Name: Dr Tess Somervell
University of Oxford

Events this person is organising:

Tuesday 11 February 2025

Susanna Centlivre ‘The Busy Body’ (1709) revived for the 21st century stage
Date: 11 February 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Professor David Taylor (University of Oxford, Creation Theatre and others)
Venue: Mansfield College, Mansfield Road OX1 3TF
Venue Details: Seminar Room East
Organisers: Dr Tess Somervell (University of Oxford), Professor David Taylor (University of Oxford), Dr Carly Watson (University of Oxford), Professor Nicole Pohl (University of Oxford), Professor Christine Gerrard (University of Oxford), Professor Abigail Williams (Faculty of English), Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 February 2025

Tangible Pasts: Antiquarian Culture and the Novel in the Eighteenth Century
Date: 25 February 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Prof. Katharina Boehm (University of Passau, Germany)
Venue: Mansfield College, Mansfield Road OX1 3TF
Venue Details: Seminar Room East
Organisers: Dr Tess Somervell (University of Oxford), Professor Nicole Pohl (University of Oxford), Professor Christine Gerrard (University of Oxford), Dr David Taylor (University of Oxford), Professor Abigail Williams (Faculty of English), Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford), Dr. Carly Watson (English Faculty)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 March 2025

Hester Thrale Piozzi’s Minced Meat for Pyes: Scrapbook Composition as Life Writing
Date: 4 March 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Prof. Julie Park (PPennsylvania State University)
Venue: Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details: Massey Room
Organisers: Professor David Taylor (University of Oxford), Dr Tess Somervell (University of Oxford), Professor Nicole Pohl (University of Oxford), Professor Christine Gerrard (University of Oxford), Professor Abigail Williams (Faculty of English), Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford), Dr. Carly Watson (English Faculty)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 March 2025

“The capital pen of a sister author”: Reading Frances Burney with Jane Austen / Hester Thrale Piozzi’s Minced Meat for Pyes: Scrapbook Composition as Life Writing
Date: 11 March 2025, 12:30 - 13:40
Speaker s: Peter Sabor (McGill), Julie Park (Pennsylvania State University)
Venue: Mansfield College, Mansfield Road OX1 3TF
Venue Details: Seminar Room East
Organisers: Dr Tess Somervell (University of Oxford), Professor David Taylor (University of Oxford), Professor Christine Gerrard (University of Oxford), Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford), Dr. Carly Watson (English Faculty), Prof Nicole Horwood (University of oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 6 May 2025

Prolific Ground: Landscape and British Women’s Writing, 1690-1790
Date: 6 May 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Nicolle Jordan (University of Southern Mississipi)
Venue: Mansfield College, Mansfield Road OX1 3TF
Venue Details: Seminar Room East
Organisers: Professor David Taylor (University of Oxford), Dr Tess Somervell (University of Oxford), Dr Carly Watson (University of Oxford), Professor Nicole Pohl (University of Oxford), Professor Abigail Williams (Faculty of English), Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Thomas Moore and Anacreon: a Reconsideration
Date: 20 May 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Jane Moore (University of Cardiff)
Venue: Mansfield College, Mansfield Road OX1 3TF
Venue Details: Seminar Room East
Organisers: Dr Tess Somervell (University of Oxford), Professor David Taylor (University of Oxford), Dr Carly Watson (University of Oxford), Professor Nicole Pohl (University of Oxford), Professor Abigail Williams (Faculty of English), Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Phillis Wheatley's Meditations in the Seasons
Date: 3 June 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker : Tom Jones (St Andrews)
Venue: Mansfield College, Mansfield Road OX1 3TF
Venue Details: Seminar Room East
Organisers: Dr Tess Somervell (University of Oxford), Professor David Taylor (University of Oxford), Dr Carly Watson (University of Oxford), Professor Nicole Pohl (University of Oxford), Professor Abigail Williams (Faculty of English), Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA