Category: Staff News

Dr Rory Loughnane’s work on Shakespeare’s beginnings in the theatre industry has received a wonderful write up in The Observer this weekend, which highlighted related … Read more

Last night the School of English was delighted to welcome Professor Étienne Balibar to hear his thoughts on global capitalism and migration, as the third … Read more

The University of Kent and Kogakkan University, Japan, were awarded funding by the AHRC and ESRC for the project ‘Performance, Memory and Cultural Heritage in … Read more

Do you have a PhD in an area of Early Modern Studies (literature or social and cultural history), with excellent organisational, research and IT skills? … Read more

Please see below for details of a forthcoming Cultures of Performance Practice as Research workshop: Thursday 13th December 2018, 4pm, Peter Brown Room, Darwin College Presented … Read more

The Oxford Handbook of Charles Dickens, edited by Robert L. Patten, John O. Jordan and Catherine Waters was launched by Malcolm Andrews, Emeritus Professor of … Read more

DATABLEED, an open access poetry zine edited by School of English staff Dr Eleanor Perry and Dr Juha Virtanen, is launching a new reading series … Read more

On 9 August 2018, the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC), in association with the Wellcome Trust, announced the shortlist for the new Health Humanities … Read more

Over the Pond The Dickens Universe is quite unique in its style: a week-long conference that feels both like a summer camp and book club, … Read more

Emotional Politics – The Role of Affect in Social Movements and Organizing took place on 31 May 2018 at the University of Kent in Canterbury. … Read more