Congratulations to A E Stallings @ae_stallings who has just been named the next Oxford Professor of Poetry! Here’s our Chair of the Faculty Board, Prof Marion Turner, making the announcement!
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- ‘Of course’ #Shakespeare should be taught. Prof Emma Smith @OldFortunatus discusses the importance of studying Humanities. ‘We should be more bullish about the benefits of studying Humanities. It’s not just training for a job – it is amazingly rich.’
- We are devastated to report the death after a short illness of Professor Laura Marcus FBA. Her service to her profession and her subject was unstinting and inspiring. She was a much-loved, passionately engaged supervisor & mentor of other scholars.
- We're absolutely delighted to announce that the Professor of Poetry lecture will take place online on 25 June at 5pm hosted by @TORCHOxford. In this lecture, Alice Oswald will look at the strange connection between water and grief. ow.ly/9JMb50zQdJi
- We are delighted to announce that Professor Marion Turner has been appointed to the J. R. R. Tolkien Professorship of English Literature and Language. Prof Turner has taught widely across Old English, Middle English & contemporary literature #Tolkien
- Professor Alice Oswald's Inaugural Lecture as Professor of Poetry is now online! 🎧 Listen here ➡️
- Congratulations to Prof Emma Smith who will be joining the board of the Royal Shakespeare Company. 🤩Today we're thrilled to announce that Professor Emma Smith will join the Company’s Board, after becoming one of our Associate Scholars in 2021. Hear from Emma and RSC Chair Shriti Vadera: rsc.org.uk/news/professor…
english.web.ox.ac.ukProfessor Emma Smith to join the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company - We're delighted to announce that our new Professor of #Poetry, A. E. Stallings @ae_stallings, will hold her inaugural lecture on 20 November at 5.30pm in Examination Schools, Oxford. This event is free and open to all! No booking required. english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/the-bat-…
- On 6 June, Marion Turner will be delivering her inaugural lecture as the J.R.R. #Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language. She will talk on Holidaying in the Middle Ages. All welcome - please join us! english.ox.ac.uk/event/j.r.r.-t…
- We are devastated to learn of the death our colleague Dr Jenni Nuttall @Stylisticienne, Lecturer @ExeterCollegeOx & member of @engfac. Jenni had been a much-loved member of our academic community over more than two decades. We shall miss her greatly.
- We are delighted to announce the launch of a webinar series with Prof Emma Smith. She will be discussing a different @OWC_Oxford #Shakespeare title each month with the writers of the new introductions. The first event will explore As You Like It with Todd Borlik on 6 Jan 2025.
- We are absolutely delighted to welcome the wonderful Stephen Fry @stephenfry to the English Faculty as our next Visiting Professor of Creative Media! He will be giving a lecture in January at the Sheldonian Theatre - details to follow soon!
- Huge congratulations to Professor Nandini Das @rentravailer who has been awarded an #OBE for services to Interdisciplinary Research in the Humanities & to Public Engagement in this year's New Year Honours List. #NewYearHonours
- Would you like to discover new #poetry? Sign up for our newsletter from A.E Stallings @ae_stallings, Oxford's Professor of Poetry. Each issue, she will explore a contemporary poem & explain what she admires about it. The first issue will be shared soon! english.web.ox.ac.uk/echolocations-…
