David Parry

Tutorial Fellow & Director of Studies in English @RegentsOx @engfac. Many interests, specialising in 16th-18th century English literature, history and theology.

[David Parry @DrDParry]

@becimay @rv_southern @LagrangePointL2 As a recent member of the department, I'm wondering how the uni is planning to staff term 2 modules in January that students have already chosen if staff made redundant in December...

[David Parry @DrDParry]

@miniapeur Also, Exeter's global reputation and place in the Russell Group comes largely from excellence in humanities. Concentrating 85% of redundancies in Humanities seems massive self-sabotage.

[David Parry @DrDParry]

@miniapeur It's partly about how money is spent. Do universities need multiple executives who earn more than the Prime Minister? Also at link: "EUCU has seen the uni's own modelling that shows the closing of the deficit by 2029, with £50m cash reserves, without compulsory redundancies."

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

Worrying from Exeter - the University it seems planning to slash humanities teaching while telling colleagues it is “in line with the government’s industrial strategy”. https://t.co/oLERjBmyf9

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

The University of Exeter has become the latest Russell Group university to announce major job cuts, insisting it “must” take action to reduce financial pressures #highered #jobcuts
https://t.co/iUgt7VbuDC

[David Parry @DrDParry]

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/ssplabaI4G via @UKChange

[David Parry @DrDParry]

Horrified to hear about mass redundancies @uniofexeter including up to 25% of the English department. The livelihoods of many excellent former colleagues are under threat, and if I hadn't moved a year ago this would have included mine. Please consider signing petition below.

[David Parry @DrDParry]

@Simon_Gleaden @strda221 @jdskyles Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 section 18:
It shall not be lawful for any person professing the Roman Catholic religion directly or indirectly to advise his Majesty, ... touching or concerning the appointment to or disposal of any office or preferment in the [Church of England].

[David Parry @DrDParry]

@becimay Sorry to hear that, Beci. Probably not identical situation but I successfully appealed against redundancy at Exeter after 7 years of continuous employment on supposedly fixed term contracts. UCU worth talking to!

[David Parry @DrDParry]

@holydisrupter @Dek125813 @Adrian_Hilton The prohibition in the 1829 Act is on "any of his Majesty’s subjects professing the Roman Catholic religion" advising on C of E appointments. Am I right to read this as excluding those who identify themselves as Catholic rather than those whom the Catholic Church so identifies?

[David Parry @DrDParry]

@timothypomalley ChatGPT obliges:

[David Parry @DrDParry]

@becimay @ae_stallings I'm similarly sceptical about the theory that romantic love was invented in medieval France.

[David Parry @DrDParry]

@becimay @ae_stallings Harold Bloom thinks it was invented by Shakespeare ...
https://t.co/t8uoxEKO2D

[David Parry @DrDParry]

@AndrewPaulWood @DrFrancisYoung Thanks! I'll check it out. If you'll excuse some self-advertising, you might be interested in some of the chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Allegory (out last week):
https://t.co/RRwNVdm7uQ

[David Parry @DrDParry]

@AndrewPaulWood @DrFrancisYoung Jean Seznec's The Survival of the Pagan Gods is the classic reference on this: https://t.co/GroW7b3Slg

[David Parry @DrDParry]

@Erik__Lundeen Apologies for not getting back to you two years ago now! Publication is now imminent. I could probably send a proof copy of the chapter if you are still interested. Alternatively, you might be able to get a review copy of the Handbook from OUP:
https://t.co/RRwNVdm7uQ

[David Parry @DrDParry]

@PsalterMark @tolkienthoughts @malcolmguite Thanks for your interest! If you would like to review the book for an academic journal, you can request a review copy here (though it might be an electronic copy unless you can persuade OUP to send you hard copy):
https://t.co/8hI0oatFxk

[David Parry @DrDParry]

After years in the making, The Oxford Handbook of Allegory is out imminently: 37 chapters by 41 contributors from 4 continents and multiple academic disciplines on allegory from Plato to Inside Out!
https://t.co/RRwNVdm7uQ

[David Parry @DrDParry]

Parenting a toddler: "Please don't bang Noah on the radiator."