Ox ModCon Seminar
@OxModCon
Oxford Modern & Contemporary Literature Research Seminar @UniofOxford @engfac. Convened by: @lejhouston @HingleyTheory
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Our virtual programme for Trinity is here! Featuring a reading of Pygmalion, Viral Modernism, a roundtable and more. We’ll be on Zoom/Teams on Thursdays at 5pm GMT, first event on 14 May. We’d love for you to get involved in the play and/or roundtable – write to us by Wed 6 May!
Take part in our online roundtable (4 June) on Life, Literature and Covid-19 – we’re looking for 8-10 min papers! We would love to hear your ideas, from space and risk to domesticity and dreams. Write to [email protected] and [email protected] by Wed 6 May
Would you like to be our Zoom Eliza Doolittle? We need you for our reading of Pygmalion on 14 May! Text on Gutenberg.org – parts will be divided; smaller (or bigger!) roles possible. Write to [email protected] and [email protected] by Wed 6 May.
Expressions of interest wanted for participation in our first two Zoom/Teams events! 1. A shared reading of Shaw’s Pygmalion 2. Life, Literature and Covid-19: a roundtable – 8-10 min papers Write to [email protected] and [email protected] by noon on 5 May
Dear friends, we will be in touch soon with an adapted events list for Trinity term as OxModCon too embarks on an online journey. We intend to start with reading and discussing a play together virtually for our first session -- more to follow!
Please note that our final session on Thursday 12 March has been CANCELLED in support of industrial action taking place across the University. We will be back in Trinity with another exciting series of speakers!
Tomorrow is the third of our Hilary Term Workshops. Come along for a full session on Elizabeth Bishop. Our two presenters will be talking about Figures of Speech and Charlie Chaplin in her work. We promise not only lunch but a "sweet sensation of joy"! All are welcome.
Please join us today for the second of our Hilary Term Workshops. This week we will be hearing about impersonality in Wallace Stevens and Elizabeth Bowen's A World of Love. We will be in the Wharton Room at All Souls with Lunch from 12:30. Everyone is welcome.
Please join us tomorrow for the first of our Hilary Term Workshops. This week we will be hearing about Climate Change in Theatre and Tourism in E. M. Forster from two wonderful presenters. We will be in the Wharton Room at All Souls with Lunch from 12:30. Everyone is welcome.
Our Hilary Term Card is here! Featuring: Climate Change on Stage, Charlie Chaplin and Elizabeth Bishop, Forster and Tourism, Love in the Trenches, and much more! Join us for an incredible series of workshops with a great sandwich lunch at each. All are welcome.
#IrishStudies friends, I'll be giving a paper at @oxfordirishsem next Wednesday (04 Dec) at 5pm in @HertfordCollege: 'Parnell and His Island: Irish Modernism, Sexual Health, and the Parnell Myth' #Parnell #IrishHistory #IrishPolitics #IrishModernism #HistMed #Twitterstorians
Dr David Dwan has co-organised some wonderful FREE events about Orwell in October! - Orwell Prize winners in conversation on 'Orwell and Journalism' - 1 day symposium '1984 Now' ft. top academics - Orwell inspired art exhibition Tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/1984-now-tic…
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1984 Now
*** TICKETS FOR THE EVENING TALK AND SYMPOSIUM HAVE NOW SOLD OUT *** TO BE ADDED TO THE WAITING LIST PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] A week-long event in Oxford exploring the legacy and impact...
What would George Orwell think of today's politics and journalism? Find out at Dr David Dwan's week-long event investigating the legacy of Nineteen Eighty-Four with an evening talk and symposium @WorcCollegeOx and an exhibition @engfac hertford.ox.ac.uk/news/1984-now
📢ATTENTION! Applications close on Friday 👇 #TheoriesOfReading @TORCHOxford
We are pleased to announce that applications for our 'Theories of Reading' Study Day are now OPEN! If you would like to apply to attend, please fill in this form: forms.gle/vsUJdbMTkAZZyT… Applications will close at midnight on Friday 30th August 2019. @TORCHOxford.
We are pleased to announce that applications for our 'Theories of Reading' Study Day are now OPEN! If you would like to apply to attend, please fill in this form: forms.gle/vsUJdbMTkAZZyT… Applications will close at midnight on Friday 30th August 2019. @TORCHOxford.
@ra_barlow discusses the tentacular mysteries of twoheaded octopus in Joyce's 'Ulysses'. @OxModCon @engfac @EFLOxford #IrishStudies #JamesJoyce #Octopus #AnimalStudies
This week @OxModCon, @ra_barlow discusses Joyce and the non-human. 'End(s) of the world / world without end': The Twoheaded Octopus of Ulysses Join us for a belated Bloomsday celebration @engfac @EFLOxford @UniofOxford #IrishStudies #JamesJoyce #Bloomsday #AnimalStudies
Tomorrow @OxModCon:
This week @OxModCon, @ra_barlow discusses Joyce and the non-human. 'End(s) of the world / world without end': The Twoheaded Octopus of Ulysses Join us for a belated Bloomsday celebration @engfac @EFLOxford @UniofOxford #IrishStudies #JamesJoyce #Bloomsday #AnimalStudies
TODAY AT 5.30PM (History of the Book Room, St Cross Building). Eleri Watson will be gracing us with her wonderful presence at @OxModCon. Come along!
I'll be presenting at a special seminar on fag hags, friendship and #ChristopherIsherwood tomorrow evening at @engfac . MR.BUMP will make a special appearance. All welcome! #queer #PhD #PrideMonth #Oxford
Tomorrow: our next seminar 👇
Next Tuesday @OxModCon: @elerianona discusses Christopher Isherwood's fag hags. Join us @engfac @EFLOxford @UniofOxford to think, drink wine, and unpack the phrase 'gross-insucking vulva'... #QueerStudies #QueerModernisms #QueerHistory #Ishwerwood #FagHag #LGBTQIA+ #PrideMonth
TODAY: The next Oxford Modern & Contemporary Literature Seminar is happening at 5.30pm in the History of the Book Room, St Cross Building 👇
Next week @OxModCon in @engfac, where @George_A_Legg (@KingsCollegeLon) joins us to discuss the politics of boredom in post-conflict Northern Ireland. #IrishStudies #IrishLiterature #IrishHistory #IrishPolitics #NorthernIreland #Twitterstorians
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