Category Archives: Public Lectures

In Conversation with Juliet Gilkes-Romera 29 October 2020

Posted on October 26, 2020 by B Colbert

The University of Wolverhampton is pleased to present a talk with playwright and journalist Juliet Gilkes-Romero. Hosted by CTTR lecturer Dr Daisy Black and Phd student Ifemu Omari-Webber. This is a free online event on Thursday, 29 October 2020, at … Continue reading →

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Professor Meena Dhanda on Dr Ambedkar, Religion, and Morality

Posted on May 17, 2019 by B Colbert

Lord Harries of Pentregarth, the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Dalits and The Federation of Ambedkarite and Buddhist Organisations UK invited Professor Meena Dhanda of CTTR as a guest speaker at the 128th birth commemoration of Dr Ambedkar … Continue reading →

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Ian James Kidd on Pathophobia

Posted on April 1, 2019 by B Colbert

Guest blogger, Dr  Ian James Kidd, will deliver a CTTR-sponsored Faculty of Arts Public Lecture, ‘Pathophobia, Illness, and Vices’, on Wednesday, 10 April, 4-6 p.m., MK405 George Wallis Building. Pathophobia as the social oppression of ill persons Everyone knows that … Continue reading →

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Karina van Dalen-Oskam on Computers and Literature

Posted on March 2, 2019 by B Colbert

Guest blogger, Professor Karina van Dalen-Oskam, will deliver a CTTR-sponsored Faculty of Arts Public Lecture, ‘The Riddle of Literary Quality’, on Wednesday, 13 March, 6-7 p.m., MK405 George Wallis Building – further information here. Can computers and literature work together? … Continue reading →

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Public Lecture: 5 February 2019, Anne White on Polish Migration

Posted on February 5, 2019 by B Colbert

Professor Anne White from University College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) will be visiting City Campus on Tuesday 5th February 2019, 6 p.m.-8 p.m.  MK045 to deliver a public lecture, ‘The impact of migration on Poland: EU Mobilitiy and Social Change’. The lecture is … Continue reading →

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Public Lecture: 17 April, Kate Lister on the History of C**t

Posted on April 10, 2018 by B Colbert

‌‌Dr Kate Lister from Leeds Trinity University will be visiting City Campus on Tuesday 17th April 2018, 6 p.m.-7.30, MK045 to deliver a public lecture, ‘A Nasty Name for a Nasty Thing’: A History of C**t’. The lecture is free, no tickets are … Continue reading →

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Public Lecture: 13 Mar., Carolyne Larrington on Game of Thrones

Posted on March 1, 2018 by B Colbert

CTTR and the School of Humanities welcome Professor Carolyne Larrington from the University of Oxford to the City Campus on Tuesday 13th March 2018, 6 p.m.-7.30, MK045 for a public lecture, ‘Winter is Coming: Game of Thrones and Medieval Culture’, in which … Continue reading →

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Jane Austen – Germaine de Staël Anniversary Keynote

Posted on July 17, 2017 by B Colbert

Benjamin Colbert, Co-Director of CTTR, delivered the opening keynote address at the Chawton House Library conference, Reputations, Legacies, Futures: Jane Austen, Germaine de Staël and their Contemporaries, on Thursday, 13 July 2017.  Celebrating the bicentenary of the deaths of Austen … Continue reading →

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Public Lecture: 24 Nov. 2016, Jay Griffiths in Conversation (Tristimania)

Posted on November 9, 2016 by B Colbert

Acclaimed novelist and writer Jay Griffiths reads from and discusses her latest book, Tristimania: A Diary of Manic Depression, in conversation with CTTR novelist Professor Niall Griffiths. The event will take place on Thursday, 24 November 2016, from 6:00 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre, MX004, … Continue reading →

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Public lecture: 24 May 2016, Owen Martell in Conversation

Posted on May 19, 2016 by B Colbert

Trilingual novelist and translator Owen Martell will be reading from his award-winning novels and discussing his work and the writer’s life with Dr Aidan Byrne. The discussion will take place on Tuesday, 24 May 2016, from 5:30 p.m. in  Room MA030, … Continue reading →

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