Late Summer Lectures

Annual lectures on literature from university researchers. Free and open to the public! Check out our podcasts from the 2020 series:

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We are happy to announce that the Late Summer Lecture Series will continue this year via Zoom. This year's fantastic line-up of speakers will be discussing a range of topics relating to the theme of 'Body and Mind'.

Reserve your free tickets: https://t.co/9bSFeFbkYX

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@READEnglish @AntWalker_Cook

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Due to a mix-up on our end, Dr Anthony Walker-Cook’s lecture has now been moved to the 6th of October! Apologies for this and sorry to those anticipating seeing him speak! Those registered on the EventBrite will receive an amended link for the later date 📚✨

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As always, the lecture will be recorded for those who are unable to attend the event. Should you want a copy, please drop us a private message!

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If your missing #HandmaidsTale after that S4 finale, then check out the next @LateSummer2021 with @KatieAnneTobin

1st Sept / free / online / open to all

🎫 https://t.co/eUvyW65809 🎫

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The second @LateSummer2021 lecture is this Weds, feat. @faulkner_uk on the author's view of the Southern USA at a moment of transition.

All welcome; register below to join 100 other attendees:

🎫 https://t.co/rOU4OO0Ic7 🎫

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We cannot wait to see you all tonight!

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🦇👿🐱‍🐉 Vampires, demons, dinosaurs!

Slightly terrified to share the first of our @LateSummer2021 lecture series featuring @amyvictoria212 and @madeline_cct

👉 Open to everyone via: https://t.co/W6y8unnjQG

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@amyvictoria212 @madeline_cct https://t.co/tOHuT4baYF

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Here's the sign-up link for our first week of lectures, Otherworldly Realms!:

https://t.co/VR5XxjjjCs

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Kicking off the first week of this year's Late Summer Lectures are papers by @amyvictoria212 and @madeline_cct! Focusing on Otherworldly Realms, these papers will be presented on the 18th of August, 5:30 BST. We cannot wait to see you all! 📚✨

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Here's the sign-up link for our first week of lectures, Otherworldly Realms!:

https://t.co/VR5XxjjjCs

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And that concludes our wonderful lineup for this year's Late Summer Lecture Series! Event sign-up will be available very soon. Should you have any questions or want to get in touch, don't hesitate to send us a message!

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Our final lecture will be given on the 6th of October by @ExeterEnglish own @NagySeres on Katherine Mansfield's Poetics of Breathlessness 😮‍💨

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@lauraeaday And we can't wait to have you!

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On the 29th of September we have our penultimate lecture from @_PaulCockburn on urban nature in Jonathan Lethan's Chronic City 🐯

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On the 22nd of September, @READEnglish own @lauraeaday is presenting her paper on Norman Nicholson's poetry collection, Sea to the West 🌊

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On the 15th of September we turn to the role of the marginalised body. @AntWalker_Cook and Kirby Archer will be presenting their papers on Women and the Epic Genre in the Eighteenth Century and Indigenous Protest Narratives and the Reclamation of Environmental History ✨

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On the 8th of September, we revisit the Victorian Imagination with papers from @CallenCeleste and @rosiecrocker98. Follow @SheffieldGothic and @LLCatEdinburgh for more on their research!

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On the 1st of September we have a paper by future Durham doctoral student and Late Summer Lecture Series convenor @KatieAnneTobin. Her interdisciplinary research branches across the fields of @READEnglish and @DurhamImh exploring surrogacy in contemporary dystopian fiction.

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@Faulkner_UK and @heatherswords currently have a Call for Papers open for the International Medieval Congress in Leeds.

If you're interested then please submit an abstract to them! More info below:

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Next up, we have @Faulkner_UK of @RoyalHolloway presenting on the 25th of August presenting on the death of the Old South in "A Rose for Emily"!

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Sign-up on EventBrite to be released shortly!