BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:talks.ox.ac.uk BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jeanette Winterson in Conversation with Professor Jane Shaw - Jean ette Winterson CBE\, OBE\, FRSL (University of Manchester)\, Professor Jan e Shaw (University of Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260124T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260124T193000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/5a27fada-fca3-4898-80fd-174923dad1d4/ DESCRIPTION:This year’s Babcock Lecture will be by the multi-award-winni ng author\, Jeanette Winterson. Touching on works including her breakthrou gh novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)\, her memoir Why Be Happy W hen You Could Be Normal? (2011)\, and her essay collection\, Art Objects ( 1995)\, Jeanette will discuss the nature and craft of her life-writing wit h Professor Jane Shaw.\n\nThis event will appeal to readers\, writers\, an d scholars interested in life writing\, literary experimentation\, and the relationship between memoir\, fiction\, and criticism. No prior specialis t knowledge is required.\n\nSpeaker Details:\n\n\n\nProfessor Jeanette Win terson CBE was born in Manchester and raised in Lancashire by adoptive par ents. Raised in the Elim Pentecostal Church and initially intending to bec ome a Pentecostal Christian missionary\, she began evangelising and writin g sermons at the age of six. She left home at sixteen and went on to read English at St Catherine’s College\, Oxford. Her first novel\, Oranges Ar e Not the Only Fruit\, was published when she was twenty-four. It won the 1985 Whitbread Award for a First Novel\, and Winterson’s 1990 screen ada ptation won the BAFTA Award for Best Drama. She won the 1987 John Llewelly n Rhys Prize for The Passion. Her subsequent novels explore the boundaries of physicality and imagination\, gender polarities\, and sexual identitie s\, and have received numerous literary awards\; Frankissstein: A Love Sto ry was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2019. Her stage adaptation of Th e PowerBook opened at the Royal National Theatre\, London\, in 2002. Winte rson writes widely for major publications\, has featured on BBC Radio 4’ s Woman’s Hour\, and holds both an OBE and a CBE. She is Professor of Ne w Writing at the University of Manchester.\n\n\n \n\nProfessor Jane Shaw i s Professor of the History of Religion at the University of Oxford. She ha s previously served as Dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and as Dea n for Religious Life and Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford Univer sity. Her books include Miracles in Enlightenment England (2006) and Octav ia\, Daughter of God\, (2012)\, and she most recently co-authored Gen Z\, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age (2021). Her current project\ , Seeking Infinity: Mystics in the Modern World\, is under contract with P enguin Allen Lane.\n\n \n\nFurther Details and Contacts:\n\nThis online ev ent is free and open to all.\n\nRegistration is required. Registration wil l close at 14:30 on 24 January 2026\; registrants will receive the joining link shortly after.\n\nThe lecture will be recorded and made available on the OCLW website soon after. Registration is not required to access the r ecording.\n\nQueries regarding this event should be addressed to OCLW Even ts Manager\, Dr Eleri Anona Watson.\nSpeakers:\nJeanette Winterson CBE\, O BE\, FRSL (University of Manchester)\, Professor Jane Shaw (University of Oxford) LOCATION:Wolfson College (ONLINE ONLY)\, Linton Road OX2 6UD TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/5a27fada-fca3-4898-80fd-174923dad1d4/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Jeanette Winterson in Conversation with Professor Jane Sh aw - Jeanette Winterson CBE\, OBE\, FRSL (University of Manchester)\, Prof essor Jane Shaw (University of Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Visiting Professor of Creative Media lecture: Jeanette Winterson - Jeanette Winterson CBE\, OBE\, FRSL (University of Manchester) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20221027T173000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20221027T183000 UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/bdd82667-95bd-48ac-9a8a-e1b8ede0ad5e/ DESCRIPTION:The Word Zoo: Language in the time of Tabloids\, TikTok\, Cons piracy Cults\, Brexit\, and AI. Evolution? Conservation? Extinction?\n\nJe anette Winterson CBE is an award winning British author. Having read Engli sh Literature at St Catz in 1978\, she graduated and published her breakou t novel\, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit\, in 1985. \n\nThe English Facult y are very pleased to host Jeanette Winterson as the Visiting Professor of Creative Media for 2022-23.\nSpeakers:\nJeanette Winterson CBE\, OBE\, FR SL (University of Manchester) LOCATION:St Cross Building (The Gulbenkian Theatre)\, St Cross Road OX1 3U R TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/bdd82667-95bd-48ac-9a8a-e1b8ede0ad5e/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Visiting Professor of Creative Media lecture: Jeanette Wi nterson - Jeanette Winterson CBE\, OBE\, FRSL (University of Manchester) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Life of the Spirit and the Life of Today - Jeanette Winterson CBE\, OBE\, FRSL (University of Manchester)\, Professor Jane Shaw (Harris Manchester College\, Oxford) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220524T173000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220524T183000 UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b8ca4007-b75f-44b2-927f-5bf1d54c1053/ DESCRIPTION:This event marks 100 years since the lecture by the first woma n to lecture at the University of Oxford on Theology\, Evelyn Underhill\, who spoke on the same theme.\nSpeakers:\nJeanette Winterson CBE\, OBE\, FR SL (University of Manchester)\, Professor Jane Shaw (Harris Manchester Col lege\, Oxford) LOCATION:Harris Manchester College (The Chapel)\, Mansfield Road OX1 3TD TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b8ca4007-b75f-44b2-927f-5bf1d54c1053/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:The Life of the Spirit and the Life of Today - Jeanette W interson CBE\, OBE\, FRSL (University of Manchester)\, Professor Jane Shaw (Harris Manchester College\, Oxford) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Life of the Spirit and the Life of Today - Jeanette Winterson CBE\, OBE\, FRSL (University of Manchester) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220524T173000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20220524T190000 UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d53a8703-3005-415f-816f-8af71df22623/ DESCRIPTION:This event marks 100 years since the lecture by the first woma n to lecture at the University of Oxford on Theology\, Evelyn Underhill\, who spoke on the same theme. The Lecture will be live-streamed for those w ho are unable to attend in person. \nSpeakers:\nJeanette Winterson CBE\, O BE\, FRSL (University of Manchester) LOCATION:Harris Manchester College (College Chapel)\, Mansfield Road OX1 3 TD TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d53a8703-3005-415f-816f-8af71df22623/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:The Life of the Spirit and the Life of Today - Jeanette W interson CBE\, OBE\, FRSL (University of Manchester) TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR