet and translator, Dr Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh will read a selection of her recent work and reflect on the challenges of writing and...

  14. English Research Seminar --- Dr Simon Grimble (Durham university)

    English Research Seminar --- Dr Simon Grimble (Durham university)

    'Everyone hates a sad professor': imagining the literary critic in contemporary Britain and America

    The paper will look at recent representations of the figure of the literary critic and situate them in relation to the history of thinking about the purpose and...

  15. English Research Seminar Talk

    English Research Seminar Talk

    Dr Corey Gibson (University of Glasgow) 'The Worm Queen Turns: Helen Adam from Dundee Manse to California Coven'

    The poet, balladeer, and collagist Helen Adam (1909-1993) charted an uncommon course through the twentieth century. Drawing from extensive personal archives at...

  16. Book launch: Oxford Handbook of Restoration Literature

    Book launch: Oxford Handbook of Restoration Literature

    The virtual book launch to announce the publication of the Oxford Handbook of Restoration Literature, edited by Matthew Augustine with frequent collaborator...

  17. English Research Seminar Talk: Dr Laura Gill (University of Lincoln)

    English Research Seminar Talk: Dr Laura Gill (University of Lincoln)

    "Another flood, of tears and sorrow": Milton's Deluge in the Nineteenth-Century Novel

    Laura Fox Gill is Senior Lecturer at the University of Lincoln, specialising in Romantic and Victorian literature with a focus on image-text relations and the...

  18. Research Seminar Talk -- Professor Liz Losh (William & Mary)

    Research Seminar Talk -- Professor Liz Losh (William & Mary)

    Building a culture for generative AI literacy in college language, literature and writing

    As large language models become fully integrated into everyday digital tools for authorship and research, it becomes increasingly unrealistic to issue blanket...

  19. Research Seminar Talk Dr Noreen Masud --- (University of Bristol)

    Research Seminar Talk Dr Noreen Masud --- (University of Bristol)

    "Flatness, Focus and The Other: Some Questions"

    How does one look at a flat landscape? Alternatively: how does one attend to something which cannot, or declines to, offer any focal points? and why might one...

  20. English Master of Fine Arts Showcase Reading

    English Master of Fine Arts Showcase Reading

    Creative Writing MFA

    Please join this year's Creative Writing MFA students for a celebratory reading from their work. The reading will take place from 6.30-8.00pm in the...