Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Talks:

Tuesday 30 April 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

'Both bene fals, they & they peynturys': Implicit and explicit critiques of visual culture in the Cloud-corpus' and 'Rewriting Heorot in American Fiction'
Date: 30 April 2024, 12:15 - 13:15 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Fred Morgan (Merton College, Oxford), Simon Heller (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 2
Organisers: Prof. Annie Sutherland (University of Oxford), Prof. Mishtooni Bose (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

From Corpus to Canon. Editing and Translating Arabic, Persian, and Indic Literatures in the British Long Eighteenth Century
Date: 30 April 2024, 12:30 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Claire Gallien (Associate Professor English Department University Paul Valéry Montpellier 3)
Venue: Mansfield College, Mansfield Road OX1 3TF
Venue Details: Seminar Room East
Organisers: Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull (English Faculty), Professor Christine Gerrard (University of Oxford), Dr David Taylor (University of Oxford), Professor Abigail Williams (Faculty of English), Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford), Dr. Carly Watson (English Faculty)
Hosts: TBA

Early Modern Literature Graduate Forum
Date: 30 April 2024, 17:30 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Seminar Room B
Organisers: Paul Norris (Brasenose), Joseph Turner
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 1 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Modern Contemporary Literature Graduate Forum
Date: 1 May 2024, 17:15 - 18:15 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Iris Pearson, Olivia Sutherland
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Seminar Room B
Organisers: Ronnie Pope, Madeleine Rose
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 2 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Literature and Mental Health: Reading Group Session 1
Date: 2 May 2024, 14:00 - 16:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Seminar Room A, Faculty of English
Organisers: Heeyeon Kim, Madhurima Sen
Hosts: TBA

Autofiction and/as World Literature’
Date: 2 May 2024, 17:15 - 18:15 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Martha Swift (Oxford)
Venue: Wadham College, Parks Road OX1 3PN
Venue Details: Okinaga Room
Organisers: Pablo Mukherjee (University of Oxford), Ankhi Mukherjee (University of Oxford), Professor Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

'Playing the Ten-Stringed Lyre': Psalter and Decalogue in the English Primers' and ‘All suche clytter clatter’?: Medieval devotional compilations after the Reformation’
Date: 7 May 2024, 12:15 - 13:15 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Audrey Southgate (University of Oxford), Hannah Schühle-Lewis (University of Kent)
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 2
Organisers: Prof. Annie Sutherland (University of Oxford), Prof. Mishtooni Bose (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Los and Enitharmon: Gender, Prophecy, and Division in Blake’s Fall
Date: 7 May 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Jude Mahmoud (Kellogg College)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Massey Room
Organisers: Chair: Professor Fiona Stafford (English Faculty, Oxford), Professor Seamus Perry (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

What is literary history now? Recovering the premodern textual world in the 21st century
Date: 7 May 2024, 17:15 - 18:15 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof. Warren Boutcher (Queen Mary, University of London)
Venue: Merton College, Merton Street OX1 4JD
Venue Details: T.S. Eliot Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Professor Joe Moshenska (University of Oxford), Professor Lorna Hutson (University of Oxford), Professor Joe Moshenska (University of Oxford), Dr Joe Moshenska (University College)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 13 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

"Little Friend of All the World": Kipling’s Kim and International Adoption in Victorian British Culture
Date: 13 May 2024, 12:15 - 13:15 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Holly Furneaux (Cardiff University)
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Seminar Room L
Organisers: Professor Helen Small (University of Oxford), Professor Sos Eltis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Compilatory Form and Authorship in Richard Rolle and in Late-Medieval Religious Literature
Date: 14 May 2024, 12:15 - 13:15 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Tim Glover (Emmanuel College, Cambridge)
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 2
Organisers: Prof. Annie Sutherland (University of Oxford), Prof. Mishtooni Bose (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Happy Pills and Horoscopes: Collecting and Using Early Modern Almanacs 1600-1800
Date: 14 May 2024, 17:30 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Paul Salzman (La Trobe)
Venue: Mansfield College, Mansfield Road OX1 3TF
Venue Details: Seminar Room East
Organisers: Professor Joe Moshenska (University of Oxford), Professor Lorna Hutson (University of Oxford), Professor Bart Van Es (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Happy Pills and Horoscopes: Collecting and Using Early Modern Almanacs 1600-1800
Date: 14 May 2024, 17:30 - 19:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Paul Salzman (La Trobe)
Venue: Mansfield College, Mansfield Road OX1 3TF
Venue Details: Seminar Room East
Organisers: Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull (English Faculty), Professor Christine Gerrard (University of Oxford), Dr David Taylor (University of Oxford), Professor Abigail Williams (Faculty of English), Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford), Dr. Carly Watson (English Faculty)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 15 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Modern Contemporary Literature Graduate Forum
Date: 15 May 2024, 17:15 - 18:15 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Claire Barnes, Marianna Leszczyk
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Seminar Room B
Organisers: Ronnie Pope, Madeleine Rose
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 16 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Literature and Mental Health: Reading Group Session 2
Date: 16 May 2024, 14:00 - 16:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Seminar Room A, Faculty of English
Organisers: Madhurima Sen, Heeyon Kim
Hosts: TBA

Journal editing in the changing marketplace: Postcolonial writing or world literature?
Date: 16 May 2024, 17:15 - 18:15 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Janet Wilson (Northampton and editor-in-chief, Journal of Postcolonial Literature)
Venue: Wadham College, Parks Road OX1 3PN
Venue Details: Okinaga Room
Organisers: Pablo Mukherjee (University of Oxford), Ankhi Mukherjee (University of Oxford), Professor Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Nineteenth-Century Graduate Forum
Date: 20 May 2024, 12:30 - 14:30 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Seminar Room B
Organisers: Maria Gomez Ruiz, Leonor-Jo Barnard
Hosts: TBA

Transoceanic Trauma, Haunted Waters: Enslavement, Impressment and Whaling in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Sylvia’s Lovers
Date: 20 May 2024, 17:15 - 18:15 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Deborah Denenholz Morse (William & Mary)
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Seminar Room L
Organisers: Professor Helen Small (University of Oxford), Sos Eltis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

'Negotiating shame through the ‘harlot saint’ Thais' and 'Medieval Penitential Piety and the Virtues of Debt Suretyship'
Date: 21 May 2024, 12:15 - 13:15 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Alicia Smith (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge), Nancy Jiang (University of Warwick)
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 2
Organisers: Prof. Annie Sutherland (University of Oxford), Prof. Mishtooni Bose (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Fugitive Histories and Gothic Pursuits: The Manhunt Narrative in Romantic-Era Fiction
Date: 21 May 2024, 17:30 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Michael Greaney (Lancaster University)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Massey Room,
Organisers: Chair: Professor Fiona Stafford (English Faculty, Oxford), Professor Seamus Perry (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 22 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

'The Gamification of the Ghetto: Reading Between the Levels in Percival Everett's Erasure,' and (title tbc)
Date: 22 May 2024, 12:00 - 14:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Elena Violaris (University of Oxford), Dr Lucinda Newns (Bishop Grosseteste University)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organisers: Dr Elena Violaris (University of Oxford), Prof. Peter Boxall (New College), Professor Santanu Das (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 23 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

The Battle of the Birds: William Colenso, Walter Buller, Witi Ihimaera, and the materiality of avian fables
Date: 23 May 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Kaori Nagai (University of Kent)
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: History of the Book Room
Organisers: Pablo Mukherjee (University of Oxford), Ankhi Mukherjee (University of Oxford), Professor Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Patience, the Middle English Physiologus, and the deep sea of experience
Date: 28 May 2024, 12:15 - 13:15 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Alex Paddock (Keble College, Oxford)
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 2
Organisers: Prof. Annie Sutherland (University of Oxford), Prof. Mishtooni Bose (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Lent to Copy”: Art Rentals in the Age of Jane Austen
Date: 28 May 2024, 12:30 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Janine Barchas (University of Texas)
Venue: Mansfield College, Mansfield Road OX1 3TF
Venue Details: Seminar Room East
Organisers: Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull (English Faculty), Professor Christine Gerrard (University of Oxford), Dr David Taylor (University of Oxford), Professor Abigail Williams (Faculty of English), Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford), Dr. Carly Watson (English Faculty)
Hosts: TBA

Early Modern Literature Graduate Forum
Date: 28 May 2024, 17:30 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Seminar Room B
Organisers: Paul Norris (Brasenose), Joseph Turner
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 29 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

'The Desire for Marriage'
Date: 29 May 2024, 12:00 - 14:00 (Wednesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Devorah Baum (University of Southampton)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: The Old Library
Organisers: Dr Elena Violaris (University of Oxford), Prof. Peter Boxall (New College), Professor Santanu Das (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Literature and Mental Health: Reading Group Session 3
Date: 30 May 2024, 14:00 - 16:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Seminar Room A, Faculty of English
Organisers: Madhurima Sen, Heeyon Kim
Hosts: TBA

Monday 3 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Vernon Lee’s Critical Irrealism [on Hauntings]
Date: 3 June 2024, 17:15 - 18:15 (Monday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Matthew Potolsky (University of Utah)
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Seminar Room L
Organisers: Professor Helen Small (University of Oxford), Professor Sos Eltis (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Ghost Kings
Date: 4 June 2024, 17:15 - 18:15 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Sarah Knight (University of Leicester)
Venue: Merton College, Merton Street OX1 4JD
Venue Details: T.S. Eliot Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Professor Joe Moshenska (University of Oxford), Professor Lorna Hutson (University of Oxford), Professor Bart Van Es (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Three on the Arun: William Collins, George Smith, Charlotte Smith
Date: 4 June 2024, 17:30 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Alexandra Harris (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Massey Room
Organisers: Prof Fiona Stafford (University of Oxford), Professor Seamus Perry (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 5 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

'“The Freedom to be Wrong”: Reading Teju Cole with Chris Kraus'
Date: 5 June 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Wednesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Tim Bewes (Brown University)
Venue: New College, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Organisers: Dr Elena Violaris (University of Oxford), Prof. Peter Boxall (New College), Prof Santanu Das
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

'Chronotopic Forms in Recent Fiction by Women'
Date: 6 June 2024, 12:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Tim Bewes (Brown University)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: The Old Library
Organisers: Dr Elena Violaris (University of Oxford), Prof. Peter Boxall (New College), Prof Santanu Das
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Early Modern Literature Graduate Forum social
Date: 11 June 2024, 17:30 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Seminar Room B
Organisers: Paul Norris (Brasenose), Joseph Turner
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 12 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Nineteenth-Century Graduate Forum
Date: 12 June 2024, 12:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers: Maria Gomez Ruiz, Leonor-Jo Barnard
Hosts: TBA

Modern Contemporary Literature Graduate Forum
Date: 12 June 2024, 17:15 - 18:15 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Zana Mody, Aryehi Bhushan
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Seminar Room B
Organisers: Ronnie Pope, Madeleine Rose
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Literature and Mental Health: Reading Group Session 4
Date: 13 June 2024, 14:00 - 16:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Seminar Room A, Faculty of English
Organisers: Heeyeon Kim, Madhurima Sen
Hosts: TBA

How We Hate Now: Xenophobia in the Age of Anti-Racism
Date: 13 June 2024, 17:15 - 18:15 (Thursday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Madhumita Lahiri (U of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Venue: Wadham College, Parks Road OX1 3PN
Venue Details: Okinaga Room
Organisers: Pablo Mukherjee (University of Oxford), Ankhi Mukherjee (University of Oxford), Professor Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA