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Name: Dr Kate Kennedy
University of Oxford
https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-kate-kennedy
Events this person is speaking at:
Wednesday 19 June 2024
Sir Stephen Hough in Conversation
Date: 19 June 2024, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
s:
Sir Stephen Hough,
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Venue: Holywell Music Room, Holywell Street OX1 3BN
Venue Details: Accessibility information available here: https://www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/holywell-music-room-0
Organiser:
Oxford Centre for Life Writing
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life Writing
Saturday 5 October 2024
Academic Writing: Margaret MacMillan in conversation with Kate Kennedy
Date: 5 October 2024, 18:00 - 19:15
Speaker
s:
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford),
Professor Margaret MacMillan (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Organisers:
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford),
Alice Little (Music Faculty)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life Writing
Saturday 26 October 2024
Fiction Writing: Elleke Boehmer in Conversation with Kate Kennedy
Date: 26 October 2024, 18:00 - 19:15
Speaker
s:
Professor Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Organisers:
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford),
Alice Little (Music Faculty)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 22 November 2024
Professor Dame Hermione Lee, Professor Elleke Boehmer, and Dr Kate Kennedy, 'Why Life-Writing?'
Date: 22 November 2024, 10:30 - 12:30
Speaker
s:
Professor Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford),
Professor Dame Hermione Lee (University of Oxford)
Venue: English Faculty - History of the Book Room,
Venue Details: Accessibility information available here: https://www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/st-cross-building
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 28 January 2025
Public Lecture: Tom Lee, The Bullet
Date: 28 January 2025, 17:30 - 19:15
Speaker
s:
Dr Tom Lee (Goldsmiths, University of London),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wolfson College, Linton Road OX2 6UD
Venue Details: The Buttery; accessibility information available here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/accessibility-wolfson-college
Organisers:
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford),
Oxford Centre for Life Writing
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life Writing
Thursday 27 March 2025
Public Lecture: The House of Doors—Tan Twan Eng in Conversation with Dr Kate Kennedy
Date: 27 March 2025, 17:30 - 19:15
Speaker
s:
Tan Twan Eng,
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Venue: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium,
Venue Details: Accessibility information available here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/accessibility-wolfson-college#panel1
Organiser:
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life Writing
Tuesday 29 April 2025
Study Day: 'Multiple Identities: Telling Life Stories Through Objects'
Date: 29 April 2025, 11:00 - 17:00
Speaker
s:
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford),
Eleri Lynn (Chief Curator for Historic Royal Palaces),
Dr Emily Cockayne (University of East Anglia),
Dr Sophie Oliver (University of Liverpool),
Dr Alice Little,
Prof Judith Clark (University of the Arts London),
Dr Christine Checinska (V&A),
Dr Georgia Haseldine (V&A East Storehouse),
Prof Claire Wilcox (University of the Arts, London / Oxford Centre for Life-Writing)
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
Organiser:
Oxford Centre for Life Writing
Hosts:
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford),
Dr Alice Little
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
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)
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)
Events this person is organising:
Saturday 5 October 2024
Academic Writing: Margaret MacMillan in conversation with Kate Kennedy
Date: 5 October 2024, 18:00 - 19:15
Speaker
s:
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford),
Professor Margaret MacMillan (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
Organisers:
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford),
Alice Little (Music Faculty)
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life Writing
Saturday 19 October 2024
Non-Fiction Writing: Michael Ignatieff in Conversation with Hermione Lee
Date: 19 October 2024, 18:00 - 19:30
Speaker
s:
Michael Ignatieff (Rector, Central European University),
Professor Dame Hermione Lee (University of Oxford)
Organisers:
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford),
Alice Little (Music Faculty)
Hosts:
TBA
Saturday 26 October 2024
Fiction Writing: Elleke Boehmer in Conversation with Kate Kennedy
Date: 26 October 2024, 18:00 - 19:15
Speaker
s:
Professor Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford)
Organisers:
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford),
Alice Little (Music Faculty)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Touching Photographs/Prompting Postmemories: A Conversation with Scholar Marianne Hirsch and Artist Sara Davidmann
Date: 3 June 2025, 14:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Professor Marianne Hirsch (Columbia University)
Venue: Wolfson College, Linton Road OX2 6UD
Venue Details: The Buttery; accessibility information available here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/accessibility-wolfson-college
Organisers:
Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford),
Dr Kate Kennedy (University of Oxford),
Oxford Centre for Life Writing
Host:
Oxford Centre for Life Writing
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)
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 Details: The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium 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)
