Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture

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Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture

@CCLC_bham

Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture at the University of Birmingham (Cover art by Angela Dooley)

Birmingham, England Katılım Kasım 2018

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Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture@CCLC_bham·26 May

A new CCLC Profile is up this week! This time, we talked to @LyndseyStonebri, Interdisciplinary Chair and Professor of Humanities and Human Rights at @unibirmingham. Lyndsey discusses telling stories, @mashagessen, @lea_ypi, & more! Read it here: bit.ly/3wUuLvG⚡️

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Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture@CCLC_bham·17 May

Continuing with our CCLC Profiles from last summer, we have a new interview with Dr Rona Cran, Senior Lecturer in 20thc American Literature at @unibirmingham and the Co-Director of @ACS_brum! Read here: bit.ly/38qzVrn 📚🌳

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Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture@CCLC_bham·16 Kas

This Thursday!

Zoe Hope Bulaitis / @zoebulaitis.bsky.social@zoebulaitis

FREE LIVE LITERATURE IN BIRMINGHAM! This Thursday [18th] 5.45pm, The Exchange Building, Centenary Square. Sign up + join us for this @BeingHumanFest event. @MrCaseyBailey @asha_pb @fatmamohiuddin @WritersBlocUoB @CCLC_bham will all be there. eventbrite.com/e/live-and-loc…

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Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture@CCLC_bham·5 Kas

Our friends @CMCbham are running this exciting seminar on Modernism & Teaching. Sign-up through Eventbrite, it's going to be a popular one!

The Centre for Modernist Cultures@CMCbham

‘MODERNISM AND TEACHING’ We are hosting the wonderful @plathpoem, @Bdavidhagen, @LAHeffernan and @rbuurma in discussion on Zoom. Wednesday 10 Nov 2021, 12.00 EST / 17.00 GMT Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/modernism-an… @modernistudies @msatweet @CLEMT_bham @EDACS_UoB

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Zoe Hope Bulaitis / @zoebulaitis.bsky.social@zoebulaitis·4 Kas

Two weeks left! Looking forward to some live poetry from Brum's Poet Laureates @MrCaseyBailey @fatmamohiuddin as well as @WritersBlocUoB students. We will also hear from @asha_pb @EDACS_UoB @artsatbham . Join us at 5.45pm 18th November, FREE tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/live-and-loc…

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Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture@CCLC_bham·3 Kas

A fully-funded PhD with our co-director @dramyburge - deadline 12th January!

Dr Amy Burge@dramyburge

Boosting this Midlands4Cities (M4C), AHRC-funded collaborative PhD at Uni of Birmingham w/ Mills & Boon! It's fully-funded and open to international students 🎉 Applications are open now, deadline 12 Jan 2022. Full details and contact info: midlands4cities.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

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Dr. Alison Garden 📚🫀🖊️@notsecretGarden·2 Kas

Don't miss the truly excellent @DrFarihaShaikh (@unibirmingham & @bbcthree/@ahrcpress #NewGenerationThinker) in her most exciting role yet: the *C19th pudding detective* for @R3TheVerb. She chats puddings migrating across cultures & South Asian deserts🥮 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

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Fariha Shaikh ☕📚🧶✒️@DrFarihaShaikh·2 Kas

The inestimable @asha_pb, author of State Sponsored Literature (OPU 2020), is giving a snapshot of her work at the @artsatbham @unibirmingham #ArtsMatters lunchtime lectures tomorrow at 1pm! Link below 🥳

College of Arts+Law@artsatbham

On Wednesday at 1pm on @unibirmingham Youtube channel, our own @asha_pb gives this week's #ArtsMatters lunchtime lecture - "Whoever heard of Britain's state sponsored literature?" Watch (and set a reminder!) here: youtube.com/watch?v=igtZ4R…

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Dr Amy Burge@dramyburge·3 Kas

If you missed our @CCLC_bham @iaspr @cbddepaul roundtable on Black British romance you can now watch the recording! Many thanks once again to our panelists @TaliaHibbert @andiosho and @FrancesMensahW blog.bham.ac.uk/cclc/2021/10/2…

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Zoe Hope Bulaitis / @zoebulaitis.bsky.social@zoebulaitis·1 Kas

@CCLC_bham @BeingHumanFest @EDACS_UoB link for tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/live-and-loc…

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Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture@CCLC_bham·27 Eki

Our next event is this FREE @BeingHumanFest cafe at UoB's newest city-centre venue. Organised by CCLC member @zoebulaitis and featuring readings from poet laureates, @EDACS_UoB students, and academics, all reflecting on the city, creatively and critically. Sign-up to book!

Zoe Hope Bulaitis / @zoebulaitis.bsky.social@zoebulaitis

Excited to be organising a live event! This time next month [5.54pm on 18th November!] in The Exchange @EngLit_UoB @artsatbham. It is part of @BeingHumanFest: free and open to all! Details here: beinghumanfestival.org/events/live-an…

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The Centre for Modernist Cultures@CMCbham·28 May

Event alert. 🚨🚨 @LisaMendelman will be speaking at @CMCbham (via Zoom) on 24th June, at 7pm UK time. Her paper title is: ‘The Sentimental Science of Modern Selfhood’. Details and sign-up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-sentimen…

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Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture@CCLC_bham·18 Haz

We have a new CCLC Profile on our blog with co-director of the Centre @dramyburge! Amy talks us through her current research, how the pandemic affected her & her work, some favourite recent texts, and what's next... Give it a read here: blog.bham.ac.uk/cclc/2021/06/1…

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Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture@CCLC_bham·16 Haz

Reminder that this is tonight! Be sure to join us, it will be a treat.

Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture@CCLC_bham

Next Wednesday 16th June at 4pm, we are speaking to @hayfestival's Digital Director Adrian Lambert about organising the festival during the pandemic and their 2021 digital edition🎪 More info & Zoom link can be found here: bit.ly/355LU86 All welcome!

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Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture@CCLC_bham·9 Haz

Following this event, @ellenaddis wrote a blog reflecting on @jesspres's Bookishness, literary festivals, and how books change the way we look at literary and new media studies. Read it here: blog.bham.ac.uk/cclc/2021/06/0…

Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture@CCLC_bham

This Wednesday at 5pm, Prof David James and Dr Rebecca Roach will be talking with Jessica Pressman (@jesspres) about her new book 'Bookishness: Loving Books in a Digital Age'. For the Zoom link, email r.sykes[at]bham.ac.uk or a.burge[at]bham.ac.uk

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Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture@CCLC_bham·19 May

Reminder that this is happening today at 5pm! Don't miss.

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Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture@CCLC_bham·17 May

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Centre for Contemporary Literature and Culture@CCLC_bham·12 May

T-minus 2 hours until we chat with Kevin Brazil, with readings from his forthcoming book of essays, What Ever Happened to Queer Happiness? Find tickets and more info here eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-ever-ha…

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@unibirmingham @mashagessen @lea_ypi @ACS_brum @CMCbham @MrCaseyBailey @fatmamohiuddin @WritersBlocUoB