Departmental news

A recording of Rafeef's performance for this year's Edward Said Memorial Lecture is now available for members of the Warwick community to watch again (log in required). Please follow this link.

Dr David Taylor is curating 'Draw New Mischief’: 250 years of Shakespeare and Political Cartoons in a new exhibition hosted by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford upon Avon running 25 February – 15 October 2017. For details of the press release see here. David writes,

"I'm thrilled to be working with the Royal Shakespeare Company on this exhibition. It's been an exciting journey bringing this collection of cartoons together and we're also commissioning new work for current cartoonists that will be added to the exhibition over the course of its run.

“My research into political cartoons is driven by two overarching insights; first, that political cartoons cry out for close literary analysis and, second, that texts by Shakespeare and others shape the way we understand contemporary politics in profound ways that we're often unaware of. When I embarked on this project a number of years ago I felt strongly that the questions it was raising could be effectively presented through an exhibition and the RSC have proved to be the perfect partners in making this happen."

David will be discussing the exhibition on BBC Radio's Free Thinking today!

Our Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Catherine O'Flynn, and Sarah Moss, were both guests on the Saturday Review, BBC Radio 4, Saturday 28 January. Items discussed included Death Takes A Holiday (on at the Charing Cross Theatre now), and The Nix by Nathan Hill.

Dr. Chantal Wright, Associate Professor in translation studies, will be part of a festive evening celebrating the IBBY UK Honour List Books 2016 at the London Piccadilly branch of Waterstones on December 8th. The event begins at 6.30pm. It is free to attend, but to register please go to eventbrite.com/e/ibby-uk-honour-list-books-2016-tickets-28958633051.

'Elsa', a new play by English and Comparative Literary Studies alumna Isobel Rogers, will feature at the 'All the Right Notes' festival being held at the Camden People's Theatre in London during November. For more details and tickets see the theatre website.

'Elsa', a new play by English and Comparative Literary Studies alumna Isobel Rogers, will be performed at the Camden People's Theatre in London on November 15th as part of their 'All the Right Notes' festival.

For more details and tickets see the theatre website.

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 

Dr David Taylor is talking at the Warwick Words History Festival on Saturday 29th October at the Friends Meeting House, Warwick, at 5.00pm (£5). David's work focuses on British literature and culture of the eighteenth century and is especially concerned with the relationship between literature, visual culture, and parliamentary politics. He writes, "Political cartoonists have been quoting and parodying Shakespeare’s works since the mid-eighteenth century. Looking across three centuries of these images, which refer to plays such as Macbeth and The Tempest again and again, I will explore just how profoundly Shakespeare’s narratives and characters shape the way we see and understand the political world."

He has recently been interviewed about political satire past and present on the Moncrieff Show on Ireland's Newstalk radio station. The link to the interview is here: http://www.newstalk.com/listen_back/8/30954/12th_October_2016_-_Moncrieff_Part_1/. His interview is about half way through this audio recording (use the grey bar at the top to navigate).

Kenilworth Arts Festival is an exciting new festival taking place across a range of venues in Kenilworth between the 12-18 September. There are close connections between the festival and the University, as not only is Warwick sponsoring the festival but two directors of the festival, Lewis Smith and Charlotte Thomas, are current students at Warwick, and a number of the artists are university staff and alumni. Here's the full schedule, and the University's own press release.

The programme features intimate gigs, poetry readings, talks, workshops and a free, open-air fiesta in the beautiful Abbey Fields including:

• David Morley (English Dept.) is curating an evening of poetry as part of the festival programme. Five other award-winning poets will appear alongside David, including a number of Warwick alumni (Claire Trévien, Luke Kennard and Jonathan Edwards)
• Kitty Macfarlane, Warwick alumni, singer-songwriter appearing at a concert in Kenilworth Castle on Saturday 17 September
• The illustrations that appear on the festival’s website and on promotional materials were produced by Warwick alumni Victoria Watson
• Warwick Arts Centre will be running interactive workshops at Fiesta, the free open-air event in Abbey Fields on Sunday 18 September
• Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi, writer-in-residence at Lacuna (a project stemming from the Centre for Human Rights in Practice at Warwick), is running a workshop on human rights journalism