Events
We host a large number of conferences, lectures and seminars each year, many of them open to the public. Subscribe to our monthly North East Literature Events newsletter and we'll keep you posted. If you are a staff member or student and want to publicise your event, contact alistair.brown@durham.ac.uk.
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Monday 25 March 2019
Free Trade Comedy: Transnational Slapstick
A staff and postgraduate research seminar.
Contact daniel.grausam@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Friday 10 May 2019
Gen(d)eration: Gender and Construction of Subjectivity
We are delighted to announce the interdisciplinary workshop “Gen(d)eration: Gender and Construction of Subjectivity", funded by the Durham Centre for Academic Development.
Contact arya.aryan@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Wednesday 15 May 2019
Staff and Postgraduate Research Seminar - Title TBC
A staff and postgraduate research seminar.
Contact daniel.grausam@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Friday 24 May 2019
Literature and Surveillance in the Age of Globalization
Our annual postgraduate conference, open to all early career researchers, will be on the theme of Literature and Surveillance.
Contact arya.aryan@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Monday 8 July 2019
Catholicism, Literature, and the Arts II: Legacies and Revivals
The second biennial conference will explore key questions concerning the relationship between Catholicism and the arts, including literature, music, and visual art. What substantive relationships of conceptual and formal influence exist between Catholicism and the arts? Is there such a thing as Catholic literature, Catholic music, and Catholic art? If so, in what ways does their catholicity reside in relevant ideas, attitudes, values, and beliefs?
Contact theresa.phillips@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Tuesday 9 July 2019
Catholicism, Literature, and the Arts II: Legacies and Revivals
The second biennial conference will explore key questions concerning the relationship between Catholicism and the arts, including literature, music, and visual art. What substantive relationships of conceptual and formal influence exist between Catholicism and the arts? Is there such a thing as Catholic literature, Catholic music, and Catholic art? If so, in what ways does their catholicity reside in relevant ideas, attitudes, values, and beliefs?
Contact theresa.phillips@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Wednesday 10 July 2019
Catholicism, Literature, and the Arts II: Legacies and Revivals
The second biennial conference will explore key questions concerning the relationship between Catholicism and the arts, including literature, music, and visual art. What substantive relationships of conceptual and formal influence exist between Catholicism and the arts? Is there such a thing as Catholic literature, Catholic music, and Catholic art? If so, in what ways does their catholicity reside in relevant ideas, attitudes, values, and beliefs?
Contact theresa.phillips@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Friday 13 September 2019
Humour and Satire in British Romanticism
This conference, jointly organised by Durham University and Newcastle University, seeks to provide a framework for the relatively new, but steadily growing, interest in humour within Romantic studies.
Contact romantichumourandsatire@gmail.com for more information about this event.
Saturday 14 September 2019
Humour and Satire in British Romanticism
This conference, jointly organised by Durham University and Newcastle University, seeks to provide a framework for the relatively new, but steadily growing, interest in humour within Romantic studies.
Contact romantichumourandsatire@gmail.com for more information about this event.
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