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Name: Dr Laura Varnam
University College, Oxford
Events this person is speaking at:
Thursday 9 November 2017
Oxford Medieval Society: Literature and Liturgy. Finding Spaces for the Church in Medieval Society
Date: 9 November 2017, 18:15 - 20:15
Speaker
s:
Dr Laura Varnam (University College, Oxford),
Dr Helen Gittos (University of Kent)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 9 May 2023
Medieval English Research Seminar: 'Her Wordhoard: Unlocking Creativity in Academic Practice'
Date: 9 May 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
s:
Jane Griffiths (Wadham College),
Dr Laura Varnam (University College, Oxford)
Venue: St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 2
Organisers:
Mishtooni Bose (University of Oxford),
Simon Horobin
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 15 November 2023
Tolkien 50th Anniversary Seminar Series: Laura Varnam – ‘Tolkien and Beowulf’
Date: 15 November 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Laura Varnam (University College, Oxford)
Venue: Exeter College, Turl Street OX1 3DP
Venue Details: Cohen Quad
Organiser:
Stuart Lee (Exeter College)
Hosts:
TBA
‘Tolkien and Beowulf’
Date: 15 November 2023, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Laura Varnam (University College, Oxford)
Venue: Exeter College, Turl Street OX1 3DP
Venue Details: Exeter College's Cohen Quad, Walton Street OX1 2HE
Organiser:
Dr Stuart Lee (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Events this person is organising:
Tuesday 20 January 2026
Norfolk Broads, or Discovering medieval women with twentieth-century collectives
Date: 20 January 2026, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Stacie Vos (U of California, San Diego)
Venue Details: room 00.079, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for Humanities
Organisers:
Professor Daniel Wakelin (University of Oxford),
Dr Laura Varnam (University College, Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 27 January 2026
‘Chivalry is a code for men willing to fight’: medievalism, masculinity and the modern far-right
Date: 27 January 2026, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Rachel Moss (Northampton)
Venue Details: Room 00.079, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
Organisers:
Professor Daniel Wakelin (University of Oxford),
Dr Laura Varnam (University College, Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 3 February 2026
Bad books in medieval Bristol: alchemy, liturgy and Thomas Norton’s ordinals
Date: 3 February 2026, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Joe Stadolnik (U of Chicago)
Venue Details: Room 00.079, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
Organisers:
Professor Daniel Wakelin (University of Oxford),
Dr Laura Varnam (University College, Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 10 February 2026
Power and conversion in middle English romance
Date: 10 February 2026, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Dr Kirsty Bolton (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Room 00.079, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
Organisers:
Professor Daniel Wakelin (University of Oxford),
Dr Laura Varnam (University College, Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 17 February 2026
Trans studies and medieval literatures
Date: 17 February 2026, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
s:
François.e Charmaille (University of Cambridge),
Prof. Gareth Evans (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: THE MAISON FRANÇAISE
Organisers:
Professor Daniel Wakelin (University of Oxford),
Dr Laura Varnam (University College, Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 24 February 2026
‘Motes of gold’: early English poetry and its modern recollection
Date: 24 February 2026, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Elaine Treharne (Stanford)
Venue Details: Room 00.079, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
Organisers:
Professor Daniel Wakelin (University of Oxford),
Dr Laura Varnam (University College, Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
