On Wed 10 March 2021, join us for a spirited discussion of how Harold Bloom and Toni Morrison challenged our thinking about what (and how) to read.
10 March 2021 by Toria Johnson
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Page Breaks: ‘High Score’ (Netflix) – 24 March
For this week’s Page Breaks, we’re watching an episode of the Netflix documentary High Score. All welcome! Thanks to Niall Gallen for this suggestion.
3 March 2021 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks Research Day: 24 February
On Wednesday 24 February (from 9 am), we will be hosting a Page Breaks Research day. This will be an opportunity to work on your own research (while knowing that others are working at the same time), with periodic zoom calls to set and reflect on goals.
17 February 2021 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks: A Piece of Work – ‘The Writing on the Wall’
For this week’s Page Breaks, we’re listening to an episode of ‘A Piece of Work’, a podcast about modern art based out of MOMA. This episode ‘The Writing on the Wall’ asks questions about how to achieve ‘authenticity’ in inherently reproducible pieces, and if words/language can be art.
4 February 2021 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks: Works Loved (Festive edition)
Page Breaks this week will be on Wed 09 December at 1pm. We’ll be returning to our cherished ‘Works Loved’ format. Find out more about Works Loved here: https://blog.bham.ac.uk/englitpostgrad/works-loved/
3 December 2020 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks: Research Day – Wed 4 November
On Wednesday 04 November (from 9 am), we will be hosting a Page Breaks Research day. This will be an opportunity to work on your own research (while knowing that others are working at the same time), with periodic zoom calls to set and reflect on goals.
30 October 2020 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks: Works Loved (Halloween edition)
Page Breaks this week will be on Wed 28 October at 1pm. We’ll be returning to our cherished ‘Works Loved’ format. Find out more about Works Loved here: https://blog.bham.ac.uk/englitpostgrad/works-loved/
21 October 2020 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks: RBG’s collars, and the power of fashion
Page Breaks this week will be on Wed 07 October at 1pm. We’ll be thinking about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and (among other things) her use of feminist fashion. Our main text for this week is Vanessa Friedman’s New York Times commentary, ‘Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Lace Collar Wasn’t an Accessory, it was a Gauntlet’
1 October 2020 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks: Works Loved – Endings (or whatever)
(But just for now!) On Wednesday 29 July (1 pm), we will be hosting our final Page Breaks of the 2019-2020 academic year. We’ll be returning to our ‘Works Loved’ format, with a provisional theme of ‘Endings’. (But equally, feel free to come with anything you like!)
22 July 2020 by Toria Johnson
Page Breaks Research Day: 22 July
On Wednesday 22 July (from 9 am), we will be hosting our next Page Breaks Research day. This will be an opportunity to work on your own research (while knowing that others are working at the same time), with periodic zoom calls to set and reflect on goals.
15 July 2020 by Toria Johnson