Dear All,

For upcoming research seminars this academic year (2012-2013), please use the following link:

http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/english/research/seminars

Thanks!

First Research Seminar: Wed 10th Oct

The first Research Seminar will take place on the 10th Oct from 4-6pm in Jessop West Exhibition Space. Bob McKay will be talking on: 

Animal Life and Moral Agency in Post-war Cinema: 
Velma Johnston, Marilyn Monroe, Arthur Miller and John Huston’s The Misfits.


We hope to see you all there!
Mark, Sara & Fabienne

Work in Progress - A Brand New Postgraduate Seminar Series

Work in Progress is a new series that showcases ongoing research by postgraduate students. It aims to be a friendly and informal place for speakers to present their current work to a group of peers.

The seminars will be held on the Mondays listed below from 5pm until 6pm in Hub Room 5 in Jessop West.

Monday 6 February 2012
Tony Prince - The Transformation of The Troublesome Raigne (Anonymous c1590) into King John (Shakespeare c1595), focusing on the character of the Bastard

Monday 13 February 2012
Liam Firth - 'Every Cry Has Its Echo': Yeats, Wordsworth and the Hermeneutics of Tradition (Liam Firth)

Monday 20 February 2012
Fern Merrills - Browning and Shelley

Monday 27 February 2012
Becky Bowler - Vision, Mysticism, and the Incommunicable in Dorothy Richardson's Pilgrimage

Monday 5 March 2012
Adam Smith - Text as Spectacle

For more information, please contact Liam Firth (liamfirth@gmail.com) or Fern Merrills (f.merrills1@sheffield.ac.uk)

Spring Semester Talks - Titles and Locations - 2012

Welcome back to the University of Sheffield's English Research Seminars. We're delighted to introduce our speakers for the new semester, whose topics promise to be fascinatinhg. As ever, our seminars are held on Wednesdays, at 4-6pm, and we look forward to seeing you there.

1 February, Dr Sara Crangle, University of Sussex, ‘Modernist Sulking’
(HELD AT 4:30pm, NOT 4pm - Jessop Building, Room 215)

8 February, Dr Dominic Johnson, Queen Mary University, London, ‘Ecstatic Intervals: Scott O'Hara, Ron Athey, and Performance in a Continuum of Intimacy’ (HELD AT 5pm, NOT 4pm - Humanities Research Institute)

22 February, Dr Sam Ladkin, ‘A bit ambivalent... or not: some thoughts on the sentiments of contemporary lyric poetry’
(Jessop West, Exhibition Space)

29 February, Dr John Richardson, University of Newcastle, ‘Analysing British Fascist Discourse: The Importance of Contextualisation’
(Humanities Research Institute)

14 March, Dr Frances Babbage, University of Sheffield, ‘Into the labyrinth (and out again): myths, acts, consequences - and a belligerent Ariadne’.
(Humanities Research Institute)

21 March, Dr Stefano Cracolici, Gore and Glory: Martyrdom in the Victorian Novel
(Jessop West, Exhibition Space)

25 April, Dr Karin Zotzmann, University of Southampton, ‘The Concept of Social Class and Its Importance for the Theory and Practice of Intercultural Education’
(Jessop West, Exhibition Space)

2 May, Dr Rachel Zerihan, University of Sheffield, ‘One to One Performance: Strange Duets’ (Jessop West, Exhibition Space)

9 May, Professor Ron Carter, University of Nottingham, ‘Creativity across Language and Literature’ (Jessop West, Exhibition Space)


Looking forward to seeing everyone,

Maddy Callaghan and Ranjan Sen

BAVS 2012 - Victorian Value: Ethics, Economics, Aesthetics

The University of Sheffield is delighted to host BAVS 2012 - the British Association for Victorian Studies Conference. The theme is: 'Victorian Value: Ethics, Economics, Aesthetics' Please visit our website: http://victorianvalue2012.blogspot.com/ for more details.