Events

What's on in English Literature.

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Event listing

Event date
Jun 05 2025 -

Beckett's Relationships

Join the Samuel Beckett Society for its tenth annual conference - three days of discussion on the theme of relationships, both within and with the writer's work.

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Mar 21 2025 -

Edition Spring Lecture: Katherine Halsey and Matthew Sangster

An in-person lecture (and optional preceding workshop) by Professor Katherine Halsey (University of Stirling) and Professor Matthew Sangster (University of Glasgow) entitled 'Towards a True History of Reading Lives: Borrowing in Scotland, 1747-1837'. The lecture will be followed by a discussion chaired by Professor Penny Fielding (English Literature).

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Mar 14 2025 -

The Susan Manning Memorial Lecture

Join us in person for the Susan Manning Memorial Lecture 2025 by Professor Paul Saint Amour (University of Pennsylvania), followed by a Q&A and reception.

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Mar 12 2025 -

Crude Representations Seminar Series: BP and Petrofiction

An online seminar featuring three panel speakers exploring the history and context around the representation of the oil company BP, with a focus on 'petrofiction'.

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Mar 07 2025 -

English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Bradley Rogers

An in-person seminar by Dr Bradley Rogers (Goldsmiths University) titled 'Criticizing Sondheim'.

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Feb 28 2025 -

English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Kate Ash-Irisarri and Eoin Price

An in-person seminar by Dr Kate Ash-Irisarri and Dr Eoin Price (University of Edinburgh), with respective titles of 'The Many Miserable Hearts of Andrew of Wyntoun' and 'The Time of Tamburlaine: Sequels and Sequence in Elizabethan Drama'.

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Feb 14 2025 -

English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Owen Holland and Gerard McKeever

An in-person seminar by Dr Owen Holland and Dr Gerard McKeever (University of Edinburgh), with respective titles of 'James ‘B.V.’ Thomson and the Melancholy of Defeat' and 'Subversive Antiquarianism'.

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Feb 12 2025 -

Crude Representations Seminar Series: BP and Audio-Visual Culture

An online seminar featuring three panel speakers exploring the history and context around the representation of the oil company BP, with a focus on audio-visual media.

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Feb 11 2025 -

Guthrie Drama Seminar Series: Hannah Lavery

An in-person talk by poet, playwright, and Edinburgh Makar Hannah Lavery, discussing the breadth of her career and inspirations. The talk will be followed by a Q&A.

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Feb 07 2025 -

English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Benjamin Kohlman

An in-person seminar by Professor Benjamin Kohlman (University of Regensburg) titled 'No Home but the Struggle: From Weltliteratur to World Revolution in the Left Bildungsroman, 1820-2020'.

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