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  1. 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...

  2. New light on early medieval Lindisfarne

    New light on early medieval Lindisfarne

    Dr David Petts, University of Durham

    Dr David Petts, University of Durham, presents findings from nine years of excavations on the site of the early medieval monastery of Lindisfarne, by a team...

  3. 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...

  4. English Research Seminar --- Professor Adam Potkay (William & Mary)

    English Research Seminar --- Professor Adam Potkay (William & Mary)

    "Concordia Discors at World's End: Pope, Voltaire, Wordsworth"

    Concordia discors as a stylistic habit and ordering principle does not effectively end with the poetry of Alexander Pope, as mid-twentieth century philologists...

  5. Research Seminar Talk Dr Bethany Dubow --- (University of Oxford)

    Research Seminar Talk Dr Bethany Dubow --- (University of Oxford)

    Reading Nature's Alphabet: Early Modern Scientific Acrosticism

    In the 'Argument' to The Alchemist, Ben Jonson spells out the name of his play in the form of a twelve-line acrostic. Plotted across the vertical...

  6. English Research Seminar Prof Nicolle Jordan --- (University of Southern Mississippi)

    English Research Seminar Prof Nicolle Jordan --- (University of Southern Mississippi)

    "The Paradox of Anne Finch's Patriarchal Landscapes"

    This talk addresses a compelling paradox in Anne Finch's country house poetry. Known for her defense of women's education and artistic agency, Finch...

  7. Guess who's coming to dinner? Ceramic form and style in medieval and post medieval Scotland

    Guess who's coming to dinner? Ceramic form and style in medieval and post medieval Scotland

    Derek Hall, Medieval Ceramics Specialist, University of St Andrews

    Derek Hall, University of St Andrews, takes us into Medieval Scotland through its pots. Medieval Scotland always looked towards Continental Europe for its trade...