(ALC) English Literature

Manchester Medieval Society Seminar: Anke Bernau, 'Late medieval knots: Pain, Delight, Mystery'

18:00 - 19:30 21 February 2019
Late medieval knots: Pain, Delight, mystery Dr Anke Bernau Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature and Culture The University of Manchester Thursday 21 February 2019, 6.00pm Samuel Alexander Building, A116

Professorial Inaugural Lecture: Prof. Daniela Caselli, 'The Modernist Child'

17:00 - 19:00 13 March 2019
The child is a familiar figure in Romantic and Victorian studies but is much less visible in early twentieth-century literature criticism. This lecture will argue that there is much…

Henry Box Brown Lecture: Darnell Hunt (University of California Los Angeles)

17:00 - 19:00 14 March 2019
Title and place tbc

Stachniewski Memorial Lecture: Marie-Louise Coolahan (National University of Ireland: Galway), ‘The Reception and Circulation of Early Modern Women's Writing’

17:00 - 18:30 20 March 2019
Stachniewski Memorial Lecture

EAC Research Seminar: Peter Sabor (McGill) ‘Frances Burney d'Arblay and Hester Maria ('Queeney') Thrale Elphinstone: The Arc of a Sixty-Year Friendship’

17:00 - 18:30 27 March 2019
Peter Sabor (McGill) ‘Frances Burney d'Arblay and Hester Maria ('Queeney') Thrale Elphinstone: The Arc of a Sixty-Year Friendship’

EAC Research Seminar: John Plotz (Brandeis) 'Laughter is from Mars: Science Fiction as Satire and Game'

17:00 - 18:30 3 April 2019
John Plotz (Brandeis) 'Laughter is from Mars: Science Fiction as Satire and Game'

The G. L. Brook Memorial Lecture in Middle English: Prof. Corinne Saunders (Durham)

17:30 - 19:00 2 May 2019
The Brook Lecture, part of the English and American Studies seminar series, honours the memory of G.L. Brook, Professor of English Language and Medieval English Literature at Manchester…

Professorial Inaugural Lecture: Prof. Liam Harte

17:00 - 19:00 15 May 2019
Title tbc

Sexuality Summer School Lecture, Elizabeth Freeman (UC Davis) ‘Queer Dialogues’ (with Jackie Stacey)

12:00 - 14:00 20 May 2019
Sexuality Summer School Lecture

Sexuality Summer School Public Event: Sedgwick Memorial Symposium

10:00 - 21:00 22 May 2019
Public Event: Sedgwick Memorial Symposium In collaboration with the University of York and the Sedgwick Memorial Foundation 10-5: Dialogues on Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's A Dialogue on…

Sexuality Summer School Public Lecture: Madhavi Menon (Ashoka University)

17:00 - 19:00 23 May 2019
Public Lecture: Madhavi Menon (Ashoka University, India and author of A History of Desire in India) ‘The History of Desire in India: Dialogues with Queer Theory’ Part of Sexuality…

Professorial Inaugural Lecture: Prof. Jerome de Groot

17:00 - 19:00 29 May 2019
I will be giving my Professorial Inaugural on the 29 May, wearing a cape (kind of) and talking about hifalutin things (+ jokes). It would be lovely to see you all for it. I'm learning…

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