Up London this evening, to celebrate the publication of ‘The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable Lives’, by our friend and colleague Prof. Adam Smyth.
Balliol College Faculty of English TORCH Oxford Humanities Division Adam Smyth

While researching for his new book 'C.S.Lewis's Oxford', Prof Simon Horobin Simon Horobin turned up an unpublished letter from C.S. Lewis to John #Betjeman which sheds new light on their fractious relationship. Find out more on our website > #CSLewis english.web.ox.ac.uk/article/simon-…

Not long until we welcome Dr. Patrick Wadden to the English Faculty for this year's O'Donnell Lecture. He will talk on: 'Which name is more fitting for them?' Irish ethnonyms in Late Antiquity on 3 May at 5pm. This is a free public event & all are welcome. english.ox.ac.uk/event/odonnell…

Prof Kirsten Shepherd-Barr features on the Det humanistiske fakultet website on the importance of the Humanities: 'We need to keep reminding people that the Humanities aren’t just about so-called ‘soft skills’... they provide rigorous and tangible training in a craft'. uib.no/en/hf/169939/h…

We have some exciting public lectures taking place Faculty of English in May: the O'Donnell Lecture 2024 on 3 May by Dr. Patrick Wadden (@BelmontAbbey) & Alicia E. Stallings' next Professor of Poetry talk on 9 May. Please save the dates for your diaries! Details here: english.web.ox.ac.uk/events

Congratulations to Daniella Sakota who has been awarded this year’s Shelley-Mills prize for her essay ‘Listening to Wind-Song: Soundscapes, Nets, and the Music of The Tempest’. english.web.ox.ac.uk/article/this-y…

Terrific review in London Review of Books of ‘Chaucer: Here and now’ curated by Prof Marian Turner (@engfac) At the Bodleian lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

Laura’s living writing tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
A piece of remembrance, written in sorrow and yet in gladness for having known her. Laura Marcus.

A new article by Simon Horobin: '‘Never trust a Philologist’: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Place of Philology in English Studies' includes 7 newly published C.S. Lewis poems related to his dislike of philology (before he knew Tolkien) academic.oup.com/res/advance-ar…

🌟 Plots & Painted Tyrants: Performing #Hecuba in the sixteenth century, by Carla Suthren. This year's annual Classics & English lecture! University of Oxford Oxford Classics Outreach Faculty of English
⏰ 3pm (GMT) 22 April, in-person.
🔖 Livestream link will be available on day at apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2024/04…

We're delighted to welcome Dr. Patrick Wadden (Belmont Abbey College) to the English Faculty on 3 May to give the 2024 O'Donnell Lecture. The title of the lecture is ''Which name is more fitting for them?' Irish ethnonyms in Late Antiquity'. All welcome!

Amazing news and very well deserved! 👏👏👏🥳 If you haven't come across the Ten-Minute Book Club yet, you can explore all 4 seasons on our website: english.ox.ac.uk/ten-minute-boo…

Come and join our ten-minute book club!

As part of OxfordLitFest, every day this week we’re hosting Faculty of English LitHits - a library of short-form literature.

1.40pm at Weston Library. No prep needed!
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/olf

At Bodleian Libraries Oxford Literary Festival Hub earlier today with the first of 'Ten Minutes with LitHits' English Faculty Outreach Faculty of English in the Space for Reading. 1.40-1.50pm all this week: different texts each day! So much insight from attendees on our selection from The Awakening!

Congratulations Breach Awarded an Ibsen Scope Grant for the project 'Burning Down the House' TORCH Oxford collaboration Kirsten Shepherd-Barr Faculty of English Humanities Division University of Oxford Find out more
torch.ox.ac.uk/article/breach…

A talk on Thinking from the South at the University of Pretoria today. Thank you to this lively and supportive department for hosting me and all the fabulous feedback. Faculty of English English Faculty Outreach Wolfson College, Oxford University of Pretoria

We're delighted to announce that the next Professor of Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings Alicia E. Stallings will take place on 9 May in Examination Schools, Oxford at 5.30pm. This is a free, public lecture and all are welcome! #poetry english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/professo…

Dphil candidate Aditi Upmanyu has written for The Conversation about three 18th century women writers whose novels feature defiant and non-conforming heroines: Mary #Wollstonecraft , Charlotte Smith and Mary Robinson #18thCentury english.web.ox.ac.uk/article/how-th…

It's wonderful to hear Dr Laura Varnam Dr Laura Varnam on BBC Radio 4's Open Book discussing the work of Daphne du Maurier & the appeal of her writing. Available now: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
#duMaurier #DaphneduMaurier

Now it's all official and the paperwork's sorted: delighted, elated, and generally over the moon that, from September, I'll be Official Fellow in English at St John's College, Oxford (St John's College), and Associate Professor of Old Norse at the Oxford English Faculty (@engfac)!