English Graduates at Oxford

# Oxford University's current Professor of Poetry, Alice Oswald, is giving a talk entitled, "The Life & Death of Poetry: a distracted walkabout with T.S. Eliot & others."

The Professor of Poetry lectures were conceived in 1708 by Berkshire landowner Henry Birkhead and began after he bequeathed some money so it could be a valuable supplement to the curriculum. The current Professor of Poetry is Professor Alice Oswald. She will be giving one lecture each term for the four years of her tenure.

The event is being held on the 2nd of June, at 5 pm, in the Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre, St Cross Building, Oxford. A drinks reception will follow the talk.

Click on the following link to book your ticket (!): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-life-death-of-poetry-a-distracted-walkabout-with-ts-eliot-others-tickets-341810724077

There is an associated workshop for students too:
3rd June, 11:00-13:00, Seminar Room A, St Cross Building
Drop-in “at home” with Professor Alice Oswald.

(ORE) has put out a call for papers for its upcoming issue, to be published in Autumn 2022.

The theme is No Theme (!) and the deadline for submissions is on the 15th of April, 2022. The word count is between 5,000 and 8,000 words and the prescribed style is MHRA.

Take a look at the official call, attached below:

Come listen to faculty candidates presenting on their research! In association with St Hilda's College, the English Faculty is in the process of an of in English. As part of the selection process, all candidates will be delivering short presentations on their research on Monday the 14th of March, from 9 am till 12:45 pm, in the Pavilion at St Hilda's.

Attendees will be asked to complete a form providing feedback on each candidate, and each form will be taken into account by the committee as part of their decision process. So if you're able to attend, try to stay for the entire duration of the event!

The is conducting a in order to help gain a greater insight into its performance so far, students' expectations, and potential future pathways towards improvement and accommodating new needs.

The Library is still in need of 107 English students for the survey to yield statistically meaningful results, so all undergraduate and postgraduates students of English are strongly encouraged to participate by clicking on the link below, as to well as to share it with their classmates:

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Professor Sophie Ratcliffe is seeking a temporary for her current book project entitled The Child in the Library, which deals with ideas of institutions of knowledge, access to knowledge, histories of childhood, and material culture. The project has a particular, but not exclusive, focus on the 19th century.

If you're knowledgeable enough about the 19th century and confident in your ability to do research on periodicals of the time but are also equally interested in theory and philosophy, consider sending a cover letter and CV to [email protected]. The deadline is on Thursday, the *3rd of February*.

The successful applicant will have to be based in Oxford between February and June 2022 and be available for in-person meetings and ready to do research in the Bodleian.

Take a look at the attached Call for Papers for this year's English Graduate , centred on the theme of Conversation(s).

Make a note of the 4th of March deadline. Submissions from postgraduate students of English and related fields are warmly welcome.

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