English & Comparative Literary Studies News
Laura Shanahan shortlisted for the John Dryden Translation Competition
Many congratulations to Laura Shanahan, postgraduate student on the MA in Literary Translation Studies, who is one of eight people to have been shortlisted for the John Dryden Translation Competition with her translation from the Italian of Viola di Grado’s La fine delle frasi fatte [The End of the Set Phrases]. The competition received around 100 entries in total. Click here to read more about this achievement.
University Awards 2018 - Warwick Research Collective (WReC)
Congratulations to the Warwick Research Collective (WReC) who have been nominated for the Research Contribution Award
For more information regarding this research team see here.
Good luck with the nomination!
Stone upon Stone: Land, Labour and Consciousness in World-Literary Perspective. A talk by Professor Neil Lazarus from the English and Comparative Literature Department.
Thursday 7th December 6:15pm - 7:15 pm S0.11
Have you ever wondered where the contemporary field of academic research is heading? What new ideas and concepts are being explored, what theories are being formulated? How Warwick contributes to the academic conversation?
This new series of talks by undergraduate research journal 'Warwick Uncanny: Journal of Literature, Theory and Modernity' aims to provide an answer to those questions. We will ask academics you might be familiar with - they might be one of your seminar tutors, or one of your lecturers - to talk about their current research projects. This way, you can get a glimpse of what the academic universe looks like beyond the scope of undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
*** Light refreshments will be provided. We will be accepting donations - your spare change can help us fund our future events! ***
Join us for our second event, meet the Warwick Uncanny team and ask us any questions you might have about undergraduate research.
Pop-up International Women's Literature Reading Group
Novelist Sarah Moss and literary translator Chantal Wright from the Warwick Writing Programme will lead a discussion on international women’s literature and the new Warwick Prize for Women in Translation on Wednesday 22 November, 7 - 8.15 p.m., at Warwick Books in Warwick town centre. You may want to read one or more of the six books shortlisted for this year’s prize and come along with your thoughts but you can also simply join us for the discussion – all welcome! Please e-mail translation@warwick.ac.uk to reserve your spot. Supported by the Connecting Cultures GRP, Warwick Books and Harper Collins Independent Thinking.
Translation Slam
Literary translators Sophie Hughes and Rosalind Harvey will be battling it out over commas and word choices at Warwick Books on Tuesday 21 November, 7 - 8.15 p.m., at Warwick Books in Warwick town centre. Mexican writer Laia Jufresa will be in attendance. Please e-mail translation@warwick.ac.uk to reserve your spot. Supported by the Connecting Cultures GRP, Warwick Books and Harper Collins Independent Thinking.