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Women's History of Colonial Spaces in India
School of English and School of Art History Joint Research Seminar
Join the School of English and the School of Art History for a joint Research Seminar on Women's History of Colonial Spaces in India with Dr Yashaswinini...
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A Changing Climate Changing Lives: Poetry Writing Competition
This reading, hosted by the School of English and Centre for Energy Ethics, will showcase the creative writing submissions from selected undergraduate students...
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English Research Seminar -- Dr Caroline Edwards
English Research Seminar
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KlangHaus in the School of English
Dr Sam Haddow, Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Drama, in the School of English is hosting a free performance event and Q&A with the pioneering...
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English Research Seminar -- Tita Chico
English Research Seminar.
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Books, objects and instruments in the history of science and culture: a show-and-tell event
Please join us for an introduction to items from the St Andrews Collections. Specialists in the history of mathematics, science, and culture will showcase an...
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English Research Seminar --- Chris Townsend
English Research Seminar
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Anti-Racism in Teaching, Research and Institution Building: A Workshop with Professor Tita Chico, ho
This relaxed workshop will feature brief presentations from students and staff drawing on their work and experience to ask how the University can foster...
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English Research Seminar -- Dr Tom Duggett
Horace Walpole's Historic Doubts and the uses of anachronism Tom Duggett 'I did not take Shakespeare's tragedy for a genuine...
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English Research Seminar -- Dr Tom Duggett
Horace Walpole's Historic Doubts and the uses of anachronism Tom Duggett 'I did not take Shakespeare's tragedy for a genuine...
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John Pineda workshop
Writing and Publishing Across Genres
For School of English undergraduates only. In this workshop, novelist and poet Jon Pineda will discuss approaches to publishing across different genres of...
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English Research Seminar -- Dr Natalya Din-Kariuki
English Research Seminar
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Jon Pineda -- a reading from his current work-in-progress
We're delighted to welcome Jon Pineda from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, who will be reading from his new novel, currently a...
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English Research Seminar -- Dr Swati Moitra
Toru Dutt and the Poetry of 'Improvement': English-Language Poetry and the Shaping of Calcutta in the 19th Century English-language poetry emerging...
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George Jack Lecture -- Professor Michael Kuczynski
Blake's Pilgrimage
In 1809, the visionary writer and artist William Blake exhibited a fresco painting (as he called it) of Chaucer's pilgrims from the Canterbury Tales....
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Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin: The Bruce (A Cathedral Opera)
Musicians and Singers from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Kazakh musician Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin's operatic depiction of Robert the Bruce. 'The Bruce: Cathedral Opera' is a 1-hour piece for church organ...
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English Research Seminar -- Professor Catherine Spooner
Gothic White: A Counter-History of the White Dress in Modern Literature and Culture
Women in white are ubiquitous in Gothic fiction and film, from the eighteenth-century illustrations to Ann Radcliffe's novels, to the folk costumes of...
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English Research Seminar --- Thijs Porck (Leiden University)
Old English is Dutch and Beowulf is ours! Appropriations of Early Medieval English in 19th-Century Europe
"In the 19th century, Old English poems were claimed as cultural heritage by various non-Anglophone nations, including Scandinavians, the Germans and the...
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English Research Seminar -- Dr Edward Allen
Catch as Catch Can: Towards an Understanding of Literary-Sonic Pests
Dr Allen is Associate Professor in modern British and Irish Literature, and a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. His primary focus is sound and media...
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English Research Seminar -- Professor Francis Leneghan (University of Oxford)
'Beowulf and the Wrath of God'
School of English Research Seminar featuring Professor Francis Leneghan (University of Oxford). Professor Leneghan will be discussing 'Beowulf and the...
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A Queer Bestiary
Non/Humans in Contemporary US Literature
This talk outlines Dr Lloyd's forthcoming book, A Queer Bestiary: Non/Humans in Contemporary US Literature. Taking the Medieval bestiary as its starting...
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English Research Seminar -- Dr Katie Halsey (University of Stirling)
Books, Borrowing and New Versions of Scottish Literary History
Dr Katie Halsey (University of Stirling) -- "Books, Borrowing and New Versions of Scottish Literary History"
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Saints English Graduate Conference
An interdisciplinary conference run by and for postgraduate and early career researchers. This year's theme is 'Play and Pleasure'.
This interdisciplinary conference aims to explore the dynamic relationships between play and pleasure in various literary and cultural contexts, while...
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English Research Seminar --- Kaite O'Reilly
New Soup from Old Bones - on adaptation and reinvention
School of English Research Seminar featuring playwright Kaite O'Reilly. New Soup from Old Bones -- on adaptation and reinvention. From the earliest...
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English Research Seminar --- Dr Tamsin Badcoe (University of Bristol)
Writing Saltwater Experience in the Early Modern Literary Sea Voyage
School of English Research Seminar featuring Dr Tamsin Badcoe (University of Bristol) -- Writing Saltwater Experience in the Early Modern Literary Sea...
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English Research Seminar --- Travis Mossotti (Washington University)
Travis Mossotti (Washington University) seminar and the UK book launch for his new poetry collection "Racecar Jesus"
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Phillis Wheatley's Poems at 250 --- talk and exhibition launch
Join award-winning playwright Adeola Solanke for an introduction to Phillis Wheatley, one of the first published Black creative writers in English. 2023 marks...
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In conversation: Ade Solanke and May Sumbwanyambe
Major playwrights discuss dramatising Black experience in 18th Century Britain
Adeola Solanke is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter, and founder of Spora Stories, telling the stories of the African diaspora. Her new play, Phillis...
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Cancelled
English Research Seminar -- Dr Sonja Lawrenson (Manchester Metropolitan University)
The Supernatural 'At Home and Abroad:' Imperial Gothic in Maria Edgeworth's Belinda
English Research Seminar featuring Dr Sonja Lawrenson (Manchester Metropolitan University) discussing "The Supernatural 'At Home and Abroad:'...
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English Research Seminar -- Jesse Nathan (University of California, Berkeley)
Jesse Nathan (University of California, Berkeley) reading from 'Eggtooth'
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English Research Seminar -- Maureen McLane
Maureen McLane will be reading from her new collection of poems, What You Want (Penguin, 2023).
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What a Waste! Representations of Waste in the Post-War (1945-1990)
What a Waste! is an interdisciplinary graduate conference platforming new critical work on the environmental humanities. Whether you're interested in the...
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English Research Seminar -- Dr Megan Leitch (University of Cardiff)
The Medieval Middlebrow: Romance and the Body Politic, 1300-1534
English Research Seminar featuring Dr Megan Leitch (University of Cardiff) -- "The Medieval Middlebrow: Romance and the Body Politic,...
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Alexander Berry and Colonial Legacies
A colloquium hosted by the School of English
In 1889 the University of St Andrews received a gift of £100,000 from David Berry fulfilling the intentions of his older brother Alexander who had been a...