Interwar Women Writers: Politics, Citizenship, Style Organized by Dr Clara Jones (KCL) and Dr Natasha Periyan (Goldsmiths) Description The political activism and social commitments of interwar women writers were extensive and varied. Winifred Holtby was a member of the Six Point Group and Independent Labour Party, Sylvia Townsend Warner was a …
A ‘cerebration’ for Hugh Haughton, University of York, 8–9 June
In honour of our colleague Hugh Haughton on his birthday, the Department of English and Related Literature, University of York, and the Humanities Research Centre are hosting a poetic and scholarly “cerebration”. We commence on Friday 8 June with an evening of poetry, featuring readings by: Gerald Dawe · Kit Fan · Bernard O’Donoghue · Caitríona O’Reilly · Peter …
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CFP Narrative Democracy in 20th- and 21st-Century British Literature and Visual Arts, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, 18–19 October
SEAC 2018 conference, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, 18–19 October 2018 This conference will consider the aesthetic and literary significance of the concept of narrative democracy. Many recent works have examined the interactions between art and democracy, be it the way the latter sheds light on the fictitious component of politics, or its pivotal …
Mathematics and Modern Literature, University of Manchester, 3–4 May: registration now open
Registration for this conference is now open: Student/Unwaged: £40 Waged: £60 See the website for a full programme. Keynotes include Nina Engelhardt, Emily Howard and Tim Armstrong.
CFP: deadline extended, Literature, Education and the Sciences of the Mind in Britain and America, 1850–1950, 17–18 July
Literature, Education and the Sciences of the Mind in Britain and America, 1850-1950 NEW deadline for submissions: April 2, 2018 17–18 July, 2018 – University of Kent Keynote Speakers: Professor Helen Small, Pembroke College, University of Oxford Professor Priscilla Wald, Duke University This conference aims to stimulate a wide-ranging discussion about the …
CFP: Corresponding with Beckett, 1–2 June 2018
Corresponding with Beckett A London Beckett Seminar conference at the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 1–2 June 2018 Extended deadline call for papers: 31 March 2018 What does it mean to correspond with Beckett? How does Beckett’s correspondence give us insight into the work? In what …
CFP: New Directions in David Jones Research
Call for Papers: New Directions in David Jones Research Inaugural Research Seminar of the David Jones Research Center 7–8 June 2018 Join us this June to inaugurate the David Jones Research Center, housed within the Honors College at Washington Adventist University. Designed to be a collaborative space for scholars interested in …
CFP – Edited Volume: The Modern Short Story and the Magazines: 1880–1950
CFP – Edited Volume: The Modern Short Story and the Magazines: 1880-1950 – eds Elke D’hoker and Chris Mourant This essay collection aims to bring together and represent the growing body of research into the close ties between the modern short story and magazine culture in the period 1880-1950 in Britain …
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Registration open for PG and ECR training day
Registration is now open for the BAMS Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Training Day: Career/Administration. Reserve your place at the RHUL online shop: (£5 for BAMS members and £10 for non-members). Wed. 28 March 2018, 10.00am (first session at 10.30am) – 5.10pm. Location: Room 104, Senate House, London WC1 7HU (central London) The ninth annual …
Modernist Network Cymru: elections 2018
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS For: The 2018 Election of the Modernist Network Cymru (MONC) Executive Steering Committee + up to two Postgraduate Representatives. On 31 December 2017 the three-year term of the MONC Executive Steering Committee came to an end. We now invite nominations for membership of the Steering Committee and up …
