Postgraduate Research in English Literature
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Wednesday October 18th 2-4pm Lecture Room 7 Arts Building The first seminar of Ekphrastic Encounters – the newly established interdisciplinary discussion/research forum on new forms and approaches to ekphrasis – will be led by John Fagg, Senior Lecturer in America Literature and Culture, who has written extensively about the interface between word and image. In … Continue reading “Ekphrasis As Political Encounter”
Next session: Wednesday 18th October, 5-7pm We’ll be discussing Genre Theory via Tzvetan Todorov’s essay ‘The Origin of Genres’, but please come along even if you don’t have time to read it. Contact Georgie at gxr697@student.bham.ac.uk for access to the reading, along with location details and the zoom link.
For our next Page Breaks, we’re talking about illegal online archives: what they mean for researchers, for those outside the academy and traditional educational structures, as well as more general discussion on academic paywalls, publishing, libraries, and other online ebook archives. We’ll listen to one podcast episode and read one short article to open up … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Illegal Archives (1pm, Mon 16 Oct)”
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.
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, 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: simultaneously … Continue reading “English Literature Postgraduate Researchers – Induction and Welcome”
After the success of our last Book Swap, we’re back for more. Come with a book – and leave with a new one!
Join us for the first in a new series of informal research + conversation sessions for distance learning postgraduate researchers in English Literature. Monday 24th April 4:30pm, via Zoom.
Book Swap For our last Page Breaks session of the semester, we’re trying a new (festive!) format. Come with a book – and leave with a new one! Text 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 … Continue reading “Page Breaks: 1st Annual Festive Book Swap!”
