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Calling all teachers of English! Our Teachers' Conference is taking place THIS WEEK on Saturday 7th Feb from 11am - 3pm.
The FREE online event features lectures, info talks, and a panel discussion.
Registration is now OPEN. Please share! @engfac.bsky.social
www.english.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...
Join us this Monday to explore #Shakespeare's 'Richard II' with Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and special guest Hailey Bachrach.
The event will take place online via Zoom at 6pm on Monday, 2 February.
All welcome! The event is free but registration is required.
#RichardII
Join us for this year's online English Faculty Teachers' Conference on 7 Feb at 11am-3pm.
Featuring mini lectures, information about the Oxford Admissions process, demonstrations of our free resources, & a panel discussion on AI.
See the programme & register: english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...
Registration is now open for Prof Devyani Sharma's Inaugural Lecture as News UK Professor of #Language and #Communication on 12 Feb!
She will talk on: 'Why #accent matters – from social interaction to life outcomes'
All welcome! Free, but booking required.
english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/profes...
Join us for A.E. Stallings' next Professor of #Poetry lecture on 29 January at 5.30pm at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
'People Poems: Portraits in Verse'
All welcome! Tickets are free, but booking is required via Eventbrite.
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Calling all teachers of English! Our Teachers' Conference is taking place on 7 Feb from 11am - 3pm.
The FREE online event features lectures, info talks, and a panel discussion.
Registration is now OPEN. Please share!
www.english.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...
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
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:
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
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
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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
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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
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
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
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.
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
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All Welcome!
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:
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...
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
📢 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...
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
03.12.2025 22:55 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0In 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...
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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...
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
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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...
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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
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
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:
