The Memory Network

a multidisciplinary research network for the study of memory

[University of Wolverhampton @wlv_uni]

Professor in English Literature, @basgroes, is leading a creative writing programme at the Univeristy to help stroke recovery after suffering one himself at the age of 39.

Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/vNUVAkky93

[Postgrad Research in the Humanities at Wolves @CTTR19]

🔥The English Team @wlv_uni is proud to work w/ the amazing 🖊️ @yomiadegoke, @WaterstonesWton & @WolvesLitFest on the Wolverhampton Bookshare.

Free📚

Get reading❤️‍🔥

For more info: https://t.co/LbUnU4ELvC

Check out our BA English Literatures: https://t.co/WCJJCNMCUK

[Bas Groes @basgroes]

On Sat 1 Feb, Wolverhampton, the team delivering the Arts Council funded #writeinthehead project - creative writing for stroke survivors - invites volunteers, carers and healthcare professionals to test new exercises.

More info here: https://t.co/T0MqYqJFHx #wolveslitfest

[Bas Groes @basgroes]

On Sat 1 Feb, I have the pleasure of chatting to @tiffanymurray about her wonderful memoir growing up around the Rockfield Studios, bumping into Freddie Mercury, Ozzy Osbourne and... Hell's Angels.

Book tickets, here: https://t.co/uhqQ8ofv7U #WolvesLitFest

[Postgrad Research in the Humanities at Wolves @CTTR19]

The Humanities at Wolves @wlv_uni are delighted to co-convene this exciting conference on posthumanism w/ colleagues at @UniGenova.

We have a stellar line-up of speakers including @_Alex_Goody, Peter Boxall & our own @basgroes - rethinking futures for the Humanities.

[Bas Groes @basgroes]

Here is a podcast I recorded with Ibrahim Imam for The Neurology Lounge about my memoir RIGHT IN THE HEAD, which has now led to an @ace_national funded creative project helping stroke survivors. You can buy the book, here: https://t.co/73PU0wDhWJ
https://t.co/oroEN3L9cU

[Bas Groes @basgroes]

Delighted about this new @ace_national fund to aid stroke survivors during their recovery. We'll create an online creative writing programme to help ppl regain functional skills & manage their emotional journey.

The Humanities are absolutely invaluable to society.

[Bas Groes @basgroes]

Clearing is now open to study English at the University of Wolverhampton.

Our course is unique, fun and has spaces available for this academic year. Join us.

Find out more: https://t.co/tMR9sEAdew

#UniversityClearing #EnglishDegree #EnglishLiterature #UKUniversityClearning

[Bas Groes @basgroes]

Working from Krakow, Poland with the legendary Jan Ribicki and @PJRV on a new medical humanities project involving computational methods. Very exciting indeed. Thank you to @CTTR19 and @wlv_uni for making this happen. 😀

[Bas Groes @basgroes]

Delighted to co-organise the POSTHUMAN FICTIONS conference at Genoa University, 19-20 September.

Some of the cool people involved are Peter Boxall, Sonia Baelo & @_Alex_Goody.

The setting is not bad either.

Info: https://t.co/MSJEjlTX4d

@CTTR19 #posthumanfictions

[Bas Groes @basgroes]

Meet Pinocchio. He thinks he can mimic the human soul.

He'll play a role in a talk, this Friday in Oxford, by @basgroes and @CTTR19 & @wlv_uni PG students.

This @DaiwaFoundation event is free and is a part of @wlvuni's UN/REAL project.

Register at: https://t.co/LrAAkGGTWX

[Postgrad Research in the Humanities at Wolves @CTTR19]

Cutting edge research by English Literature students at Wolves. Join our MA or PhD programme to be part of the pack.

[Bas Groes @basgroes]

Supported by the @BeingHumanFest, we'll launch WRITING UNDER FIRE, @wlv_uni's book with writers from Ukraine and the Black Country in London on Sat 18 May, 7PM.

There will be music, Holobtsi (Ukrainian stuffed cabbage) and performances.

Register here: https://t.co/HpqX73alUt

[Bas Groes @basgroes]

Interested in using new technologies for literary research?

In collaboration with @CLSinfra & @clarin_uk, @CTTR19 stages the UK's first ever Computational Literary Studies Training School.

It's your chance to upskill w/ pioneering scholars.

Details: https://t.co/Zvmh3Ljny9

[Bas Groes @basgroes]

I'm delighted that UK Parliamentary Committee on the future of news has accepted my team's C-TRUTH research into fake news. I hope the inquiry will help strengthen the media landscape and built trust in impartial news providers. See: https://t.co/k8PEsWU3bE

[Waterstones Wolverhampton @WaterstonesWton]

As @basgroes says, this is a lovely piece by @phddisability on tiktok, about Wolverhampton, and Bas's event at the recent @WolvesLitFest.
We have both @DeniseSaul's beautiful poetry, The Room Between Us, and Bas Groes's highly original stroke memoir Right in the Head in stock.

[R. M. Francis @RMFrancis]

Lovely to be part of #writingunderfire with @basgroes @Kerry2001 @KraziKuli and @Carmeldo last night for @WolvesLitFest . A moving event launching a moving book

[Postgrad Research in the Humanities at Wolves @CTTR19]

The Humanities at @wlv_uni now has Digital Humanities unit to inspire research using innovative technologies and resources. Full story here: https://t.co/GLGqwjskgs. If interested exploring your ideas with use contact [email protected]. And more exciting news to come soon...

[University of Wolverhampton @wlv_uni]

WLV academic @basgroes has joined forces with Ukrainian and Black Country writers to publish a unique collection of writing that reflects on the impact on the country in the two years since the war started. The launch will take part as part of @WolvesLitFest.

More info 👉 https://t.co/25oB27atwx

[Bas Groes @basgroes]

On Sunday 4 Feb, we're at the Wolves Lit Fest to do Black Country-based exercises that explore the role of creative writing in rehabilitation after brain trauma. All welcome to this celebration of storytelling's healing power! Book your tickets here: https://t.co/HuWNBxkXh2.