"'It's not what you know, it's who you know': Social Capital, Cultural Capital, and the Greatness of The Great Gatsby"

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"'It's not what you know, it's who you know': Social Capital, Cultural Capital, and the Greatness of The Great Gatsby"

Join us at the T. S. Eliot Lecture Theatre, Merton College, for a special Guest Lecture by John Guillory (Emeritus Professor, New York University). The lecture is titled: ‘Social Capital, Cultural Capital, and the Greatness of The Great Gatsby’.

Registration is required. Limited tickets, book your ticket via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-capital-cultural-capital-and-the-greatness-of-the-great-gatsby-tickets-1334995119339?aff=oddtdtcreator

Date: 21 May 2025, 17:15
Venue:
Merton College
Merton Street OX1 4JD
See location on maps.ox

Details: T. S. Eliot Lecture Theatre
Speaker: John Guillory (Emeritus Professor, New York University)
Organising department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Organisers: Professor Peter Boxall (University of Oxford), Dr Elena Violaris (University of Oxford), Professor Santanu Das (University of Oxford)
Part of: Modern and Contemporary Literature Research Seminar
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-capital-cultural-capital-and-the-greatness-of-the-great-gatsby-tickets-1334995119339?aff=oddtdtcreator
Audience: Members of the University only
This talk features in the following public collections:
- Faculty of English What’s On: events and talks of interest
Editors: Katy Terry, Hope Lukonyomoi-Otunnu