Page for Postgraduate Events and Research in English Literature
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.
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)”
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.
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, 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”
Join us on the 14th June for our Romance Reading Group session on Emily Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation (aka You and Me on Vacation). I bet you’re thinking “this sounds like a book club session” Yes! It is! Are you as excited as we are? So grab a copy from your local library, RSVP to our event, and join … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Emily Henry’s ‘Vacation’ Romance”
