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- Join us this Monday to explore #Shakespeare's 'Richard II' with Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and special guest Hailey Bachrach. The event will take place online via Zoom at 6pm on Monday, 2 February. All welcome! The event is free but registration is required. #RichardII
- Join us for this year's online English Faculty Teachers' Conference on 7 Feb at 11am-3pm. Featuring mini lectures, information about the Oxford Admissions process, demonstrations of our free resources, & a panel discussion on AI. See the programme & register: english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...
- Registration is now open for Prof Devyani Sharma's Inaugural Lecture as News UK Professor of #Language and #Communication on 12 Feb! She will talk on: 'Why #accent matters – from social interaction to life outcomes' All welcome! Free, but booking required. english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/profes...
- Join us for A.E. Stallings' next Professor of #Poetry lecture on 29 January at 5.30pm at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. 'People Poems: Portraits in Verse' All welcome! Tickets are free, but booking is required via Eventbrite. @aestallings.bsky.social
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- Our English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare webinars continue! On 2 Feb Emma Smith will welcome guest Hailey Bachrach to explore Richard II. They will discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the 21st century, followed by Q&A. All welcome! shakespeare-webinar-richard-ii.eventbrite.co.uk
- Congratulations to Professor Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social who has been awarded a three-year Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust for her project: ‘Imperial bibliography: books, race and value’. Find out more about the project on our website:
- Registration is now OPEN for our next Professor of Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings. Join us in the Schwarzman Centre on 29 Jan at 5.30pm to hear Prof Stallings speak on 'People Poems: Portraits in Verse'. ALL WELCOME! Register for your free ticket: people-poems-portraits-in-verse.eventbrite.co.uk
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- Last chance to register for this evening's free live #Shakespeare webinar with Emma Smith and Emma Whipday. They will be discussing 'Measure for Measure', followed by a Q&A. ALL WELCOME! Register via Eventbrite: shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
- UNIQ applications are open until 13 Jan. Please share with any Year 12 students who may be interested! UNIQ is a free access programme which gives UK state school pupils the chance to take part in a 1-week, subject-specific residential in Oxford. Find out more & apply: uniq.ox.ac.uk/what-is-uniq
- Don't forget to register for our first #Shakespeare webinar of 2026! Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to explore 'Measure for Measure' on 5 Jan at 6pm. They will discuss the play then open up to questions from attendees. ALL WELCOME! shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
- Save the date! Join us on 29 January at the Schwarzman Centre for our next Professor of #Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social. The title of the lecture is 'People Poems: Portraits in Verse'. ALL WELCOME! Booking details will be confirmed in the new year.
- Our wonderful #Shakespeare webinars are continuing in 2026! Join us on 5 Jan to explore 'Measure for Measure'. Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century. shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
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- The English Faculty mourns the death of John Carey, Merton Professor from 1975 to 2002, undoubtedly the man with whom the title of Merton Professor of English Literature will remain indelibly associated in the public mind. Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:
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- What can #Victorian writers teach us about navigating misinformation today? In this @britishacademy.bsky.social 10-Minute Talk, Professor Pablo Mukherjee explores 'Fake News and the Victorians: Literature in the First Information Age' youtu.be/AMx73t-iDws
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- In this Social Science Bites podcast, Professor Devyani Sharma takes a deep dive into the #accents of Britain. Listen now at: www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/12/devy...
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- This year's Dorothy Whitelock Lecture is taking place next Wed, 3 Dec. Prof Jane Roberts will speak on: #Guthlac: what the early #medieval records tell us 5.15pm at St Peter’s College chapel @spcoxford.bsky.social Join us in person or online. Book now >> dorothywhitelock.eventbrite.co.uk
- Why do you read (or not read)? Take part in this survey about #reading practices, experiences & habits & you can enter a prize draw to win one of six £100 prizes in book tokens. Responses will inform Prof Marion Turner’s research. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/why...
- We hope to see you at A.E. Stallings' Professor of #Poetry lecture this evening (26 Nov) at 5.30pm! Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy 26 November at 5.30pm Examination Schools, Oxford ALL WELCOME! No booking required; just turn up! #rhyme #poetry #professorofpoetry #oxfordevents
- Professor Jane Roberts (University of London) will be giving the next Dorothy Whitelock Lecture on ‘Guthlac: what the early medieval records tell us’. 3 December, 5.15pm St Peter's College chapel, Oxford & online #guthlac #medieval All welcome! Register for your free ticket via Eventbrite:
- Don't miss the opportunity to hear our Professor of #poetry, A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social, talk in Oxford this week. Rhyme as Experiment/ #Rhyme as Alchemy 26 November 2025, 5.30pm Examination Schools, High St, Oxford FREE! No booking required. ALL WELCOME! #Oxfordevents #PoetrySky
- There's still time to register for our next English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics #Shakespeare webinar on ROMEO AND JULIET. All welcome! Emma Smith & guest Hannah August will discuss the play, followed by a Q&A. 1 Dec at 6pm Online via Zoom #romeoandjuliet Free but booking required:
- Congratulations to Professor Elleke Boehmer who has been elected as a Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Humanities Academy @humanitiesau.bsky.social. @oxhumanities.bsky.social
- If you can't wait until our next Professor of Poetry lecture on 26 Nov to hear A.E. Stallings talk about poetry then why not go along to this event tomorrow (21 Nov) with special guest Ernest Hilbert at St Edmund Hall. All welcome! www.everseradio.com/a-e-stalling...
- Prof Paulina Kewes & Dr Frederick Smith have co-authored an article about how the papacy dealt with the excommunication of Henry VIII which features in the latest issue of History Today. Did the protracted excommunication process make it easier for Henry to proceed with his Reformation? #HenryVIII
- Prof Santanu Das has recorded a series of videos about his research with EXPeditions as part of their Philip #Leverhulme Prize Collection. Explore his research on: Rethinking history, war & #empire Touch & intimacy Sea literature: from sail to steam Find out more on the #EXPeditions website:
- Join us on 26 November for A.E. Stallings' next Professor of Poetry lecture on 'Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy'. 26 Nov at 5.30pm Examination Schools ALL WELCOME! No booking required. #poetry #TeamEnglish @oxpoetrylibrary.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social
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- The latest issue of A.E. Stallings' Echolocations #poetry newsletter is now live! This issue explores Karen Solie’s “Meadowlark” from Wellwater, "a mostly unrhymed sonnet, that seems to place itself somewhere between Shelley’s ethereal “blithe spirit,” and John Clare’s more grounded skylark."
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- Join us to explore the new Oxford World's Classics edition of Romeo & Juliet in our next #Shakespeare webinar: 1 December 6 - 7.15pm Online via Zoom With Professor Emma Smith & Dr Hannah August. All welcome! Free but booking required. #TeamEnglish shakespeare-webinar-romeo-juliet.eventbrite.co.uk
- This evening (6 November): Don't miss the fourth and final 2025 Clarendon Lecture by Professor Simon Gikandi (Princeton). Decolonizing English: An Incomplete Project 6 Nov at 5.30pm Examination Schools, Oxford Followed by wine reception. All welcome!
- To add to our list of wonderful public lectures this term, we're delighted to announce our next Professor of #Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy 26 Nov, 5.30pm Examination Schools, Oxford ALL WELCOME! No booking required.
- Prof Simon Gikandi will give the 3rd Clarendon Lecture this evening (4 Nov) at 5.30pm on 'The Other Victorians: What If Jane Eyre was a Missionary?'. #JaneEyre #ClarendonLectures The 4th and final lecture of the 2025 Clarendon Lecture series will be on Thursday, 6 Nov. All welcome!
- There's still time to register for this evening's Shakespeare webinar on Henry VIII with Prof Emma Smith and Dr Laura Jayne Wright. We look forward to welcoming back our webinar regulars along with any newcomers! ALL WELCOME! Free, but booking required. #Shakespeare #HenryVIII
- Join the Always Take Notes team for a live podcast recording with Helen Fielding, author of “Bridget Jones’s Diary”. 17 November at 5.30pm Sheldonian Theatre All welcome. Book your ticket via Eventbrite. helen-fielding-always-take-notes.eventbrite.co.uk
- Don't miss the opportunity to hear Prof Emma Smith discuss King Henry VIII in our next #Shakespeare webinar. She'll be joined by Dr Laura Jayne Wright to explore the new Oxford World's Classics' edition of the play followed by a Q&A. ALL WELCOME! #HenryVIII
- THIS EVENING (30 October) at 5.30pm, Professor Simon Gikandi (Princeton) will be giving the 2nd Clarendon Lecture: Translating English: On #Shakespeare and #Bunyan in Africa 5.30pm Examination Schools ALL WELCOME! No booking required.
- We have so many exciting events in the next few weeks! As well as the #Clarendon Lectures with Prof Simon Gikandi, we have a #Shakespeare webinar on King Henry VIII, this term's Professor of #Poetry talk and events with Helen Fielding & Geoff Bird. More details at: english.web.ox.ac.uk/events
- Don't miss the opportunity to see Professor Simon Gikandi (Princeton) give the Clarendon Lectures in English for 2025 on 'English from Below: The Rise and Fall of a Discipline'. The first lecture is THIS EVENING (28 Oct) at 5.30pm at Examination Schools, Oxford. All welcome!
- To mark #BlackHistoryMonth 2025, members of the English Faculty @ox.ac.uk got together to discuss Diana Evans's 'I Want to Talk to You: And Other Conversations', a collection of essays & journalism. #BHM #DianaEvans Watch the discussion now >> youtu.be/sTifWRqTi64
- There's still time to get your free tickets for this event on Wednesday with #radio & #podcast producer Geoff Bird: "Listen. Time Passes": Literature and Radio, a conversation with Geoff Bird 29 October at 5.15 Trinity College, Oxford All welcome!
- Don't miss the opportunity to hear Helen Fielding in conversation with the Always Take Notes podcast on 17 Nov at the beautiful Sheldonian Theatre. Helen is the author of Bridget Jones’s Diary which has sold more than 15m copies worldwide. Book now >>
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- Dr Michael Sullivan @michaeljsullivan.bsky.social introduces the Recovery of Literary Manuscripts project, which is developing new digital techniques to recover lost lines of literature. youtube.com/watch?v=IvIq... #MultispectralImaging #Literature #Tennyson #Shelley
- "Listen. Time Passes": Literature and Radio, a conversation with Geoff Bird Exploring the relationship between written & spoken language, how to turn academic research into radio, & how to forge a career in audio 29 October at 5.15pm Levine Lecture Theatre, Trinity College All welcome! Register 👇
- One week today on 28 October, we will welcome Professor Simon Gikandi to give the 2025 Clarendon Lectures on 'English from Below: The Rise and Fall of a Discipline'. When: 28 Oct, 30 Oct, 4 Nov & 6 Nov Where: Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford All welcome! No booking required. #TeamEnglish
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- Our OWC/English Faculty #Shakespeare webinar series continues! Next up, Henry VIII on 3 Nov at 6pm. Join @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and @laurajaynewright.bsky.social to explore the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century. All welcome! FREE but registration required
- Congratulations to Shelley Williams who has been awarded the Swapna Dev Memorial Book Prize for her thesis on 'Chaucer Pictures the Cosmos: Materiality, Science, and Astral Poetics'. The prize is awarded for the best doctoral thesis in English literature at the University of Oxford. #Chaucer
- We're delighted to support the Always Take Notes podcast with this exciting event! Join hosts Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd on 17 November at the Sheldonian Theatre at 5.30pm for a live podcast recording with Helen Fielding, author of 'Bridget Jones’s Diary'. Book tickets via Eventbrite >>
- We're delighted to welcome Prof Simon Gikandi (Princeton) to give the Clarendon Lectures for 2025 on 'English from Below: The Rise and Fall of a Discipline'. Join us for the first lecture on 28 Oct on 'English in the (post) Colonial Archive'. All welcome! See details on our website >>
- Are you interested in a career in audio? Do you want to find out more about turning academic research into radio? Don't miss this event with #radio & #podcast producer Geoff Bird. When: 29 October at 5.15pm Where: Trinity College, Oxford All welcome! Free but booking required.
