Rita Dashwood, a PhD student in the department working with Dr David Taylor and Dr Tina Lupton, has won this year's President's Prize for best postgraduate paper at the annual conference of the British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies.

Russell Group PG Roadshow comes to Warwick - so come along get advice on postgraduate study options!

The Roadshow brings all 24 Russell Group universities under the same roof, allowing students to get advice on their postgraduate study options.

http://www.postgraduateroadshow.com/?ct=40 

As part of a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust on ‘Oriental poetry, Latin scholarship and the European Enlightenment: The case of William Jones’, a three-year PhD studentship will be available from 1 October 2016 in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. The studentship will cover university fees and maintenance at the current rates for eligible Home or EU students.

Supervised by Dr John Gilmore, the student will complete a thesis within the field of European receptions of Oriental literature c. 1750-1850, with a focus on translations into Latin. The student will also participate in other activities attached to the research project, including conferences, and work alongside a team of researchers including Dr Stefano Pellò (Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice). Applicants will have a background in Classics and/or Comparative Literary Studies, including a good first degree and a master’s degree, and a good reading knowledge of Latin is required. A prior knowledge of, or a demonstrable willingness to learn, a relevant non-European language (which might include, but would not be limited to, one of the following: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Sanskrit, Chinese) would be an advantage. A prior demonstrable interest in an aspect of Neo-Latin or Classical Reception Studies would also be an advantage.

Potential applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Gilmore directly at J.T.Gilmore@warwick.ac.uk. Proposals need not relate specifically to the work of Sir William Jones, but must be relevant to the general field of the research project, as indicated above. Applicants should send a cover letter outlining their suitability for the studentship, a CV and a writing sample via email to Dr Gilmore. Applicants should furthermore arrange for two academic references to be sent by email to Dr Gilmore at the same email address. The deadline for all application materials is 16 September 2016.

Congratulations to Dr Jami Rogers (Research Assistant, Multicultural Shakespeare, and Act for Change Committee) and Sita Thomas (PhD student) on their essays in Shakespeare Race and Performance: The Diverse Bard, published this week by Routledge. The collection is edited by Dr Delia Jarrett-Macauley, formerly a postdoctoral fellow with the Multicultural Shakespeare Project (2013-15).

Today is the on-campus launch for Palimpsest, the 2016 MA Writing anthology.

We'd like to show our thanks and gratitude to all those who have helped and supported us over the year. It's going to be an informal celebration - there will be wine/beer/soft drinks/nibbles and, the star of the show: the books!

Writers' Room, Millburn House

5.30 p.m. onwards, Thursday 30 June (come and go whenever's best for you)

p.s. Please email mawanthology@gmail.com to reserve your copy of Palimpsest, if you would like one (or more!) but you're unable to attend.