Postgraduate Research in English Literature
Page for Postgraduate Events and Research in English Literature
Completing a postgraduate research degree in English Literature is difficult but what do we mean when we talk about literature itself as difficult? What connotations, both positive and negative, are implied when we classify a work as difficult? Does it make any difference whether a text was difficult or easy for its author to write? … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Difficulty”
Following a great return to the Page Breaks programme a couple of weeks ago our next meeting will be on Thursday 13th November at 4-6pm. Ahead of this meeting we’re going to take a break from reading in order to listen – specifically the plan is to listen to an episode of the ‘Books and … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Psychogeography”
In resurrecting Page Breaks we’re going to return to a well-tested formula: the ‘Works Loved’ session. In ‘Works Loved’ sessions, we invite you to share a text that you enjoy or has been important to you. We’ll each share a text: this could be a poem that convinced us not to drop out as an … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Works Loved (Thursday 23 October, 4.30pm)”
Next year, I plan to run a new interdisciplinary network aimed at postgraduates and research students: The AI and Humanities Hub. The idea is to explore AI through a humanities lens – and to foster critical reading, philosophical dialogue and contemplation of AI’s impact on human thought. The emphasis is on reading, questioning and understanding … Continue reading “Proposed New Network – The AI and Humanities Hub”
Next year, I plan to run a new interdisciplinary network aimed at postgraduates and research students: The AI and Humanities Hub. The idea is to explore AI through a humanities lens – and to foster critical reading, philosophical dialogue and contemplation of AI’s impact on human thought. The emphasis is on reading, questioning and understanding … Continue reading “Proposed New Network – The AI and Humanities Hub”
Please join us for an informal get-together of English Literature postgraduate students on Tuesday 1st April at 5-7pm in Arts Building, Room 201. This event is open to taught and research students and will be jointly hosted by Rex Ferguson and Amy Burge. There will be coffee, tea, soft drinks, cake, nibbles – and the … Continue reading “Postgraduate Social Event”
Interested in sharing your research through verbal presentation but not sure of the right venues? Got your eye on a conference but lacking confidence in how to present your ideas in an abstract and then a talk? Already signed up to your first conference but worried about what it’s going to be like? If these … Continue reading “PGR Event – Conferences”
