13 Oct
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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14 Oct
Jewish Women’s Voices Seminar: Vera Fine-Grodzinski, ‘Peggy Guggenheim: American Heiress, Feminist, and Champion of Modernist Art’
Jewish Women’s Voices Seminar: Vera Fine-Grodzinski, ‘Peggy Guggenheim: American Heiress, Feminist, and Champion of Modernist Art’
The Buttery, Wolfson College and Online via Zoom
14 Oct
Public Lecture: ‘Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O’Hara: Vona Groarke and Kate Kennedy in Conversation’
Public Lecture: ‘Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O’Hara: Vona Groarke and Kate Kennedy in Conversation’
The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College
16 Oct
Book Launch: Yosef Wosk, 'New Life Joke Shop: Travels and Observations'
Book Launch: Yosef Wosk, 'New Life Joke Shop: Travels and Observations'
The Buttery, Wolfson College and Online via Zoom
20 Oct
Public Lecture: ‘On Life-Writing (Part II): Hermione Lee and Kate Kennedy in Conversation’
Public Lecture: ‘On Life-Writing (Part II): Hermione Lee and Kate Kennedy in Conversation’
The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College
21 Oct
Workshop: Counter-Narratives, Illness, and Life-Writing
Workshop: Counter-Narratives, Illness, and Life-Writing
The Buttery, Wolfson College and Online via Zoom
21 Oct
Public Lecture: Santanu Das, ‘The Maritime Closet: Queer Lives Before the Mast’
Public Lecture: Santanu Das, ‘The Maritime Closet: Queer Lives Before the Mast’
Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College
28 Oct
Public Lecture: Lucy Hughes-Hallett, 'The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham'
Public Lecture: Lucy Hughes-Hallett, 'The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham'
Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College
31 Oct
Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshop: Nicole King, ‘A Harlem Library Life: The beginning of the story’
Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshop: Nicole King, ‘A Harlem Library Life: The beginning of the story’
Seminar Room 10.402, English Faculty, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
11 Nov
Jewish Women’s Voices: Susan Kahn, 'Canine Pioneer: The Extraordinary Life of Rudolphina Menzel'
Jewish Women’s Voices: Susan Kahn, 'Canine Pioneer: The Extraordinary Life of Rudolphina Menzel'
The Buttery, Wolfson College and Online via Zoom
11 Nov
Public Lecture: '"Ellmann’s Joyce": Zachary Leader in Conversation with Hermione Lee'
Public Lecture: '"Ellmann’s Joyce": Zachary Leader in Conversation with Hermione Lee'
Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College
21 Nov
Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshop: Elleke Boehmer & Katherine Collins, 'Life-writing and the Far South: Rhythm, Disruption, and Sensory Extremes’
Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshop: Elleke Boehmer & Katherine Collins, 'Life-writing and the Far South: Rhythm, Disruption, and Sensory Extremes’
Seminar Room 10.402, English Faculty, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities