Faculty of English

Next up in our #Shakespeare webinar series is the new OWC edition of ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM on 1 June at 6pm. Prof Emma Smith will be joined by the writer of the intro, Dr Iman Sheeha (Brunel University London). All welcome! Free but booking required: …r-arden-of-faversham.eventbrite.co.uk

Join @ellekeboehmer in conversation with Professor Dame Hermione Lee for the launch of 'Ice Shock' and 'Southern Imagining'. @engfac @TORCHOxford 📅 26 May | ⏰ 17:30 📍 @WolfsonCollege Free & open to all. Sign up: buff.ly/ZyP6A7x

We have a few tickets remaining for this evening's O'Donnell Lecture in Celtic Studies. Join us at 5.30pm to hear Dr Aaron Griffith talk on ‘Old #Irish: plenty of variation, but of what kind?’. This is a public lecture & all are welcome! Register here: schwarzmancentre.ox.ac.uk/spektrix/Choos…

Join us for this year's O'Donnell Lecture in #Celtic Studies: ‘Old #Irish: plenty of variation, but of what kind?’ Dr Aaron Griffith (Utrecht University) 🗓 8 May at 5.30pm 📍 Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford All are welcome! Register: english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/old-iris…

Explore Henry VI, Part II with Prof Emma Smith & Dr Kavita Mudan Finn in our next OWC #Shakespeare webinar! Shakespeare webinar on Henry VI, Part II 🗓️4 May 🕐6-7.15pm 📍Online via Zoom All welcome! #HenryVI …binar-henryvi-partii.eventbrite.co.uk

Explore how ordinary lives can illuminate the extraordinary in this conversation between acclaimed authors Kit de Waal and Professor Elleke Boehmer. @engfac @TORCHOxford 📅 12 May | ⏰ 17:30 📍 Online via Zoom Free & open to all. Register: buff.ly/bxHqLq1

One week today! Join us at 5.30pm on 30 April at the Schwarzman Centre for A.E. Stallings' next Professor of Poetry talk on 'Lisping in Numbers: Poems that Count'. All welcome! Tickets are free but booking is required. #poetrycommunity #OxfordEvents english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/lisping-…

The Schwarzman Centre is opening its doors this Saturday (25 April) for a free festival celebrating the humanities. Explore Oxford’s newest cultural space with music, dance, film, family activities & short talks from academics. ALL WELCOME! schwarzmancentre.ox.ac.uk/theme/open-hou…

We still have limited tickets available for Bernardine Evaristo's talk at the Sheldonian Theatre on 6 May at 5.30pm. The title of the talk is: 'The Girl from Woolwich: A Creative Life'. This is a public event & all are welcome! FREE but booking required: english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/girl-woo…

In this interview by alumni magazine QUAD, Prof Kate McLoughlin discusses her landmark publication: 'Silence: A Literary History'. ‘Literature, I’ve come to realise, brims with silences.’ Read the full interview: alumni.ox.ac.uk/article/valuin…

Professor of #Poetry Talk by A.E. Stallings @ae_stallings 'Lisping in Numbers: Poems that Count' 🗓️30 April, 5.30pm 📍Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities This is a public event and everyone is welcome! Tickets are free but booking is required. english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/lisping-…

How do we narrate ordinary lives to show their extraordinary depth? Find out at this event with Kit de Waal and @ellekeboehmer @engfac @TORCHOxford 📅 12 May | ⏰ 17:30–19:00 📍 Online via Zoom Free & open to all. Register now: buff.ly/bxHqLq1

Join us on 4 May at 6pm for our next OWC #Shakespeare webinar on Henry VI Part II. Prof Emma Smith will be joined by Dr Kavita Mudan Finn to discuss the play followed by a Q&A. All welcome! Free but booking required. #HenryVI …binar-henryvi-partii.eventbrite.co.uk

The 2026 O'Donnell Lecture in #Celtic Studies will be given by Dr Aaron Griffith (Utrecht University) on 8 May at 5.30pm at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. Dr Griffith will talk on 'Old Irish: plenty of variation, but of what kind?'. All welcome! english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/old-iris…

Professor of #Poetry talk with A.E. Stallings: Lisping in Numbers: Poems that Count 🗓️30 April at 5.30pm 📍Theatre, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities All welcome! Tickets are free but booking is required. #poetrycommunity english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/lisping-…

Don’t miss Kit de Waal and @ellekeboehmer in conversation. Discover how fiction and life-writing illuminate the complexity of everyday lives. @engfac @TORCHOxford 📅 12 May | ⏰ 17:30 📍 Online via Zoom Register: buff.ly/bxHqLq1

#Job opportunity: We're recruiting for an Operations Manager who will be responsible for the smooth running of all operational functions & services within the English Faculty, including office management, health & safety, IT provision & governance. english.web.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies

Congratulations to Professor Rachel Burns who has been awarded the 2026 Beatrice White Prize by the English Association for her publication 'A History of Old English Verse Layout: Poetics on the Page'. englishassociation.ac.uk/the-beatrice-w…

@joenutt_author @ConversationUK Thanks for pointing this out. The error crept in at the editorial stage and has now been corrected.

@engfac @ConversationUK Honestly sorry, because I was enjoying this, but going to have to play the Lead Writer card here. The dog doesn’t bark in ‘Silver Blaze’ - not ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles.’

Professor Kate McLoughlin has written in the @ConversationUK about #silence , and how noticing silences in literature can make us better readers. "We come to recognise that some things are better left unsaid – indeed, that some things can’t be said." theconversation.com/silence-a-brie…