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Oxford 18th-Century Literature & Culture
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Eighteenth-Century Literature & Culture Research Seminar, run by the Faculty of English, University of Oxford. All welcome!
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June 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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We're delighted to announced our programme for the term.

We kick off on Tuesday with Nicolle Jordan (University of Southern Mississippi).

All welcome, as always!
May 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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In a change to our originally advertised schedule, we'll be hosting a double header on Tuesday 11th March. All welcome!
March 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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This Tuesday we'll be hearing @gabriellabird.bsky.social & @davidftaylor.bsky.social talk about reviving Centlivre's The Busy Body in a collab between @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social @creationtheatre.bsky.social & Oxford's Cultural Programme.

5.30 @ Seminar Room East, Mansfield College. All welcome!
Poster for Susanna Centlivre's The Busy Body, showing a masked eighteenth-century woman.
February 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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We're excited to reveal our programme for the term, featuring @davidftaylor.bsky.social, Gabriella Bird Katharine Boehm,
@juliepark.bsky.social, and Peter Sabor.

As always, all welcome!
Week 4: Tues. 11 Feb., 5.30-7pm DAVID TAYLOR (Oxford) and director GABRIELLA BIRD Reviving Susanna Centlivre’s The Busy Body for the 21st-century Stage Week 6: Tues. 25 Feb., 5.30-7pm KATHARINA BOEHM (University of Passau, Germany) Tangible Pasts: Antiquarian Culture and the Novel in the Eighteenth Century Week 7: Tues. 4 March., 5.30-7pm JULIE PARK (Penn State University) Hester Thrale Piozzi’s Minced Meat for Pyes: Scrapbook Composition as Life Writing * Joint event with the Romanticism Seminar* Week 8: Tues. 11 March, 12.30-1.45pm PETER SABOR (McGill University) “The capital pen of a sister author”: Reading Frances Burney with Jane Austen * Sandwich lunch provided* Weeks 4, 6, 8: Seminar Room East, Mansfield College Week 7: Massey Room, Balliol College All welcome. SEMINAR LEADERS: Ros Ballaster, Christine Gerrard, Nicole Pohl, Tess Somervell, David Taylor, Carly Watson, Abigail Williams.
January 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Hello! Hope we're not late to the party over here.

Here's our list of speakers for this term. Do join us next week for what promises to be a fascinating session from by Electronic Enlightenment team.
November 14, 2024 at 9:50 AM