Please join us for an English Research Talk with Dr Caroline Magennis (University of Salford) on her new book Harpy: A Manifesto for Childfree Women. 3-4pm, on 3rd June. This English Creates event is via Zoom and open to all. Please register using the eventbrite link below to receive details and link to event. …
In this panel discussion, we will wrestle with some big questions in the teaching of English. What does it mean to be a ‘reader’ and how might we make our students better at it? Who is the reader and what role does the author play? We will explore literary analysis, developing individual interpretations and building…
Please join us at 4.30pm Monday 3rd June 2024 in LT2 (Queens Building) for the Department of English and Creative Writing's Annual Teagarden Lecture. We are delighted to welcome Dr Christine Okoth (Lecturer in Literatures and Cultures of the Black Atlantic, King's College London) who will speak on 'Race, Mediation, and the Problem of Extractive Reading'. The lecture will be followed by a…
Reading Lessons: Carol Atherton and Robert Eaglestone in conversation. The English Association is delighted to celebrate the publication of Carol Atherton’s new book, Reading Lessons. Robert Eaglestone will interview Carol about her experiences as a teacher, exploring how texts read in the classroom in secondary, further, and higher education shape students and teachers alike. All are…
Oracy This discussion between Professor of Sociolinguistics, Rob Drummond (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Reader in Rhetoric,Tom F. Wright (University of Sussex) is on the exciting possibilities for oral skills tuition within English programmes. Topics covered include: What might a focus on Oracy involve? How might we avoid dictatorial aspects of "correct" modes of delivery? And…
Every GCSE poem with all kinds of free supporting resources This event is for everyone who teaches GCSE English. We’ll give you a guided tour of the Poetry By Heart 14+ timeline anthology. This free resource gives you every poem set for examination by the AQA, Edexcel, OCR and Eduqas awarding bodies in a timeline…
This Plenary Lecture by Professor Ralph Pite (University of Bristol) is to mark the launch of the new School of Humanities at the University of Reading. This is a free online event for the English Create Campaign. Please access the lecture at 17.00pm on 4th June here: Turning over a new leaf: The Arts and…
Landscapes of Change brings together poetry and science to explore how the impact of the climate emergency is making itself known. The exhibition, running from 4 June – 31 August features films, poetry across multiple languages, and special activities for children. In September 2023, scientists Kathryn Adamson and Lestyn Barr and poet Helen Mort visited…
Hosted by the University of Oxford’s Faculty of English as part of the University English #EnglishCreates Campaign. Join Professor of English Kate McLoughlin and Careers Advisor Julia Sadler in conversation with English Faculty alumni Patience Agbabi, Dhruti Shah and Flo Graham-Dixon. They will reflect on their career journeys since graduating with an English degree and…
Landscapes of Change brings together poetry and science to explore the impact of the climate emergency. The exhibition, running from 4 June – 31 August is open to the public and features films, poetry across multiple languages, and special activities for children.
We tend to think of the Victorian period in terms of its many ‘wrongs’ – sexual repression, harsh labour conditions, poverty, and empire. Yet the Victorian period was also a time of increasing economic, political and social ‘rights’. In a series of podcasts exploring the Chartists, the Suffragettes, Victorian feminism and environmentalism, second-year students at the…
Launch event for an exciting new anthology published by local publisher Two Rivers Press, featuring poetry readings from 20 poets. ‘Reading Poets: A New Anthology’ is edited by award-winning poet Vic Pickup, and presents a vibrant and diverse collection, reflecting the energy and variety of the town’s arts scene. The book includes poems from: Liam…
A shared experience of learning and speaking a poem This event is for anyone who is intrigued by the idea that poetry is memorable speech, or wants to explore how speaking a poem is different to reading it, or thinks they have a terrible memory and could never learn a line. By the end of…
The Digital Research University. Please join us for a lecture by Prof Dave Berry (University of Sussex) on how AI and allied digital methods of analysis and research might re-shape University futures. Speaker Dave Berry is Professor of Digital Humanities, exploring how computation is being incorporated into arts and humanities and social science practice. His…
The Head of the School of Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow Professor Simon Kövesi chairs a panel of UofG alumni in English: 3 graduates from Creative Writing, Scottish Literature and Language and English Literature. The panel will discuss their lives after graduation, will share the stories of their careers, and will reflect back…
‘Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.’ Micheál Mac Liammóir’s renowned play The Importance of Being Oscar returns to the stage following huge critical acclaim. Step beyond the footlights into the private world of Oscar Wilde. Told in the shadows of Reading Gaol, where Wilde was imprisoned, this strictly limited run will…
Using the AQA poetry anthology's 'Pre-1900 Love Poems' selection as its starting point, this online workshop will explore the many different ways poets past and present have written about love, romance, sex and desire. It will address common tropes and sub-genres in this branch of writing, and introduce students to a range of critical approaches…
Digital Futures: Towards a New Definition of English Studies Please join us for a discussion of how English might best embrace a digital future with Prof Clare Hutton (Loughborough) and Dr. Alistair Brown (Durham) . Speakers Alistair Brown is Assistant Professor (Teaching) in Digital Humanities and Modern Literature, and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research…
What do novels mean at a time of crisis and which novels did readers turn to in this one? Was it old favourites or books that helped them to make sense of the present predicament? Reading Novels During the Covid Pandemic reports on a major ethnographic study of fiction readers in the UK and Denmark,…
The Elizabeth Bowen Birthday Lecture – 'Treading on Bowen's grave - Writing The Last Day at Bowen's Court' by Dr Eibhear Walshe (University College, Cork). Introduced by the Elizabeth Bowen Society co-chairs, Dr Nicola Darwood (University of Bedfordshire) and Dr Nick Turner (Open University). In this birthday lecture, Eibhear Walshe discusses his experience of fictionalising…