On FRIDAY 12 November (from 9:30 am), we will be hosting our monthly Research day. This is 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.
Page Breaks – 03 November – Virgin River
[Note from 27 October: Team! I’m so sorry for the clerical error – this week’s Page Breaks was all ready to go and (unbeknownst to me) languishing as an unpublished draft. We’ll push to next week, at which point I will have seen this episode 3 times…TJ] Our next Page Breaks session will be on … Continue reading “Page Breaks – 03 November – Virgin River”
Romance Reading Group: Contemporary Romance
Our next Romance Reading Group online session is based on Contemporary Romance. Our first 21/22 session will be on next Monday 1st November 2021 from 18:00-19:00 via Zoom, so save the date in your calendars! RSVP via: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/contemporary-romances This month, the Romance Reading Group will be focusing on the most commercially-successful sub-genre of romance: Contemporary Romance. This academic year, … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Contemporary Romance”
Page Breaks – 20 October – ‘Who is the Bad Art Friend?’
Our next Page Breaks session will be on 20 October at 1 pm, and we’ll be discussing the recent viral NYT magazine piece, ‘Who is the Bad Art Friend?’. “Her letter, it wasn’t art! It was informational. It doesn’t have market value. It’s like language that we glean from menus, from tombstones, from tweets.” Text … Continue reading “Page Breaks – 20 October – ‘Who is the Bad Art Friend?’”
Page Breaks – 13 October – The Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives
Our next Page Breaks session will be on 13 October at 1 pm, and we’ll be discussing this love letter to the pleasures and mysteries of archival work (and also, LBJ). Thanks to Professor Rebecca Mitchell for recommending this piece!
Page Breaks Research Day – FRIDAY 08 October
On FRIDAY 08 October (from 9:30 am), we will be hosting our monthly Research day. This is 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.
Page Breaks – 22 September – The Slippery Art of Biography
Our next Page Breaks session will be on 22 September at 1 pm, and will consider Craig’s Brown’s essay on the peculiarities of biography.
Page Breaks – 29 September – Douglas Coupland on Elon Musk
Our next Page Breaks session will be on 29 September at 1 pm, and will consider Douglas Coupland’s recent take on Elon Musk in The Guardian. (Thanks everyone for the suggestion!)
Page Breaks – 15 September – ‘How America Invented the White Woman Who Just Loves Fall’
We’re starting off Page Breaks 2021-2022 on 15 September with a discussion of seasonal culture – what it is, who defines it, how its impact registers, and more!
Page Breaks – September 1st – Research Day
On Wednesday 01 September (from 9:30 am), we will be hosting our monthly Research day. This is 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.