"'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’.

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Date: 21 May 2025, 17:15
Venue:
Merton College
Merton Street OX1 4JD
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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
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Audience: Members of the University only
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- Faculty of English What’s On: events and talks of interest
Editors: Katy Terry, Hope Lukonyomoi-Otunnu