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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation announces 2025 shortlist

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:45:00 GMT

Six titles have been shortlisted for the 2025 Warwick Prize, established by the University of Warwick in 2017 to address the gender imbalance in translated literature.

Coventry lockdown arts project funded by universities now live

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 14:06:19 GMT

A showcase of work by Coventry artists, funded by the city’s universities and produced during lockdown, is now live for the public to view.

Bostin’ broadcast celebrates Black Country speech

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 10:33:00 GMT

Warwick dialect expert Esther Asprey of the Centre for Applied Linguistics will be celebrating the voices of the Black Country in a new episode of the BBC Radio 4 series, “Tongue and Talk: the Dialect Poets.” In conversation with presenter and poet Emma Purshouse, Dr Asprey discusses the origins of the dialect and talks about what it means to write in dialect, how we represent sound through spelling choices, and the pressure poets can feel on a national level to use Standard English.

Warwick student’s vision for local arts festival goes from strength to strength

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:18:47 GMT

The third annual Kenilworth Arts Festival kicks off this week, bringing ten days of intimate gigs, readings, talks, workshops and children’s activities to the town.

New book explores the search for truth, justice and reconciliation in modern Kenya

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 10:20:04 GMT

In a new book launched this week, Professor Gabrielle Lynch from the Department of Politics and International Studies explores the limitations of transitional justice mechanisms as a means of marking a break with the past in societies which have suffered conflict or authoritarianism. Performances of Injustice: The politics of truth, justice and reconciliation in Kenya focuses on Kenya’s attempts to recover from unprecedented post-election violence in 2007-08

New research project will crowdsource philosophical thinking about current affairs

Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:02:45 GMT

Each month, the Philosophy in a Time of Crisis website will host a dialogue on one of the key problems and challenges faced by Europe, inviting short contributions and interviews from leading philosophers, artists, writers and intellectuals. Contributions from the Warwick student community and the public at large are also welcome.

Playwright and actor Alecky Blythe honoured by University of Warwick

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:41:04 GMT

Award-winning playwright Alecky Blythe, pioneer of the verbatim technique in which real people’s words are faithfully delivered on stage by actors, has received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Warwick.

Blythe, who has brought sieges, sex work, riots and murder to the stage through her own theatre company, was made an Honorary Doctor of Letters at the University’s 2018 Winter Graduations.

Author Tash Aw: Malaysia an example of multiculturalism in modern world

Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:19:39 GMT

Internationally acclaimed Malaysian author Tash Aw has received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Warwick, his alma mater.

University of Warwick launches the freeflow Festival

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 10:31:12 GMT

To celebrate a new partnership with The Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, the University of Warwick has launched the freeflow Festival.

University of Warwick students take Kenilworth Arts Festival into second season

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 07:29:18 GMT

The Kenilworth Arts Festival will return this month bringing a host of award-winning musicians, best-selling authors and outstanding emerging talent to the town.