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

Page Breaks – back soon!

Who knows what 2021 has in store for us – but Page Breaks, our weekly reading group for postgraduate researchers in english lit, will be back in the w/c 1 Feb. We’ll continue to meet weekly online via Zoom, and we look forward to seeing new and familiar faces!

4 January 2021 by

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

Page Breaks: The Meaning of Mariah

On Wed 2 Dec our text is the short but intriguing preface to Mariah Carey’s memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey. We’ll think about Mariah’s refusal to acknowledge the concept of time… and perhaps also check in on her enduring presence as a Christmas icon.

27 November 2020 by

Page Breaks: The Museum Will Not Be Decolonised

On Wed 25 Nov we’ll discuss how country houses and museums have (and have not) grappled with the complex histories that define Britain’s past, including structures of racism and colonialism. Our text for this week is Sumaya Kassim’s video essay ‘The Museum Will Not Be Decolonised’ (2017). See you there!

20 November 2020 by

Page Breaks: Streaming and the Mainstream

On Wed 18 Nov we’ll consider the pleasures and problems of pop culture in an era of streaming and digital on-demand. Our text for this week is Simon Reynolds’s 2019 article “Streaming has killed the mainstream: the decade that broke popular culture”. See you there!

13 November 2020 by

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