Faculty of English, University of Oxford

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...

@engfac.bsky.social @engfacoutreach.bsky.social
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...

Dorothy Whitelock Lecture Prof. Jane Roberts (KCL), “Guthlac: what the early medieval records tell us”

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

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

Dorothy Whitelock Lecture Prof. Jane Roberts (KCL), “Guthlac: what the early medieval records tell us”

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:

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

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.

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:

Congratulations to Professor Elleke Boehmer who has been elected as a Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Humanities Academy @humanitiesau.bsky.social.

@oxhumanities.bsky.social

If you can't wait until our next Professor of Poetry lecture on 26 Nov to hear A.E. Stallings talk about poetry then why not go along to this event tomorrow (21 Nov) with special guest Ernest Hilbert at St Edmund Hall. All welcome!

www.everseradio.com/a-e-stalling...

Prof Paulina Kewes & Dr Frederick Smith have co-authored an article about how the papacy dealt with the excommunication of Henry VIII which features in the latest issue of History Today.

Did the protracted excommunication process make it easier for Henry to proceed with his Reformation?

#HenryVIII

Santanu Das I am a professor of modern literature and culture at University of Oxford and a senior fellow at All Souls College. My work focuses on early 20th-century literature and culture, and I am especially in...

Prof Santanu Das has recorded a series of videos about his research with EXPeditions as part of their Philip #Leverhulme Prize Collection.

Explore his research on:

Rethinking history, war & #empire
Touch & intimacy
Sea literature: from sail to steam

Find out more on the #EXPeditions website:

Join us on 26 November for A.E. Stallings' next Professor of Poetry lecture on 'Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy'.

26 Nov at 5.30pm
Examination Schools

ALL WELCOME! No booking required.

#poetry #TeamEnglish @oxpoetrylibrary.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social

🕯️ Santanu Das, Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at @ox.ac.uk, @engfac.bsky.social, highlights the essential need to acknowledge the millions of men of color who served in WW1, placing their stories back in history.
#PLPEXPeditions

Echolocations: Reflections on Poems by A.E Stallings (Issue 5)

The latest issue of A.E. Stallings' Echolocations #poetry newsletter is now live!

This issue explores Karen Solie’s “Meadowlark” from Wellwater, "a mostly unrhymed sonnet, that seems to place itself somewhere between Shelley’s ethereal “blithe spirit,” and John Clare’s more grounded skylark."

Talking about ICE SHOCK in Cape Town recently.

Join us to explore the new Oxford World's Classics edition of Romeo & Juliet in our next #Shakespeare webinar:

1 December
6 - 7.15pm
Online via Zoom

With Professor Emma Smith & Dr Hannah August.

All welcome! Free but booking required. #TeamEnglish shakespeare-webinar-romeo-juliet.eventbrite.co.uk

Decolonizing English: An Incomplete Project (Clarendon Lecture 4 by Professor Simon Gikandi)

This evening (6 November): Don't miss the fourth and final 2025 Clarendon Lecture by Professor Simon Gikandi (Princeton).

Decolonizing English: An Incomplete Project
6 Nov at 5.30pm
Examination Schools, Oxford

Followed by wine reception. All welcome!

To add to our list of wonderful public lectures this term, we're delighted to announce our next Professor of #Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social

Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy
26 Nov, 5.30pm
Examination Schools, Oxford

ALL WELCOME! No booking required.

The Other Victorians: What If Jane Eyre was a Missionary? (Clarendon Lecture 3 by Professor Simon Gikandi)

Prof Simon Gikandi will give the 3rd Clarendon Lecture this evening (4 Nov) at 5.30pm on 'The Other Victorians: What If Jane Eyre was a Missionary?'.

#JaneEyre #ClarendonLectures

The 4th and final lecture of the 2025 Clarendon Lecture series will be on Thursday, 6 Nov.

All welcome!

English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: King Henry VIII In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of King Henry VIII from Oxford World's Classics.

Register via Eventbrite: shakespeare-webinar-king-henry-viii.eventbrite.co.uk

There's still time to register for this evening's Shakespeare webinar on Henry VIII with Prof Emma Smith and Dr Laura Jayne Wright.

We look forward to welcoming back our webinar regulars along with any newcomers!

ALL WELCOME! Free, but booking required.

#Shakespeare #HenryVIII

Helen Fielding in conversation with the Always Take Notes podcast Join the author of “Bridget Jones’s Diary” for a live podcast recording.

Join the Always Take Notes team for a live podcast recording with Helen Fielding, author of “Bridget Jones’s Diary”.

17 November at 5.30pm
Sheldonian Theatre

All welcome. Book your ticket via Eventbrite.
helen-fielding-always-take-notes.eventbrite.co.uk

English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: King Henry VIII In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of King Henry VIII from Oxford World's Classics.

Don't miss the opportunity to hear Prof Emma Smith discuss King Henry VIII in our next #Shakespeare webinar.

She'll be joined by Dr Laura Jayne Wright to explore the new Oxford World's Classics' edition of the play followed by a Q&A.

ALL WELCOME! #HenryVIII

Translating English: On Shakespeare and Bunyan in Africa (Clarendon Lecture 2 by Professor Simon Gikandi)

THIS EVENING (30 October) at 5.30pm, Professor Simon Gikandi (Princeton) will be giving the 2nd Clarendon Lecture:

Translating English: On #Shakespeare and #Bunyan in Africa

5.30pm
Examination Schools

ALL WELCOME! No booking required.

We have so many exciting events in the next few weeks!

As well as the #Clarendon Lectures with Prof Simon Gikandi, we have a #Shakespeare webinar on King Henry VIII, this term's Professor of #Poetry talk and events with Helen Fielding & Geoff Bird.

More details at:
english.web.ox.ac.uk/events

English in the (post) Colonial Archive (Clarendon Lecture 1 by Professor Simon Gikandi)

Don't miss the opportunity to see Professor Simon Gikandi (Princeton) give the Clarendon Lectures in English for 2025 on 'English from Below: The Rise and Fall of a Discipline'.

The first lecture is THIS EVENING (28 Oct) at 5.30pm at Examination Schools, Oxford.

All welcome!

YouTube video by Faculty of English, University of Oxford Book discussion on Diana Evans's 'I Want to Talk to You: And Other Conversations'

To mark #BlackHistoryMonth 2025, members of the English Faculty @ox.ac.uk got together to discuss Diana Evans's 'I Want to Talk to You: And Other Conversations', a collection of essays & journalism.

#BHM #DianaEvans

Watch the discussion now >>

youtu.be/sTifWRqTi64

"Listen. Time Passes": Literature and Radio, a conversation with Geoff Bird Exploring the relationship between written and spoken language, how to turn academic research into radio, and how to forge a career in audio

There's still time to get your free tickets for this event on Wednesday with #radio & #podcast producer Geoff Bird:

"Listen. Time Passes": Literature and Radio, a conversation with Geoff Bird

29 October at 5.15
Trinity College, Oxford

All welcome!