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Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture Research Seminar
Welcomes everyone who researches literature of the long eighteenth century 1660-1830. Usually three seminars each term. One seminar each term lunchtime and the other two early evening. Meets alternate Tuesdays with Romanticism seminar in term time.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers:
Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford),
Professor Abigail Williams (Faculty of English),
Professor Christine Gerrard (University of Oxford),
Professor Nicole Pohl (University of Oxford),
Dr Carly Watson (University of Oxford),
Professor David Taylor (University of Oxford),
Dr Tess Somervell (University of Oxford)
Timing: Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8. Tuesdays, 5.30pm
Organising department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Talks:
Tuesday 21 October 2025
'The Attribution Game'
Date: 21 October 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
:
Joe Hone (Newcastle)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 10.303, Humanities Building
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 4 November 2025
'"6am bad, 7am bad bad": The Diaries of William Woodman, Wigmaker of London (1706-1708)'
Date: 4 November 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Michael Powell-Davies (Birkbeck)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 10.303, Humanities Building
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 18 November 2025
Roundtable: 'Jane Austen at 250'
Date: 18 November 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
s:
Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford),
Dr Sandie Byrne (Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford),
Octavia Cox (University of Oxford),
Prof. Kathryn Sutherland (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 10.303, Humanities Building
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
Editors:
Katy Terry,
Luke Webster,
Hope Lukonyomoi-Otunnu
