OxTalks is Changing
OxTalks will soon be transitioning to Oxford Events (full details are available on the Staff Gateway). A two-week publishing freeze is expected in early Hilary to allow all events to be migrated to the new platform. During this period, you will not be able to submit or edit events on OxTalks. The exact freeze dates will be confirmed as soon as possible.
If you have any questions, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
The Poet’s Essay: The Adam Phillips Seminar at Keble
The New Yorker has described Adam Phillips as ‘Britain’s foremost psychoanalytic writer’, and John Banville has praised him as ‘one of the finest prose stylists at work in the language, an Emerson of our time.’
The Poet’s Essay seminars take place three times a year. Each seminar lasts around one and a half to two hours. The series is free and open to all who wish to attend. There are no sign-up lists or reserved places, although there will be a small amount of required reading in advance of each seminar. Seminars focus primarily on American poetry of the twentieth century. A few weeks before each seminar, a handout will be made available via a downloadable link on this page, and at the meeting Phillips will introduce the material and lead the discussion.
The next seminar, on John Berryman, will take place on Wednesday 4th February at 4.30 pm, Pusey Room.
Reading material will soon be available via pdf link below:
www.keble.ox.ac.uk/teaching-research/poetry-at-keble/the-poets-essay
Enquiries: please contact Matthew Bevis.
Date:
4 February 2026, 16:30
Venue:
Keble College, Parks Road OX1 3PG
Venue Details:
Pusey Room, Keble College
Speaker:
Adam Phillips
Organising department:
Keble College
Part of:
Poetry at Keble
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Katy Terry
