Postgraduate Research in English Literature
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After the success of previous Book Swaps, we’re back for more. Come with a book – and leave with a new one! How it works: Please bring any book you’d like to swap (something you loved, something that wasn’t for you – anything you’d like). We’ll provide envelopes so you can ‘wrap’ your book, and … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Book Swap! (2pm, Mon 12th Feb)”
In our first Page Breaks of the New Year, we’ll be discussing our resolutions for 2024, taking inspiration from eight authors who share their plans, hopes, and resolutions for what they’ll read this year in an article from early January. Come along ready to talk about your own resolutions and get inspiration from others! When … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Reading Resolutions (1pm, Monday 22 Jan)”
The Stuart Hall PGR Reading Group is an interdisciplinary group meeting once a month to discuss the work of the visionary scholar Stuart Hall. Throughout the Spring term, we will be discussing Hall’s work on media and communication. These sessions are run by and for PGRs, but all are welcome – prior knowledge of Hall’s work … Continue reading “Stuart Hall Reading Group”
This session is a chance to hear advice from staff and postgrads in English Literature on effective ways to research: how to get started in the early phases of a project or as you move to a new chapter or section, ways to maintain focus, and help with being productive even when other things may … Continue reading “Research Focus: Tips on Getting Started and Staying Productive (Mon 23 Oct)”
Invitation: The Stuart Hall PGR Reading Group We are completing PhD researchers based at the University of Birmingham. We are setting up an interdisciplinary PGR Reading Group to explore the work of Professor Stuart Hall, the visionary scholar who left an important legacy at the University of Birmingham and beyond. We plan to meet on … Continue reading “Stuart Hall Reading Group (1pm Wed 11th Oct, 15th Nov, 6th Dec)”
Ekphrastic Encounters is a newly established inter-disciplinary discussion and research forum that will examine and debate the encounter or exchange between word and image using a reciprocal and inclusive model of ekphrasis.
Come along for the first meeting of a pop culture theory group! Email Georgie (gxr679@student.bham.ac.uk) to find out more.
For our first Page Breaks of 2023 we’re talking about literary prizes: what’s the point? Which are are our favourites? How do they influence our literary interests? We’ll read two short texts on this topic and compare their perspectives with our own. When and Where 1pm, Monday 2nd October, Arts 237 The room is on … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Book Prizes (1pm, Mon 2 Oct)”
Page Breaks is back for Autumn 2023. We’ll be meeting from October onwards – check back here for more details soon!
On Thursday 28th September 2023, we’ll have a welcome event for all new postgraduate researchers in English Literature. This will complement the Graduate School and EDACS inductions, and offer you a chance to meet fellow new starters in the department. It’ll be informal and friendly, so please do come along! This event will be hybrid: … Continue reading “English Literature Postgraduate Researchers – Induction and Welcome 2023”
