{"id":218,"date":"2019-03-27T10:53:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T10:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/?p=218"},"modified":"2019-10-03T17:49:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T16:49:31","slug":"works-loved-27-march-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/2019\/03\/27\/works-loved-27-march-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Works Loved: How Texts Matter To Us (27 March 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Academia can often feel overwhelming, with multiple pressures competing for our time and headspace. This seminar is about remembering why we got into this business in the first place \u2013 namely, the \u2018love\u2019 (and we can discuss this term) we feel for the books, poems, and ideas that make up our discipline. <!--more-->In this seminar, we will each bring and read from and discuss a text that proved foundational to our research, whether it\u2019s a poem that convinced us not to drop out as an undergraduate, a novel that suggested we might need to do an MA to understand it, or an essay that launched the idea of doctoral study. There\u2019s no advance reading this week \u2013 just come along with your chosen text, and be ready to read from it, tell us why it matters to you, and discuss it and other texts. All varieties of text are welcome \u2013 if yours isn\u2019t something you can easily read from, just come and tell us about it instead.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/staff\/profiles\/english\/cran-rona.aspx\">Rona Cran<\/a>\u00a0who will be leading this session.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Reading<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n<p>No advance reading &#8211; just bring along your chosen texts.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Time &amp; Place:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>14:00-15:00, Wed 27 Mar 2019<\/li>\n<li>Shackleton Room (Arts 439)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure style=\"width: 332px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/01\/Cecil-Touchon-Fusion-Series-2174.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Cecil Touchon, Fusion Series #2174\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Cecil Touchon, Fusion Series #2174<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><strong>About the Doctoral Seminar:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>This is an informal weekly reading group run for postgraduates within the Department of English Literature. We select a short text to read in advance, often a work of theory, then meet to discuss it. The seminar provides an opportunity to consider aspects of the reading that were thought-provoking or challenging for you, think about how it relates to texts you may have studied or plan to read, and share aspects of your own research and academic practice. It\u2019s also a chance to get together, try out ideas, and meet fellow postgraduate researchers. There will be tea, coffee and biscuits and you are very welcome!<\/p>\n<p>For access to readings, please email\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/staff\/profiles\/english\/butchard-dorothy.aspx\">Dorothy Butchard<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"mailto:d.butchard@bham.ac.uk\">d.butchard@bham.ac.uk<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academia can often feel overwhelming, with multiple pressures competing for our time and headspace. 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