English Department Research Seminars 2012

Please find below details of English Department research seminars.

Our first speaker is Patrick Wright (Professor of Visual and Material Culture, King's College), whose publications include Iron Curtain: From Stage to Cold War (OUP 2007), Tank: the progress of a monstrous war machine (Faber 2000), The Village that Died for England (Cape 1995) and A Journey Through Ruins (Radius 1991).

Places for all these events are limited, so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Semester 1

Encroachment Narratives in English National Identity: From William Cobbett to PJ Harvey

When: Wednesday 19 October, 17.30
Where: 342 Norfolk Building
Speaker: Professor Patrick Wright, King's College

On Thoughts Occasioned By...Michel de Montaigne to Chris Marker

When: Wednesday 16 November, 17.30
Where: 342 Norfolk Building
Speaker: Professor Timothy Corrigan, Penn

Arguing with Images: New Approaches to the Old Abbey Theatre

When: Wednesday 23 November, 17.30
Where: 342 Norfolk Building
Speaker: Dr Hugh Denard, King's College

“Consider the dogs”: Englishness, breeding and Virginia Woolf's canine aesthetics

When: Wednesday 7 December, 17.30
Where: 342 Norfolk Building
Speaker: Dr Jane Goldman, Glasgow

Semester 2

The Politics of Distraction

When: Monday 23 January, 18.00
Where: Old Anatomy Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Professor Michael Wood (Princeton)

‘The Future Will Have Been Animal’:
Dr Moreau and the Aesthetics of Monstrosity

When: Monday 13 February, 17.30
Where: S -3.20
Speaker: Dr. Chris Danta (New South Wales)

St. Cinderella, a Virgin Martyr?

When: Monday 5 March, 18.00
Where: K3.11
Speaker: Dr. Juliana Dresvina (King’s)

‘Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts’: Spectators as ‘Makers’ in Early Modern Drama

When: Monday 12 March, 18.00
Where: Council Room (K2.29)
Speaker: Dr. Chloe Porter (King’s)