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  1. PG Forum: Phoebe Macindoe

    PG Forum: Phoebe Macindoe

    Abstract to follow

  2. English Welcome Tea Party

    English Welcome Tea Party

    For new English students, hosted by school student president Pedro Silva.

  3. English Research Seminar -- Tita Chico

    English Research Seminar -- Tita Chico

    English Research Seminar.

  4. English Research Seminar -- Jesse Nathan (University of California, Berkeley)

    English Research Seminar -- Jesse Nathan (University of California, Berkeley)

    Jesse Nathan (University of California, Berkeley) reading from 'Eggtooth'

  5. English Research Seminar -- Maureen McLane

    English Research Seminar -- Maureen McLane

    Maureen McLane will be reading from her new collection of poems, What You Want (Penguin, 2023).

  6. English Research Seminar --- Travis Mossotti (Washington University)

    English Research Seminar --- Travis Mossotti (Washington University)

    Travis Mossotti (Washington University) seminar and the UK book launch for his new poetry collection "Racecar Jesus"

  7. English Research Seminar --- Chris Townsend

    English Research Seminar --- Chris Townsend

    English Research Seminar

  8. English Visiting Speaker Seminar

    English Visiting Speaker Seminar

    'The Bookworm and the Chalice: Re-Riddling Riddle 47'

  9. 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.

  10. English Research Seminar -- Dr Megan Leitch (University of Cardiff)

    English Research Seminar -- Dr Megan Leitch (University of Cardiff)

    English Research Seminar featuring Dr Megan Leitch (University of Cardiff) -- "The Medieval Middlebrow: Romance and the Body Politic,...

  11. English Research Seminar: Professor Alasdair A. MacDonald, University of Groningen, George Jack Memorial Lecture

    English Research Seminar: Professor Alasdair A. MacDonald, University of Groningen, George Jack Memorial Lecture

    Professor Alasdair A. MacDonald University of Groningen George Jack Memorial Lecture The Lost Literature of Jacobean Scotland

  12. English Research Seminar -- Dr Caroline Edwards

    English Research Seminar -- Dr Caroline Edwards

    English Research Seminar

  13. English Visiting Speaker Seminar

    English Visiting Speaker Seminar

    'The Life and Death of 615 Authors: Literature and Demography in Renaissance England'.

  14. inter/pose

    inter/pose

    This multimedia exhibition focuses on work produced by artists who lost their lives to AIDS, who have friends, family, or loved ones who lost their lives to...

  15. English Research Seminar -- Dr Sonja Lawrenson (Manchester Metropolitan University)

    English Research Seminar -- Dr Sonja Lawrenson (Manchester Metropolitan University)

    English Research Seminar featuring Dr Sonja Lawrenson (Manchester Metropolitan University) discussing "The Supernatural 'At Home and Abroad:'...

  16. Ecosystems: A Poetry Walkshop

    Ecosystems: A Poetry Walkshop

    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...

  17. English Research Seminar -- Dr Natalya Din-Kariuki

    English Research Seminar -- Dr Natalya Din-Kariuki

    English Research Seminar

  18. Late Heaney

    Late Heaney

    Late Heaney follows Seamus Heaney through the landscapes, friendships and events that shaped his last four collections, all set in conversation with his work at...

  19. Poet Togara Muzanenhamo reading from his work.

    Poet Togara Muzanenhamo reading from his work.

    Zimbabwean poet Togara Muzanenhamo will be joining the School of English on 4th April for a reading of his work. For some poems, see here:...

  20. 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...

  21. English ModCon Research Symposium

    English ModCon Research Symposium

    Join us for an afternoon showcasing some of the School's dynamic work-in-progress in Modern and Contemporary literature. We'll be grappling with all...

  22. English Research Seminar -- Dr Katie Halsey (University of Stirling)

    English Research Seminar -- Dr Katie Halsey (University of Stirling)

    Dr Katie Halsey (University of Stirling) -- "Books, Borrowing and New Versions of Scottish Literary History"

  23. Book Launch -- Andrew Marvell: A Literary Life

    Book Launch -- Andrew Marvell: A Literary Life

    Matthew Augustine's Andrew Marvell: A Literary Life is published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of its subject's birth. Join us to hear Dr...

  24. CAConrad Poetry Event with Dr Rosa Campbell

    CAConrad Poetry Event with Dr Rosa Campbell

    Join us in School 6 for a unique poetry event with award-winning, Columbia University poet CAConrad! University of St Andrews School of English fellow Rosa...

  25. English Research Seminar --- Val McDermid

    English Research Seminar --- Val McDermid

    LOCATION CHANGE!! Josephine Tey is revered among practitioners of crime writing but relatively unknown among its readers. Although she wrote only a handful of...

  26. English Visiting Speaker Seminar: Professor Liz Losh, William and Mary, USA

    English Visiting Speaker Seminar: Professor Liz Losh, William and Mary, USA

    AI and Assessment Design

  27. Memory, Forgetting, and Fiction

    Memory, Forgetting, and Fiction

    In this talk Dr Avishek Parui will aim to offer a theoretical study of the unique relevance of fiction while examining the entanglement of memory and forgetting...

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

    English Research Seminar 'When the Undead Sleep at Home'

    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...

  29. The Moderhede of Kynd Love: Conception, Labour and Delivery in the Theology of Julian of Norwich

    The Moderhede of Kynd Love: Conception, Labour and Delivery in the Theology of Julian of Norwich

    In this English Research Seminar, Professor Vincent Gillespie (Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford) will argue that in her Showings (1373 to 1413) Julian...

  30. George Jack Memorial Lecture: Yeats's presences

    George Jack Memorial Lecture: Yeats's presences

    In this lecture Professor Francis O'Gorman (University of Edinburgh) considers unusual moments in W B Yeats's poetry when language is more in contact...

  31. Medieval Studies Seminar Series --- Professor Clifford Rogers (Westpoint)

    Medieval Studies Seminar Series --- Professor Clifford Rogers (Westpoint)

    If you have any questions about the event, please contact the organiser, Dr Tim Greenwood, at [email protected].

  32. English Master of Fine Arts Showcase Reading

    English Master of Fine Arts Showcase Reading

    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...

  33. Imagining the Renaissance 2022

    Imagining the Renaissance 2022

    The School of English presents Imagining the Renaissance 2022,  a one-day symposium in honour of Professor Neil Rhodes. The event will feature presentations...

  34. Spenserian Deformance: Editing the 'Laye of Fayre Elisa'

    Spenserian Deformance: Editing the 'Laye of Fayre Elisa'

    Professor Joseph Loewenstein, Washington University in St Louis The Lawson Lecture Room, Kennedy Hall While this paper contributes to political commentary on...

  35. English Research Seminar -- Professor Francis Leneghan (University of Oxford)

    English Research Seminar -- Professor Francis Leneghan (University of Oxford)

    School of English Research Seminar featuring Professor Francis Leneghan (University of Oxford). Professor Leneghan will be discussing 'Beowulf and the...

  36. English Visiting Speaker Seminar: Professor Laurence Talairach

    English Visiting Speaker Seminar: Professor Laurence Talairach

    Margaret Scott Gatty (1809---1873): Science Populariser or Algologist? Professor Laurence Talairach is Professor of Victorian Literature and Culture at the...

  37. English Research Seminar --- Professor Elizabeth Archibald (University of Durham)

    English Research Seminar --- Professor Elizabeth Archibald (University of Durham)

    Professor Elizabeth Archibald (University of Durham) will be giving a research seminar on 'Bathing for Health and Pleasure in Medieval Literature and...

  38. Chaucer's lyrics: short poems and the Chaucer canon

    Chaucer's lyrics: short poems and the Chaucer canon

    The 20 short poems conventionally attributed to Chaucer aren't generally given much prominence in editions of his works. But they invite study on a number of...

  39. English Research Seminar Talk

    English Research Seminar Talk

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

  40. Douglas Dunn 80th Birthday Celebration

    Douglas Dunn 80th Birthday Celebration

    A special public event to celebrate the 80th birthday of one of Scotland's greatest living writers (and former professor in the School of English at the...

  41. Poetry reading and Q&A with Lucy Mercer

    Poetry reading and Q&A with Lucy Mercer

    An online poetry reading and discussion with Lucy Mercer, author of Emblem (Prototype, 2022). The event will be chaired by Dr Daisy Lafarge, lecturer in...

  42. English Research Seminar --- Kaite O'Reilly

    English Research Seminar --- Kaite O'Reilly

    School of English Research Seminar featuring playwright Kaite O'Reilly. New Soup from Old Bones -- on adaptation and reinvention. From the earliest...

  43. Call for Papers Launch Party

    Call for Papers Launch Party

    The Saints English Graduate Conference (SEGC) is returning on the 25th of September with the Call for Papers Launch Party! SEGC is an interdisciplinary...

  44. Scholarly Editing Research Group seminar

    Scholarly Editing Research Group seminar

    Week 4: '"Half-made, in pencil scrawl illegible": Editing Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861)' -- Dr Greg Tate, School of English This...

  45. English Research Seminar -- Professor James Simpson

    English Research Seminar -- Professor James Simpson

    The tradition that became Liberalism, which claims to have promoted meritocracy and individual agency, was, in both evangelical origin and in 150-year tradition...

  46. English Research Seminar

    English Research Seminar

    Professor Sarah E Gardner (Mercer University) 'The Readers' War' Literature and war are intimately connected. As Ian Frederick Finseth has observed,...

  47. Social Realism and Civil Rights: Black and Asian Narratives of Survival 1959-76

    Social Realism and Civil Rights: Black and Asian Narratives of Survival 1959-76

    In this Theoria Seminar, Professor Chris Weedon, Cardiff University, looks at social realist writing published between 1959 and 1987 by Indian-born Kamala...

  48. Scholarly Editing Research Group seminar

    Scholarly Editing Research Group seminar

    Week 10: 'Editing Maria Edgeworth's Letters: Correspondence and Collaboration' -- Dr Susan Manly, School of English This event will be...

  49. 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 will give a talk on " Art-Pute" and Surplus: Labour, Feminisation and Performance

  50. A Celebration of John Burnside's Life and Work

    A Celebration of John Burnside's Life and Work

    Join the Chaplaincy team and colleagues from the School of English to celebrate the life and work of our former friend and colleague, John Burnside, who died in...