Gender, Sexuality and the Sensory A one-day symposium Friday 19th May 2017, 10:00-18.00 University of Kent, Canterbury Grimond Building, Lecture Theatre 3 Hosted by Feminist Theory journal and … Read more
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The School of English Summer Skills project
The School of English is running a Summer Skills Project for the first time this year. This project is aimed at final year undergraduate and … Read more
Humanities for Hire: a two week series to help you with your future careers
The School of English is participating in a series of events, now in its second year, called Humanities for Hire. The series has been designed … Read more
Transatlantic Aliens: A new book by Dr Will Norman
Transatlantic Aliens: Modernism, Exile and Culture in Midcentury, a new book by School of English lecturer Dr Will Norman, is to be published this month … Read more
Abdulrazak Gurnah on being appointed as Man Booker Prize judge
Last night, after months of reading, rereading and deliberating, it was announced that Paul Beatty was the winner of the Man Booker Prize 2016 for his … Read more
‘Writing Buildings 2016’: a call for papers
Catherine Richardson is co-organising this innovative conference with CREAte, the research centre for architecture and the humanities at the University of Kent. In collaboration with … Read more
Stellar line-up of headline acts to grace Canterbury literary festival
Olympic Poet, Lemn Sissay, and the current Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, are just two of the major stars featuring at this year’s Wise Words … Read more
English PhD students co-organise Home/less conference
Where is our Home? The Kent postgraduate community organised an interdisciplinary conference reflecting on the meaning of the word ‘home’. Co-organised by English PhD students … Read more
Saturday at the Turner Contemporary: Assembly (Curiosity) by Agency
As part of the Turner Contemporary’s Curiosity exhibition, three lecturers from the School of English – Ben Hickman, Juha Virtanen and Dorothy Lehane – will … Read more
Wise Words Festival 2013: this week!
This week sees the start of the Wise Words Festival 2013, running from Thursday 12 –Sunday 16 September, taking place in and around the City … Read more