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Talking about ICE SHOCK in Cape Town recently.
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Talking about ICE SHOCK in Cape Town recently.
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
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
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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
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!
Decolonizing English: An Incomplete Project
6 Nov at 5.30pm
Examination Schools, Oxford
Followed by wine reception. All welcome!
Decolonizing English: An Incomplete Project (Clarendon Lecture 4 by Professor Simon Gikandi)
english.web.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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!
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.
Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy
26 Nov, 5.30pm
Examination Schools, Oxford
ALL WELCOME! No booking required.
November 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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.
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!
#JaneEyre #ClarendonLectures
The 4th and final lecture of the 2025 Clarendon Lecture series will be on Thursday, 6 Nov.
All welcome!
The Other Victorians: What If Jane Eyre was a Missionary? (Clarendon Lecture 3 by Professor Simon Gikandi)
english.web.ox.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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!
#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
We look forward to welcoming back our webinar regulars along with any newcomers!
ALL WELCOME! Free, but booking required.
#Shakespeare #HenryVIII
November 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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
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
17 November at 5.30pm
Sheldonian Theatre
All welcome. Book your ticket via Eventbrite.
helen-fielding-always-take-notes.eventbrite.co.uk
Helen Fielding in conversation with the Always Take Notes podcast
Join the author of “Bridget Jones’s Diary” for a live podcast recording.
helen-fielding-always-take-notes.eventbrite.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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
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
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
English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: King Henry VIII
In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of King Henry VIII from Oxford World's Classics.
shakespeare-webinar-king-henry-viii.eventbrite.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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
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.
Translating English: On #Shakespeare and #Bunyan in Africa
5.30pm
Examination Schools
ALL WELCOME! No booking required.
Translating English: On Shakespeare and Bunyan in Africa (Clarendon Lecture 2 by Professor Simon Gikandi)
english.web.ox.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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.
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
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
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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
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!
The first lecture is THIS EVENING (28 Oct) at 5.30pm at Examination Schools, Oxford.
All welcome!
English in the (post) Colonial Archive (Clarendon Lecture 1 by Professor Simon Gikandi)
english.web.ox.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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!
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
#BHM #DianaEvans
Watch the discussion now >>
youtu.be/sTifWRqTi64
Book discussion on Diana Evans's 'I Want to Talk to You: And Other Conversations'
YouTube video by Faculty of English, University of Oxford
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October 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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
#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!
"Listen. Time Passes": Literature and Radio, a conversation with Geoff Bird
29 October at 5.15
Trinity College, Oxford
All welcome!
"Listen. Time Passes": Literature and Radio, a conversation with Geoff Bird
Exploring the relationship between written and spoken language, how to turn academic research into radio, and how to forge a career in audio
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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 >>
Helen is the author of Bridget Jones’s Diary which has sold more than 15m copies worldwide.
Book now >>
Helen Fielding in conversation with the Always Take Notes podcast
Join the author of “Bridget Jones’s Diary” for a live podcast recording.
helen-fielding-always-take-notes.eventbrite.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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 >>
Helen is the author of Bridget Jones’s Diary which has sold more than 15m copies worldwide.
Book now >>
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"Ellmann’s 'Joyce' fixed the image of a generation.” Join Zachary Leader & Hermione Lee to discuss the power of literary biography.
🗓 11/11/2025, 17:30, Wolfson College
🔗 shorturl.at/jskOQ
@engfac.bsky.social
🗓 11/11/2025, 17:30, Wolfson College
🔗 shorturl.at/jskOQ
@engfac.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
"Ellmann’s 'Joyce' fixed the image of a generation.” Join Zachary Leader & Hermione Lee to discuss the power of literary biography.
🗓 11/11/2025, 17:30, Wolfson College
🔗 shorturl.at/jskOQ
@engfac.bsky.social
🗓 11/11/2025, 17:30, Wolfson College
🔗 shorturl.at/jskOQ
@engfac.bsky.social
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
youtube.com/watch?v=IvIq...
#MultispectralImaging #Literature #Tennyson #Shelley
Recovery of Literary Manuscripts
YouTube video by University of Oxford
youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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
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 👇
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 👇
"Listen. Time Passes": Literature and Radio, a conversation with Geoff Bird
Exploring the relationship between written and spoken language, how to turn academic research into radio, and how to forge a career in audio
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"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 👇
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
When: 28 Oct, 30 Oct, 4 Nov & 6 Nov
Where: Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford
All welcome! No booking required.
#TeamEnglish
English in the (post) Colonial Archive (Clarendon Lecture 1 by Professor Simon Gikandi)
english.web.ox.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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
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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Tonight: Is there a specifically ‘maritime closet’? Join Santanu Das as he explores the history and writing of queer lives at sea. 21 Oct, 17:30. All welcome! Registration: buff.ly/LCrFQ8C
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Tonight: Is there a specifically ‘maritime closet’? Join Santanu Das as he explores the history and writing of queer lives at sea. 21 Oct, 17:30. All welcome! Registration: buff.ly/LCrFQ8C
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
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
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
English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: King Henry VIII
In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of King Henry VIII from Oxford World's Classics.
shakespeare-webinar-king-henry-viii.eventbrite.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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
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
The prize is awarded for the best doctoral thesis in English literature at the University of Oxford.
#Chaucer
Shelley Williams awarded the Swapna Dev Memorial Book Prize 2024-25
english.web.ox.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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
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 >>
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 >>
Helen Fielding in conversation with the Always Take Notes podcast
Join the author of “Bridget Jones’s Diary” for a live podcast recording.
helen-fielding-always-take-notes.eventbrite.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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 >>
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 >>
Join us for the first lecture on 28 Oct on 'English in the (post) Colonial Archive'. All welcome!
See details on our website >>
English in the (post) Colonial Archive (Clarendon Lecture 1 by Professor Simon Gikandi)
english.web.ox.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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 >>
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.
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.
"Listen. Time Passes": Literature and Radio, a conversation with Geoff Bird
Exploring the relationship between written and spoken language, how to turn academic research into radio, and how to forge a career in audio
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The Fantasy Literature Seminar Series 'The Weird and the Wonderful' kicks off next Thursday (16 October) with Stuart Lee's talk on ‘H. P. Lovecraft: The Madness and the Horror’. All welcome! Book your free place via Eventbrite. #HPLovecraft #fantasylit
www.english.ox.ac.uk/seminar-seri...
www.english.ox.ac.uk/seminar-seri...
Fantasy Literature Seminar Series: The Weird and the Wonderful
www.english.ox.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The Fantasy Literature Seminar Series 'The Weird and the Wonderful' kicks off next Thursday (16 October) with Stuart Lee's talk on ‘H. P. Lovecraft: The Madness and the Horror’. All welcome! Book your free place via Eventbrite. #HPLovecraft #fantasylit
www.english.ox.ac.uk/seminar-seri...
www.english.ox.ac.uk/seminar-seri...