Faculty of English, University of Oxford
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Our English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare webinars continue! On 2 Feb Emma Smith will welcome guest Hailey Bachrach to explore Richard II.
They will discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the 21st century, followed by Q&A. All welcome!
shakespeare-webinar-richard-ii.eventbrite.co.uk
They will discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the 21st century, followed by Q&A. All welcome!
shakespeare-webinar-richard-ii.eventbrite.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Our English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare webinars continue! On 2 Feb Emma Smith will welcome guest Hailey Bachrach to explore Richard II.
They will discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the 21st century, followed by Q&A. All welcome!
shakespeare-webinar-richard-ii.eventbrite.co.uk
They will discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the 21st century, followed by Q&A. All welcome!
shakespeare-webinar-richard-ii.eventbrite.co.uk
Congratulations to Professor Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social who has been awarded a three-year Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust for her project: ‘Imperial bibliography: books, race and value’.
Find out more about the project on our website:
Find out more about the project on our website:
Professor Emma Smith awarded Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship
english.web.ox.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Congratulations to Professor Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social who has been awarded a three-year Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust for her project: ‘Imperial bibliography: books, race and value’.
Find out more about the project on our website:
Find out more about the project on our website:
Registration is now OPEN for our next Professor of Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings.
Join us in the Schwarzman Centre on 29 Jan at 5.30pm to hear Prof Stallings speak on 'People Poems: Portraits in Verse'.
ALL WELCOME! Register for your free ticket: people-poems-portraits-in-verse.eventbrite.co.uk
Join us in the Schwarzman Centre on 29 Jan at 5.30pm to hear Prof Stallings speak on 'People Poems: Portraits in Verse'.
ALL WELCOME! Register for your free ticket: people-poems-portraits-in-verse.eventbrite.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Registration is now OPEN for our next Professor of Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings.
Join us in the Schwarzman Centre on 29 Jan at 5.30pm to hear Prof Stallings speak on 'People Poems: Portraits in Verse'.
ALL WELCOME! Register for your free ticket: people-poems-portraits-in-verse.eventbrite.co.uk
Join us in the Schwarzman Centre on 29 Jan at 5.30pm to hear Prof Stallings speak on 'People Poems: Portraits in Verse'.
ALL WELCOME! Register for your free ticket: people-poems-portraits-in-verse.eventbrite.co.uk
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A conversation about my novel Ice Shock. Valley Press. Next month in London, 18th of February. All welcome. Will be chatting with the illimitable Kate Kennedy.
ellekeboehmerathatchards.eventbrite.co.uk
@engfac.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social
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@engfac.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social
Ice Shock: A Love Story with Elleke Boehmer - Hatchards, Piccadilly
We hope you can join us for a discussion with Ellek Boehmer, author of 'Ice Shock', in conversation with Kate Kennedy here at Hatchards.
ellekeboehmerathatchards.eventbrite.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 2:14 PM
A conversation about my novel Ice Shock. Valley Press. Next month in London, 18th of February. All welcome. Will be chatting with the illimitable Kate Kennedy.
ellekeboehmerathatchards.eventbrite.co.uk
@engfac.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social
ellekeboehmerathatchards.eventbrite.co.uk
@engfac.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social
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One of the most influential British writers of the last 40 years, Jeanette Winterson, in conversation with Professor Jane Shaw. Free and open to all-- register today!
@engfac.bsky.social @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social @sfu.ca
📅 24 January | ⏰ 18:00–19:30
💻 Online via Zoom
🎟️🔗 rb.gy/yldc3e
@engfac.bsky.social @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social @sfu.ca
📅 24 January | ⏰ 18:00–19:30
💻 Online via Zoom
🎟️🔗 rb.gy/yldc3e
January 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
One of the most influential British writers of the last 40 years, Jeanette Winterson, in conversation with Professor Jane Shaw. Free and open to all-- register today!
@engfac.bsky.social @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social @sfu.ca
📅 24 January | ⏰ 18:00–19:30
💻 Online via Zoom
🎟️🔗 rb.gy/yldc3e
@engfac.bsky.social @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social @sfu.ca
📅 24 January | ⏰ 18:00–19:30
💻 Online via Zoom
🎟️🔗 rb.gy/yldc3e
Last chance to register for this evening's free live #Shakespeare webinar with Emma Smith and Emma Whipday.
They will be discussing 'Measure for Measure', followed by a Q&A.
ALL WELCOME! Register via Eventbrite: shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
They will be discussing 'Measure for Measure', followed by a Q&A.
ALL WELCOME! Register via Eventbrite: shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Last chance to register for this evening's free live #Shakespeare webinar with Emma Smith and Emma Whipday.
They will be discussing 'Measure for Measure', followed by a Q&A.
ALL WELCOME! Register via Eventbrite: shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
They will be discussing 'Measure for Measure', followed by a Q&A.
ALL WELCOME! Register via Eventbrite: shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
UNIQ applications are open until 13 Jan. Please share with any Year 12 students who may be interested!
UNIQ is a free access programme which gives UK state school pupils the chance to take part in a 1-week, subject-specific residential in Oxford.
Find out more & apply: uniq.ox.ac.uk/what-is-uniq
UNIQ is a free access programme which gives UK state school pupils the chance to take part in a 1-week, subject-specific residential in Oxford.
Find out more & apply: uniq.ox.ac.uk/what-is-uniq
uniq.ox.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 9:54 AM
UNIQ applications are open until 13 Jan. Please share with any Year 12 students who may be interested!
UNIQ is a free access programme which gives UK state school pupils the chance to take part in a 1-week, subject-specific residential in Oxford.
Find out more & apply: uniq.ox.ac.uk/what-is-uniq
UNIQ is a free access programme which gives UK state school pupils the chance to take part in a 1-week, subject-specific residential in Oxford.
Find out more & apply: uniq.ox.ac.uk/what-is-uniq
Don't forget to register for our first #Shakespeare webinar of 2026! Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to explore 'Measure for Measure' on 5 Jan at 6pm.
They will discuss the play then open up to questions from attendees. ALL WELCOME!
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
They will discuss the play then open up to questions from attendees. ALL WELCOME!
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Don't forget to register for our first #Shakespeare webinar of 2026! Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to explore 'Measure for Measure' on 5 Jan at 6pm.
They will discuss the play then open up to questions from attendees. ALL WELCOME!
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
They will discuss the play then open up to questions from attendees. ALL WELCOME!
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
Save the date! Join us on 29 January at the Schwarzman Centre for our next Professor of #Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social. The title of the lecture is 'People Poems: Portraits in Verse'.
ALL WELCOME! Booking details will be confirmed in the new year.
ALL WELCOME! Booking details will be confirmed in the new year.
December 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Save the date! Join us on 29 January at the Schwarzman Centre for our next Professor of #Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social. The title of the lecture is 'People Poems: Portraits in Verse'.
ALL WELCOME! Booking details will be confirmed in the new year.
ALL WELCOME! Booking details will be confirmed in the new year.
Our wonderful #Shakespeare webinars are continuing in 2026!
Join us on 5 Jan to explore 'Measure for Measure'. Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century.
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
Join us on 5 Jan to explore 'Measure for Measure'. Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century.
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Our wonderful #Shakespeare webinars are continuing in 2026!
Join us on 5 Jan to explore 'Measure for Measure'. Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century.
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
Join us on 5 Jan to explore 'Measure for Measure'. Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century.
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
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The English Faculty mourns the death of John Carey, Merton Professor from 1975 to 2002, undoubtedly the man with whom the title of Merton Professor of English Literature will remain indelibly associated in the public mind.
Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:
Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:
A Tribute to John Carey (1934-2025), Merton Professor of English Literature, 1975-2002
english.web.ox.ac.uk
December 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The English Faculty mourns the death of John Carey, Merton Professor from 1975 to 2002, undoubtedly the man with whom the title of Merton Professor of English Literature will remain indelibly associated in the public mind.
Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:
Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:
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We're hiring!
Come work with us @engfac.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @bkhistoxford.bsky.social !!!
Professorship of Bibliography and Modern Book History
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP968/p...
Come work with us @engfac.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @bkhistoxford.bsky.social !!!
Professorship of Bibliography and Modern Book History
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP968/p...
Professorship of Bibliography and Modern Book History at University of Oxford
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Professorship of Bibliography and Modern Book History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
December 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We're hiring!
Come work with us @engfac.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @bkhistoxford.bsky.social !!!
Professorship of Bibliography and Modern Book History
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP968/p...
Come work with us @engfac.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @bkhistoxford.bsky.social !!!
Professorship of Bibliography and Modern Book History
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP968/p...
What can #Victorian writers teach us about navigating misinformation today?
In this @britishacademy.bsky.social 10-Minute Talk, Professor Pablo Mukherjee explores 'Fake News and the Victorians: Literature in the First Information Age'
youtu.be/AMx73t-iDws
In this @britishacademy.bsky.social 10-Minute Talk, Professor Pablo Mukherjee explores 'Fake News and the Victorians: Literature in the First Information Age'
youtu.be/AMx73t-iDws
Fake News and the Victorians: Literature in the First Information Age
YouTube video by The British Academy
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December 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
What can #Victorian writers teach us about navigating misinformation today?
In this @britishacademy.bsky.social 10-Minute Talk, Professor Pablo Mukherjee explores 'Fake News and the Victorians: Literature in the First Information Age'
youtu.be/AMx73t-iDws
In this @britishacademy.bsky.social 10-Minute Talk, Professor Pablo Mukherjee explores 'Fake News and the Victorians: Literature in the First Information Age'
youtu.be/AMx73t-iDws
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📢 Excited to announce this Call for Papers for ‘Clio Reframed’, a conference at Oxford on 18-19 June 2026 exploring early modern women as writers of history. @engfac.bsky.social @oxfordcems.bsky.social
Abstracts due by 28 Feb! clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
Abstracts due by 28 Feb! clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers
clioreframed.hcommons.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
📢 Excited to announce this Call for Papers for ‘Clio Reframed’, a conference at Oxford on 18-19 June 2026 exploring early modern women as writers of history. @engfac.bsky.social @oxfordcems.bsky.social
Abstracts due by 28 Feb! clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
Abstracts due by 28 Feb! clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
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First UK outing for Ice Shock in its exquisite Valley Press livery: an ice-sparkling and wide-ranging discussion with Lara Feigel at Blackwells, Oxford, tonight. Shout out to the fantastic audience for your questions! @karavanpress.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
First UK outing for Ice Shock in its exquisite Valley Press livery: an ice-sparkling and wide-ranging discussion with Lara Feigel at Blackwells, Oxford, tonight. Shout out to the fantastic audience for your questions! @karavanpress.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
In this Social Science Bites podcast, Professor Devyani Sharma takes a deep dive into the #accents of Britain.
Listen now at:
www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/12/devy...
Listen now at:
www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/12/devy...
December 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In this Social Science Bites podcast, Professor Devyani Sharma takes a deep dive into the #accents of Britain.
Listen now at:
www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/12/devy...
Listen now at:
www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/12/devy...
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If you did not manage to attend the Bloomsbury Publishing / Oxford English Faculty Fantasy Summer School in September - all the podcasts are now available on our fantasy lit series! Enjoy: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/fanta...
If you did not manage to attend the Bloomsbury Publishing / Oxford English Faculty Fantasy Summer School in September - all the podcasts are now available on our fantasy lit series! Enjoy: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/fanta...
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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If you did not manage to attend the Bloomsbury Publishing / Oxford English Faculty Fantasy Summer School in September - all the podcasts are now available on our fantasy lit series! Enjoy: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/fanta...
If you did not manage to attend the Bloomsbury Publishing / Oxford English Faculty Fantasy Summer School in September - all the podcasts are now available on our fantasy lit series! Enjoy: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/fanta...
This year's Dorothy Whitelock Lecture is taking place next Wed, 3 Dec.
Prof Jane Roberts will speak on: #Guthlac: what the early #medieval records tell us
5.15pm at St Peter’s College chapel
@spcoxford.bsky.social
Join us in person or online. Book now >> dorothywhitelock.eventbrite.co.uk
Prof Jane Roberts will speak on: #Guthlac: what the early #medieval records tell us
5.15pm at St Peter’s College chapel
@spcoxford.bsky.social
Join us in person or online. Book now >> dorothywhitelock.eventbrite.co.uk
Dorothy Whitelock Lecture
Prof. Jane Roberts (KCL), “Guthlac: what the early medieval records tell us”
dorothywhitelock.eventbrite.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This year's Dorothy Whitelock Lecture is taking place next Wed, 3 Dec.
Prof Jane Roberts will speak on: #Guthlac: what the early #medieval records tell us
5.15pm at St Peter’s College chapel
@spcoxford.bsky.social
Join us in person or online. Book now >> dorothywhitelock.eventbrite.co.uk
Prof Jane Roberts will speak on: #Guthlac: what the early #medieval records tell us
5.15pm at St Peter’s College chapel
@spcoxford.bsky.social
Join us in person or online. Book now >> dorothywhitelock.eventbrite.co.uk
Why do you read (or not read)? Take part in this survey about #reading practices, experiences & habits & you can enter a prize draw to win one of six £100 prizes in book tokens. Responses will inform Prof Marion Turner’s research. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/why...
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Why do you read (or not read)? Take part in this survey about #reading practices, experiences & habits & you can enter a prize draw to win one of six £100 prizes in book tokens. Responses will inform Prof Marion Turner’s research. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/why...
We hope to see you at A.E. Stallings' Professor of #Poetry lecture this evening (26 Nov) at 5.30pm!
Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy
26 November at 5.30pm
Examination Schools, Oxford
ALL WELCOME! No booking required; just turn up!
#rhyme #poetry #professorofpoetry #oxfordevents
Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy
26 November at 5.30pm
Examination Schools, Oxford
ALL WELCOME! No booking required; just turn up!
#rhyme #poetry #professorofpoetry #oxfordevents
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We hope to see you at A.E. Stallings' Professor of #Poetry lecture this evening (26 Nov) at 5.30pm!
Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy
26 November at 5.30pm
Examination Schools, Oxford
ALL WELCOME! No booking required; just turn up!
#rhyme #poetry #professorofpoetry #oxfordevents
Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy
26 November at 5.30pm
Examination Schools, Oxford
ALL WELCOME! No booking required; just turn up!
#rhyme #poetry #professorofpoetry #oxfordevents
Professor Jane Roberts (University of London) will be giving the next Dorothy Whitelock Lecture on ‘Guthlac: what the early medieval records tell us’.
3 December, 5.15pm
St Peter's College chapel, Oxford & online
#guthlac #medieval
All welcome! Register for your free ticket via Eventbrite:
3 December, 5.15pm
St Peter's College chapel, Oxford & online
#guthlac #medieval
All welcome! Register for your free ticket via Eventbrite:
Dorothy Whitelock Lecture
Prof. Jane Roberts (KCL), “Guthlac: what the early medieval records tell us”
dorothywhitelock.eventbrite.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Don't miss the opportunity to hear our Professor of #poetry, A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social, talk in Oxford this week.
Rhyme as Experiment/ #Rhyme as Alchemy
26 November 2025, 5.30pm
Examination Schools, High St, Oxford
FREE! No booking required. ALL WELCOME!
#Oxfordevents #PoetrySky
Rhyme as Experiment/ #Rhyme as Alchemy
26 November 2025, 5.30pm
Examination Schools, High St, Oxford
FREE! No booking required. ALL WELCOME!
#Oxfordevents #PoetrySky
November 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Don't miss the opportunity to hear our Professor of #poetry, A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social, talk in Oxford this week.
Rhyme as Experiment/ #Rhyme as Alchemy
26 November 2025, 5.30pm
Examination Schools, High St, Oxford
FREE! No booking required. ALL WELCOME!
#Oxfordevents #PoetrySky
Rhyme as Experiment/ #Rhyme as Alchemy
26 November 2025, 5.30pm
Examination Schools, High St, Oxford
FREE! No booking required. ALL WELCOME!
#Oxfordevents #PoetrySky
There's still time to register for our next English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics #Shakespeare webinar on ROMEO AND JULIET.
All welcome! Emma Smith & guest Hannah August will discuss the play, followed by a Q&A.
1 Dec at 6pm
Online via Zoom
#romeoandjuliet
Free but booking required:
All welcome! Emma Smith & guest Hannah August will discuss the play, followed by a Q&A.
1 Dec at 6pm
Online via Zoom
#romeoandjuliet
Free but booking required:
English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: Romeo and Juliet
In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of Romeo and Juliet from Oxford World's Classics.
shakespeare-webinar-romeo-juliet.eventbrite.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
There's still time to register for our next English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics #Shakespeare webinar on ROMEO AND JULIET.
All welcome! Emma Smith & guest Hannah August will discuss the play, followed by a Q&A.
1 Dec at 6pm
Online via Zoom
#romeoandjuliet
Free but booking required:
All welcome! Emma Smith & guest Hannah August will discuss the play, followed by a Q&A.
1 Dec at 6pm
Online via Zoom
#romeoandjuliet
Free but booking required:
Congratulations to Professor Elleke Boehmer who has been elected as a Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Humanities Academy @humanitiesau.bsky.social.
@oxhumanities.bsky.social
@oxhumanities.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Congratulations to Professor Elleke Boehmer who has been elected as a Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Humanities Academy @humanitiesau.bsky.social.
@oxhumanities.bsky.social
@oxhumanities.bsky.social