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Entitled, ‘Reading Chaucer’ this year’s lecture will be given by Professor A.S.G. Edwards of the University of Kent. Taking place on Friday, 29th May at 6pm … Read more

‘If I had to save one historical document from the whole of English history, it would not be Magna Carta – or even Domesday Book- … Read more

Now that over half a century has passed since Lionel Abel coined the term ‘metatheatre’ with particular reference to the drama of Shakespeare and his … Read more

Professor Quentin Skinner will be asking this question at our annual Renaissance Lecture on Tuesday, 24th March 2015 at 6pm in Lecture Theatre 1, Grimond Building. … Read more

The University of Kent will host a conference in April to examine the theme of early medieval monasticism in the North Sea Zone from a … Read more

The University of Kent’s ‘Festival of English’ begins this evening (Tuesday, 3rd February) at 6.30pm with a talk by Professor Peter Brown on Chaucer. Held in … Read more

Editors at the Review of English Studies have selected Dr Sarah James’ paper, ‘Oculi Carnis, Oculi Mentis: Why Seeing Is Not Believing In Capgrave’s Life … Read more

Entitled, ‘Diets of the Poor in Medieval England’, this year’s Anselm Lecture will be given by Professor Chris Dyer, Emeritus Professor of Regional and Local … Read more

Moveable Types: People, Ideas, and Objects is an international conference on cultural exchanges in early modern Europe, taking place at the University of Kent between … Read more

August 2014 sees the second anniversary of ‘Picture this…’, the monthly online collaboration which takes a digital image from Canterbury cathedral library’s store of manuscripts and … Read more