Romance Reading Group: Time-Travel Romances

Our next Romance Reading Group online session is based on Time Travel Romances. Our next 21/22 session will be this Monday 28th February at 6pm GMT via Zoom, so save the date in your calendars! RSVP via: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/time-travel-romances This month, the Romance Reading Group will be focusing on all things time travel romance (from novels to films). This academic year, the … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Time-Travel Romances”

25 February 2022 by

Research Day: Friday 25th February

Our next monthly Research Day is on Friday 25th February. This is an opportunity to work on your own research, while knowing that others are working at the same time. We’ll have periodic zoom calls to set and reflect on goals, and an afternoon session to share new ideas and any aspect of your research.

1 February 2022 by

Page Breaks: Author Photos – Wed 2 Feb

For our first Page Breaks session of the new year, we’ll consider an aspect of book publishing we all encounter as readers: the author photo. Join us to discuss the triumphs and troubles of choosing a public image, and to reflect on equivalents in other areas of academia.

24 January 2022 by

Romance Reading Group: Dark Romances

Our next Romance Reading Group online session is based on Dark Romances. Our next session will be on next Monday 31st January from 18:00-19:00 via Zoom, so save the date in your calendars! RSVP via: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/dark-romances-2/form This month, the Romance Reading Group will be focusing on all things dark romance. Our special guest, Rebecca Frost, will be treating us to a twenty-minute talk on her … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Dark Romances”

22 January 2022 by

Page Breaks – 17 December – Taylor Swift and the Weaponization of Memory

Our next Page Breaks session will be 17 December at 1 pm, and we’ll be discussing Taylor Swift’s re-recording project, the recent 10-minute drop of ‘All Too Well’ and the ‘weaponization of memory’. Thanks to Ellen for this suggestion! Text (Watching + Listening) Taylor Swift ‘All Too Well (The Short Film)’ (via Youtube) Lots of … Continue reading “Page Breaks – 17 December – Taylor Swift and the Weaponization of Memory”

24 November 2021 by

Page Breaks – 24 November – Research Chats: Trading Tips for Organisation, Process, and Tracking Progress

Our next Page Breaks session will be on 24 November at 1 pm, and we’ll be discussing all things research: how we organise our research projects and their processes, how we approach our hurdles (and hopefully, how we overcome them). With special guests! Ellie Dobson Jimmy Packham Will Tattersdill There’s no predetermined agenda here – … Continue reading “Page Breaks – 24 November – Research Chats: Trading Tips for Organisation, Process, and Tracking Progress”

17 November 2021 by

Page Breaks 17 November – How Billionaire Rebekah Neumann Put the Woo-Woo in WeWork

Our next Page Breaks session will be on 17 November at 1 pm, and we’ll be discussing this Vanity Fair article on WeWork’s cofounder, Rebekah Neumann. Text (Watching) Rachel Dodes, ‘How Billionaire Rebekah Neumann Put the Woo-Woo in WeWork’ (via Vanity Fair) “Time” and “Place” Wed 17 November, 1 pm Zoom: Link (Password: pagebreaks) Looking forward … Continue reading “Page Breaks 17 November – How Billionaire Rebekah Neumann Put the Woo-Woo in WeWork”

12 November 2021 by