24 Jan
Ivor Gurney: Dweller in Shadows
Ivor Gurney: Dweller in Shadows
To celebrate the launch of her new biography: Dweller in Shadows | Princeton University Press, writer and broadcaster Kate Kennedy discusses writing the complex and tragic life of poet and composer Ivor Gurney with musicologist Stephen Johnson and mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly, who will sing some of Gurney's best-loved songs.
This is a fundraising event, with all proceeds going towards our work to bring story telling, drama and music to children with special needs.
The livestream will begin at 6pm on 30th June
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3 Feb
Saeed Taji Farouky, 'How Can We Creatively Document Life in a Time of Genocide?'
Saeed Taji Farouky, 'How Can We Creatively Document Life in a Time of Genocide?'
The Buttery, Wolfson College & Online via Zoom
6 Feb
Georgina Ferry, 'Lives under the microscope: scientific obituaries dissected'
Georgina Ferry, 'Lives under the microscope: scientific obituaries dissected'
Seminar Room 10.424, English Faculty, Schwarzman Centre
10 Feb
Narrating Lives, from Photograph to Photographer: 'Seeing Daylight: The Photography of Dorothy Bohm'
Narrating Lives, from Photograph to Photographer: 'Seeing Daylight: The Photography of Dorothy Bohm'
The Buttery, Wolfson College & Online via Zoom
10 Feb
Professor Nicholas Royle, 'Life-Writing and the New Fantastic: Possibilities and Pleasures for Life-Writers and Readers'
Professor Nicholas Royle, 'Life-Writing and the New Fantastic: Possibilities and Pleasures for Life-Writers and Readers'
The Buttery, Wolfson College & Online via Zoom
27 Feb
Simon Horobin, 'Writing the Oxford lives of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis'
Simon Horobin, 'Writing the Oxford lives of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis'
Seminar Room 10.424, English Faculty, Schwarzman Centre
3 Mar
Masterclass: Isle McElroy, 'Stealing, Borrowing, and Letting Go: Using Real Life in Fiction'
Masterclass: Isle McElroy, 'Stealing, Borrowing, and Letting Go: Using Real Life in Fiction'
Online via Zoom