Category: News

Jessica Andrews won the £10,000 literary prize for the book that “best evokes the spirit of the north of England” on 23rd January. She began … Read more

Holly May Treadwell, a PhD candidate with the School of English, has been awarded one of five Feminist Theory Workshop International Travel awards, allowing her … Read more

Dr Simon Smith will appear as a guest on Radio 4’s In Our Time, the successful discussion series exploring the history of ideas presented by … Read more

Dr Rory Loughnane has won the 2019 The Calvin & Rose G Hoffman Prize for distinguished scholarly work on Christopher Marlowe. This is the thirtieth … Read more

David Herd, Professor of Modern Literature at the School English, has recently been granted £50,000 from the British Academy’s Humanities and Social Sciences’ ‘Tackling the … Read more

Afternoons filled with Victorian tea parties with dainty cups and saucers and little sweet treats, evenings of post-prandial potations and days full of lectures, workshops … Read more

Re-issuing its call for an end to indefinite detention, Refugee Tales walks for the fifth time this year. Starting in Brighton on July 6 and … Read more

Since the 1980s, a growing number of book artists have used their craft to share stories about health, wellbeing and illness. These artworks give a … Read more

  The School of English is pleased to report that is has maintained its top 20 position in the Guardian University Guide 2020, rising from … Read more

The School of English’s Vybarr Cregan-Reid looks at what the modern world is doing to our bodies and how they are changing in different ways, … Read more