Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Talks:

Tuesday 29 April 2025

The Press of the Royal Institution
Date: 29 April 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : David Duff (Queen Mary, University of London)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Massey Room
Organisers: Professor Fiona Stafford (University of Oxford), Professor Seamus Perry (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 1 May 2025

World Literature from the Viewpoint of Atrocity
Date: 1 May 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Bruce Robbins (Columbia)
Venue: Wadham College, Parks Road OX1 3PN
Venue Details: Okinaga Room
Organisers: Prof. Pablo Mukherjee (Wolfson), Prof. Ankhi Mukherjee (University of Oxford), Professor Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 6 May 2025

Prolific Ground: Landscape and British Women’s Writing, 1690-1790
Date: 6 May 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Nicolle Jordan (University of Southern Mississipi)
Venue: Mansfield College, Mansfield Road OX1 3TF
Venue Details: Seminar Room East
Organisers: Professor David Taylor (University of Oxford), Dr Tess Somervell (University of Oxford), Dr Carly Watson (University of Oxford), Professor Nicole Pohl (University of Oxford), Professor Abigail Williams (Faculty of English), Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 8 May 2025

Journal editing in the changing marketplace: Postcolonial writing or world literature?
Date: 8 May 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Janet Wilson (Northampton and editor-in-chief, Journal of Postcolonial Literature)
Venue: Wadham College, Parks Road OX1 3PN
Venue Details: Okinaga Room
Organisers: Prof. Pablo Mukherjee (Wolfson), Prof. Ankhi Mukherjee (University of Oxford), Professor Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 13 May 2025

'These primeval mountains': Shelley, Buffon, and Deep Time / 'Nor be the parsonage by the muse forgot': The Poetic Legacy of Gilbert White
Date: 13 May 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker s: Elspeth Askew (St Johns), Toby Stinson (Oriel)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Massey Room
Organisers: Professor Fiona Stafford (University of Oxford), Professor Seamus Perry (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Thomas Moore and Anacreon: a Reconsideration
Date: 20 May 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Jane Moore (University of Cardiff)
Venue: Mansfield College, Mansfield Road OX1 3TF
Venue Details: Seminar Room East
Organisers: Dr Tess Somervell (University of Oxford), Professor David Taylor (University of Oxford), Dr Carly Watson (University of Oxford), Professor Nicole Pohl (University of Oxford), Professor Abigail Williams (Faculty of English), Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 May 2025

Emergency as Genre
Date: 22 May 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker : Ayelet Ben-Yishai (Haifa)
Venue: Wadham College, Parks Road OX1 3PN
Venue Details: Okinaga Room
Organisers: Prof. Pablo Mukherjee (Wolfson), Prof. Ankhi Mukherjee (University of Oxford), Professor Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 May 2025

Byron and Consciousness
Date: 27 May 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Jane Stabler (St Andrews University)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Massey Room
Organisers: Professor Fiona Stafford (University of Oxford), Professor Seamus Perry (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Phillis Wheatley's Meditations in the Seasons
Date: 3 June 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Tom Jones (St Andrews)
Venue: Mansfield College, Mansfield Road OX1 3TF
Venue Details: Seminar Room East
Organisers: Dr Tess Somervell (University of Oxford), Professor David Taylor (University of Oxford), Dr Carly Watson (University of Oxford), Professor Nicole Pohl (University of Oxford), Professor Abigail Williams (Faculty of English), Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 June 2025

"Shelley’s Philosophic Revel
Date: 10 June 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Will Bowers (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Massey Room
Organisers: Professor Fiona Stafford (University of Oxford), Professor Seamus Perry (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 19 June 2025

Rewriting the Land: Culture, the Early Marx, and the Brazilian Landless Workers’ Movement (MST)
Date: 19 June 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Daniel Hartley (Durham)
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: History of the Book Room
Organisers: Prof. Pablo Mukherjee (Wolfson), Prof. Ankhi Mukherjee (University of Oxford), Professor Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA