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Name: Oxford Centre for Life-Writing
University of Oxford
https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/events
Events this person is hosting:
Friday 12 September 2025
Public Lecture: 'On Life-Writing (Part I): Elleke Boehmer and Kate Kennedy in Conversation'
Date: 12 September 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
s:
Elleke Boehmer (Professor of World Literature in English, University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Venue: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium,
Venue Details: The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium. Accessibility information: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/venue/large-conference-and-dining-spaces/
Organiser:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Jewish Women’s Voices Seminar: Vera Fine-Grodzinski, ‘Peggy Guggenheim: American Heiress, Feminist, and Champion of Modernist Art’
Date: 14 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Dr Vera Fine-Grodzinski (Oxford Centre for Life-Writing)
Venue: Buttery,
Venue Details: The Buttery and via Zoom; accessibility information available here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/accessibility-wolfson-college
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Public Lecture: ‘Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O’Hara: Vona Groarke and Kate Kennedy in Conversation’
Date: 14 October 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
s:
Prof Vona Groarke (Ireland Professor of Poetry),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Venue: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium,
Venue Details: The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium. Accessibility information: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/venue/large-conference-and-dining-spaces/
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Thursday 16 October 2025
Book Launch: Yosef Wosk, 'New Life Joke Shop: Travels and Observations'
Date: 16 October 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Prof Yosef Wosk (Simon Fraser University)
Venue: Wolfson College, Linton Road OX2 6UD
Venue Details: The Buttery and via Zoom; accessibility information available here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/accessibility-wolfson-college
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Monday 20 October 2025
Public Lecture: ‘On Life-Writing (Part II): Hermione Lee and Kate Kennedy in Conversation’
Date: 20 October 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
s:
Professor Dame Hermione Lee (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Venue: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium,
Venue Details: The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium. Accessibility information: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/venue/large-conference-and-dining-spaces/
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Workshop: Counter-Narratives, Illness, and Life-Writing
Date: 21 October 2025, 11:00 - 17:00
Speaker
s:
Dr Astrid Joutseno (University of Turku),
Professor Hanna Meretoja (University of Turku),
Professor Hanna Meretoja (York University, Toronto),
Dr Danielle Spencer (Columbia University),
Professor Angela Woods (Durham University),
Dr Tamarin Norwood (Oxford Centre for Life Writing)
Venue: Buttery,
Venue Details: The Buttery and via Zoom; accessibility information available here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/accessibility-wolfson-college
Organisers:
Professor Hanna Meretoja (University of Turku),
Dr Astrid Joutseno (University of Turku),
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Public Lecture: Santanu Das, ‘The Maritime Closet: Queer Lives Before the Mast’
Date: 21 October 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Professor Santanu Das (University of Oxford)
Venue: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium,
Venue Details: The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium. Accessibility information: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/venue/large-conference-and-dining-spaces/
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Public Lecture: Lucy Hughes-Hallett, 'The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham'
Date: 28 October 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
s:
Lucy Hughes-Hallet,
Professor Dame Hermione Lee (University of Oxford)
Venue: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium,
Venue Details: The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium. Accessibility information: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/venue/large-conference-and-dining-spaces/
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 11 November 2025
Jewish Women’s Voices Seminar: Susan Kahn, 'Canine Pioneer: The Extraordinary Life of Rudolphina Menzel'
Date: 11 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Prof Susan Kahn (Harvard)
Venue: Buttery,
Venue Details: The Buttery and via Zoom; accessibility information available here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/accessibility-wolfson-college
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Public Lecture: '"Ellmann’s Joyce": Zachary Leader in Conversation with Hermione Lee'
Date: 11 November 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
s:
Zachary Leader,
Professor Dame Hermione Lee (University of Oxford)
Venue: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium,
Venue Details: The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium. Accessibility information: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/venue/large-conference-and-dining-spaces/
Organiser:
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Jewish Women’s Voices Seminar: 'The Third Reich of Dreams': Amanda Rubin-Lewis and Devorah Baum in Conversation
Date: 25 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Dr Devorah Baum (University of Southampton),
Amanda Rubin-Lewis (Director)
Venue: Buttery,
Venue Details: The Buttery and via Zoom; accessibility information available here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/accessibility-wolfson-college
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Events this person is organising:
Friday 12 September 2025
Public Lecture: 'On Life-Writing (Part I): Elleke Boehmer and Kate Kennedy in Conversation'
Date: 12 September 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
s:
Elleke Boehmer (Professor of World Literature in English, University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Venue: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium,
Venue Details: The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium. Accessibility information: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/venue/large-conference-and-dining-spaces/
Organiser:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Jewish Women’s Voices Seminar: Vera Fine-Grodzinski, ‘Peggy Guggenheim: American Heiress, Feminist, and Champion of Modernist Art’
Date: 14 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Dr Vera Fine-Grodzinski (Oxford Centre for Life-Writing)
Venue: Buttery,
Venue Details: The Buttery and via Zoom; accessibility information available here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/accessibility-wolfson-college
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Public Lecture: ‘Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O’Hara: Vona Groarke and Kate Kennedy in Conversation’
Date: 14 October 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
s:
Prof Vona Groarke (Ireland Professor of Poetry),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Venue: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium,
Venue Details: The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium. Accessibility information: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/venue/large-conference-and-dining-spaces/
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Thursday 16 October 2025
Book Launch: Yosef Wosk, 'New Life Joke Shop: Travels and Observations'
Date: 16 October 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Prof Yosef Wosk (Simon Fraser University)
Venue: Wolfson College, Linton Road OX2 6UD
Venue Details: The Buttery and via Zoom; accessibility information available here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/accessibility-wolfson-college
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Monday 20 October 2025
Public Lecture: ‘On Life-Writing (Part II): Hermione Lee and Kate Kennedy in Conversation’
Date: 20 October 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
s:
Professor Dame Hermione Lee (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Venue: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium,
Venue Details: The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium. Accessibility information: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/venue/large-conference-and-dining-spaces/
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Workshop: Counter-Narratives, Illness, and Life-Writing
Date: 21 October 2025, 11:00 - 17:00
Speaker
s:
Dr Astrid Joutseno (University of Turku),
Professor Hanna Meretoja (University of Turku),
Professor Hanna Meretoja (York University, Toronto),
Dr Danielle Spencer (Columbia University),
Professor Angela Woods (Durham University),
Dr Tamarin Norwood (Oxford Centre for Life Writing)
Venue: Buttery,
Venue Details: The Buttery and via Zoom; accessibility information available here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/accessibility-wolfson-college
Organisers:
Professor Hanna Meretoja (University of Turku),
Dr Astrid Joutseno (University of Turku),
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Public Lecture: Santanu Das, ‘The Maritime Closet: Queer Lives Before the Mast’
Date: 21 October 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Professor Santanu Das (University of Oxford)
Venue: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium,
Venue Details: The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium. Accessibility information: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/venue/large-conference-and-dining-spaces/
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Public Lecture: Lucy Hughes-Hallett, 'The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham'
Date: 28 October 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker
s:
Lucy Hughes-Hallet,
Professor Dame Hermione Lee (University of Oxford)
Venue: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium,
Venue Details: The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium. Accessibility information: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/venue/large-conference-and-dining-spaces/
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 11 November 2025
Jewish Women’s Voices Seminar: Susan Kahn, 'Canine Pioneer: The Extraordinary Life of Rudolphina Menzel'
Date: 11 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Prof Susan Kahn (Harvard)
Venue: Buttery,
Venue Details: The Buttery and via Zoom; accessibility information available here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/accessibility-wolfson-college
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Jewish Women’s Voices Seminar: 'The Third Reich of Dreams': Amanda Rubin-Lewis and Devorah Baum in Conversation
Date: 25 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Dr Devorah Baum (University of Southampton),
Amanda Rubin-Lewis (Director)
Venue: Buttery,
Venue Details: The Buttery and via Zoom; accessibility information available here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/accessibility-wolfson-college
Organisers:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford),
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (University of Oxford)
