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BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine premieres ‘Across the Big Water’ animated film based on Professor David Stirrup’s AHRC research

By Sharmini M | 09 December 2020

Professor David Stirrup’s extensive research into Indigenous people from North America, and their journey to, and life in Britain, is one of nine selected Arts … Read more

School of English develops relationship which leads to Erasmus+ funding to support educational reform in Georgia

By Sharmini M | 23 November 2020

Erasmus+ funding has been awarded to the University of Kent to lead a project supporting higher education reform in Georgia.  Kent will work with Ilia State University (ISU), which is based in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi to support initiatives focused on curriculum … Read more

Jennie Batchelor on 100 years of Agatha Christie for BBC Radio Kent

By gjm32 | 22 October 2020

To mark the 100th anniversary of Agatha Christie releasing her first novel, Professor Jennie Batchelor, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies in the School of English, was interviewed by … Read more

David Stirrup on museum’s new Indigenous Engagement Policy

By gjm32 | 07 October 2020

Professor David Stirrup, Professor of American Literature and Indigenous Studies in the School of English, has commented on Hasting Museum & Art Gallery’s new Indigenous … Read more

Callan Davies publishes on ‘Strangeness in Jacobean Drama’

By gjm32 | 18 September 2020

Dr Callan Davies, Research Associate in the School of English, has published a monograph entitled Strangeness in Jacobean Drama (Routledge, 2020). In his book, Callan … Read more

Abdulrazak Gurnah publishes new novel: ‘Afterlives’

By gjm32 | 17 September 2020

Abdulrazak Gurnah, School of English Emeritus Professor, has just published a new novel, entitled Afterlives (Bloomsbury, 2020). Afterlives tells the story of three characters whose lives … Read more

David Stirrup on 400th anniversary of Mayflower voyage for NBC

By gjm32 | 16 September 2020

Professor David Stirrup, Professor of American Literature and Indigenous Studies in the School of English, has provided a comment for an article entitled Native Americans … Read more

Abdulrazak Gurnah’s new novel ‘Afterlives’ reviewed in Evening Standard

By gjm32 | 11 September 2020

Abdulrazak Gurnah, School of English Emeritus Professor, has had his new novel Afterlives (Bloomsbury, 2020) reviewed in the Evening Standard. Afterlives tells the story of three … Read more

Jennie Batchelor to host ‘Crafting through COVID’ virtual event

By gjm32 | 09 September 2020

Professor Jennie Batchelor, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies in the School of English, will host ‘Crafting through COVID: A Virtual Sew Along and Conversation‘ with practising … Read more

Declan Gilmore-Kavanagh guests edits journal issue on ‘Jonathan Swift and Queerness’

By gjm32 | 08 September 2020

Dr Declan Gilmore-Kavanagh, Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Studies, has edited a special issue of the Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies on ‘Jonathan Swift and Queerness’, published … Read more

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