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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Paradise is on the end of your nose
Tilstone Studio, Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton (Monday, 8th December, 6:30 p.m., admission Free) Professor Niall Griffiths delivers his inaugural lecture describing his motivation and inspiration for writing. He will discuss the significance of finding a writing voice for peoples and places … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News, Public Lectures
Tagged creative writing, literature, margins, novels, popular culture, public lectures, voice
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CTTR Researcher Profiles: Dr Irina Moore
Dr Irina Moore is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, TESOL, and Russian at the University of Wolverhampton’s Department of English, Linguistics, and Creative Writing. Her research and teaching interests have been fostered by many years of teaching and mentoring in the … Continue reading
Posted in Projects, Reseacher Profiles
Tagged Central Asia, CTTR, Kazakh, Kazakhstan, language, language policy, linguistic landscape studies, research, Russian, Wolverhampton
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Project Update: British Travel Writing, 1780-1840
In this blog post, Dr Benjamin Colbert, Reader in English Literature and co-director of the Centre for Transnational and Transcultural Research, reflects on the recent launch of a pilot travel writing database and on its future development. On 10 July … Continue reading
Posted in British Travel Writing, databases, Projects
Tagged book history, CTTR, databases, digital humanities, DWTW, print culture, Romantic Period, travel writing
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Black Country Echoes: CTTR Researcher to Address Symposium, 6 November 2014
Dr Paul McDonald, expert on humour and author of Fiction from the Furnace: A Hundred Years of Black Country Writing (2002), will be participating in the symposium Black Country Landscape in Literature, Thursday 6 November 2014, at the Arena Theatre, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian identity, Black Country Echoes, CTTR, humour, symposium, Wolverhampton
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Conference Report – Borders & Crossings/Seuils et traverses, 11-13 September 2014
The Centre for Transnational and Transcultural Research (CTTR) had the pleasure of co-organising the 11th Borders & Crossings/Seuils et traverses International Travel Writing Conference held at the Bolyarski Hotel, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria, on 11-13 September 2014. The conference series began … Continue reading
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Tagged Borders and Crossings, conference, CTTR, Seuils et traverses, travel writing
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