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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 9h

Passenger lists, clippings, baptismal records—how do fragments become a life? Vona Groarke, Ireland’s Professor of Poetry, with Kate Kennedy on ‘Hereafter’. 14 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson. buff.ly/Lew9cvR
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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 13h

In memoir, where does truth end and storytelling begin? Kate Kennedy and Elleke Boehmer explore this question and more 13 Oct, Wolfson. buff.ly/WLdDnBr
#Truth #Narrative @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

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Dr Kate Kennedy @drkkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

✨ Here's the front-page review of Cello by Thomas Laqueur in this week’s @lrb.co.uk! 🎻

👉 Full review here: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

📖 Only £10.11 on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Cello-Journe...

#Cello @headofzeus.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk

Thomas Laqueur · A Different Life: Can cellos remember?

Cellists and violinists in particular are haunted by the musicians who played their instruments before them and those...

www.lrb.co.uk

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 1d

'Counter-Narratives, Illness, and Life-Writing': a unique opportunity to hear from leading voices in narrative medicine & medical humanities.
21 Oct | 11:00
📍 Wolfson College & Online
🔗 buff.ly/ECND36X
@engfac.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @torchoxford2013.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 1d

Patronage as feminist practice: Peggy Guggenheim & women’s art with Vera Fine-Grodzinski, 14 Oct, 2:00–3:30pm (hybrid). shorturl.at/No2xZ
@oxfordhistoryofart.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 2d

Vona Groarke, Ireland’s Professor of Poetry, in conversation with Kate Kennedy on fact, doubt, and imagining in ‘Hereafter’—14 Oct 2025, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson College. buff.ly/Lew9cvR
@engfac.bsky.social #LifeWriting

The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 2d

Academics, writers, readers: this one’s for you. Life-writing’s truth claims are under scrutiny—join the conversation. 13 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson College. buff.ly/WLdDnBr
#Oxford #OCLW @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 3d

Santanu Das discusses how archives and texts depicting queer maritime desire are “shaped by fate and ban". Part of OCLW's Global Majority and Underrepresented Writers' Programme. 21 Oct, 17:30, Wolfson College. All welcome! Register: buff.ly/LCrFQ8C
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 3d

From biography & memoir to blogs & stories: What counts as life-writing today? Hermione Lee & Kate Kennedy respond. 20 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson. buff.ly/knPw900
@engfac.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 4d

Join us for a full-day hybrid workshop exploring illness and the power of life-writing with Hanna Meretoja, Astrid Joutseno/Swan, & more.
📅 21 Oct | 🕚 11:00
📍 Wolfson College & Online
🔗 buff.ly/ECND36X
@engfac.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @torchoxford2013.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 4d

Women’s art, women’s patronage: Vera Fine-Grodzinski examines Peggy Guggenheim’s feminist interventions. 14 Oct, 2:00–3:30pm, Wolfson & Zoom. shorturl.at/No2xZ
@oxfordhistoryofart.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 5d

Power, scandal & assassination—Lucy Hughes-Hallett explores 'The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham' on 28 Oct, 17:30 at Wolfson College
Register now: shorturl.at/8Gdgn
@engfac.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 5d

What is life-writing? Hermione Lee & Kate Kennedy in conversation — Mon 20 Oct 2025, 5:30–7:00pm, Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College. buff.ly/knPw900
@engfac.bsky.social

The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 6d

With its echoes tattooed on bodies and explored in the literary text, Santanu Das takes us on a seafaring voyage that explores queer lives at sea. 21 Oct, 17:30. All welcome! Register: buff.ly/LCrFQ8C
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 6d

Join us for the launch of Yosef Wosk's 'New Life Joke Shop: Travels and Observations'. 16 Oct 2025, 17:30–19:00, Wolfson College & Zoom. Free & open to all. buff.ly/2ooHFKm
@engfac.bsky.social

The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 7d

One story among many—Vona Groarke, Ireland’s Professor of Poetry, & Kate Kennedy on representing “many Ellens” in Groarke's ‘Hereafter’. 14 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm. buff.ly/Lew9cvR @engfac.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 7d

Is memoir a contract of truth—or a crafted story? Hear @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social & Kate Kennedy debate. 13 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson. Free and open to all. buff.ly/WLdDnBr
#Ethics #LifeWriting @engfac.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 8d

'Counter-Narratives, Illness, and Life-Writing': a hybrid workshop exploring illness and life-writing's counternarrative promises.
📅 21 Oct | 🕚 11:00
📍 Wolfson College & Online
🔗 Register: buff.ly/ECND36X
@engfac.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @torchoxford2013.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 8d

Money, taste, conviction: the three pillars of Peggy Guggenheim’s patronage, argues Vera Fine-Grodzinski. 14 Oct, 2:00pm at Wolfson College. Free and open to all shorturl.at/No2xZ
@oxfordhistoryofart.bsky.social

The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 9d

Where documentation meet the imagined: genre boundaries in ‘Hereafter’. Vona Groarke, Ireland’s Professor of Poetry, & Kate Kennedy in conversation. 14 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm. buff.ly/Lew9cvR
@engfac.bsky.social

The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 9d

How close can memoir come to fiction before it breaks the form? Kennedy and Boehmer put life-writing to the test. 13 Oct 2025, 5:30–7:00pm. buff.ly/WLdDnBr
@ellekeboehmer.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social #Memoir

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 10d

Join Santanu Das as he explores how literary scenes model experience when archives fall silent. Part of OCLW'S Global Majority & Underrepresented Writers' Programme. 21 Oct, 17:30, Wolfson College. Register: buff.ly/LCrFQ8C
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 10d

Is a tweet, a blog, a diary—life-writing? Hermione Lee & Kate Kennedy in conversation. Mon 20 Oct 2025, 5:30–7:00pm, Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College. buff.ly/knPw900 @engfac.bsky.social

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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social · 11d

The 'Counter-Narratives, Illness, and Life-Writing' workshop explores the power of life-writing to shape and disrupt dominant narratives of illness.
📅 21 Oct | 🕚 11:00
📍 Wolfson College & Online
🔗 buff.ly/ECND36X
@engfac.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @torchoxford2013.bsky.social

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Dr Kate Kennedy @drkkennedy.bsky.social · 14d

Explored how we see music - instruments as art, sound as colour. We could have talked for hours @ @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social. @elliechan.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @duckworthbooks.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

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