Events

What's on in English Literature.

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Event listing

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Dec 01 2023 -

English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Jo Walton

Join us for this in-person seminar by Professor Jo Walton (University of Sussex) entitled 'Postcapitalist Realism'.

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Nov 24 2023 -

English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Natalia Kaloh Vid

Join us for this in-person seminar by Professor Natalia Kaloh Vid (University of Maribor) entitled 'The Sadistic Nurse as a Manifestation of the Abject in the Contemporary English Novel'

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Nov 22 2023 -

A Writer in Residence Event: Jackie Kay

An in-person conversation between Michael Pedersen (Writer in Residence, University of Edinburgh) and acclaimed author and former Makar, Jackie Kay.

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Nov 17 2023 -

English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Farah Karim-Cooper

Join us for this in-person seminar by Professor Farah Karim-Cooper (King's College London/Shakespeare’s Globe) entitled 'The Problem with Shakespeare'.

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Nov 17 2023 -

English and Scottish Literature Research Events: The Bannatyne MS (1568) and its Legacy

Join us for this in-person seminar, featuring researchers from institutions across Scotland, entitled 'The Bannatyne MS (1568) and its Legacy'.

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Nov 13 2023 -

Remediating Stevenson

A performance of music and poetry in honour of Robert Louis Stevenson, combining Scottish, Hawaiian, and Sāmoan performance cultures. Part of the Arts and Humanities Research Council project, ‘Remediating Stevenson'.

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Oct 21 2023 -

Alice Thornton’s Books: God’s Seventeenth-Century Handmaid

An in-person lecture by Dr Suzanne Trill (English Literature) in Durham Cathedral on the subject of Alice Thornton's manuscripts and what they can tell us about women's lives in the 17th century.

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Oct 18 2023 -

English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century

Join us for the in-person, annual research symposium of the Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century (SWINC) research network.

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Oct 13 2023 -

English and Scottish Literature Research Events: David Taylor

Join us for an in-person seminar by Dr David Taylor (University of Oxford) entitled 'A Portrait of the Actor as Still Life: Hazlitt’s Kemble'.

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Oct 11 2023 -

Guthrie Drama Seminar Series: Jenny Sealey and Mike Kenny

A free and in-person conversation, Q&A and masterclass from Jenny Sealey and Mike Kelly of Graeae Theatre on the subjects of BSL and disability-led theatre.

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