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17/06/2025
Huge congratulations to Associate Professor David Stewart who has been made a Fellow of the English Association () for distinguished services to English and the promotion of reading.
He received his fellowship award at the English Association’s Annual Conference on 14th June 2025 at Senate House in London.
Well done, David!
24/09/2024
Fabulous MA induction evening! Here's Fiona and Jo showing Thrishal and Maitreya one of Newcastle’s most famous pubs, The City Tavern which was built in 1872 and has an iconic Tudor façade.
24/09/2024
Orange Prize-longlisted author and ' own Creative Writing Lecturer Laura Fish launches her latest novel 'Lying Perfectly Still' this Black History Month.
Thursday 24th October,
6.30pm – 7.30pm
Tickets https://app.geckoform.com/public/ #/modern/21FO0085setok3007tw8f63663
24/09/2024
Babel Lecture 2024: 'Original Pronunciation - The sound of Shakespeare' with Ben Crystal next Thursday 3rd October, with a drinks reception from 6pm. Link to register in story and here: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/events/2024/10/public-lecture---annual-babel-lecture-2024/
24/09/2024
Congratulations to organiser Dr Kiriaki Massoura, speakers and attendees on September's fantastic multidisciplinary symposium :
'A word after a word after a word is power’: The Hulu Adaptation of ’s The Handmaid’s Tale (2017-2024).
23/09/2024
The semester 1 programme for the Institute of Humanities seminar series at is now live! Please share widely: everyone is welcome to attend, and contact [email protected] for weekly Teams links.
29/11/2023
'And this happened and this happened’: Exploring medieval writing through practice
Professor Tony Williams
TODAY Wed 29th Nov, 1 – 2pm GMT
Hybrid Event: Online and in-person
Lecture Theatre 003, City Campus East
Book now: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/news-%E2%80%A6
29/11/2023
Enormous congratulations to our fantastic Creative Writing student Anna Ashcroft on winning this year's Humanities Postgraduate Dissertation Prize.
Great work Anna, we're delighted for you!
29/11/2023
Congratulations to Dr Mimi Huang and Emmalene Charlton from on the ESRC Social Science Festival event "Beyond Bedtime: The Joy and Wellness in Adults Reading with Children". All participants really enjoyed their day, as you can see from these pictures!
05/10/2023
Last month we welcomed Nathan Waddell for his wonderful inaugural public lecture as Visiting Fellow yesterday, speaking about George Orwell, Wyndham Lewis and the politics of the novel.
Pictured here with the brilliant .