Event Archive
This is an archive of past events within the Department of English Studies. Please see our current events for forthcoming activities.
Some of our public events are recorded and are available as podcasts via our Research English At Durham blog.
Celebrating Poetry from the North
A Durham Book Festival event, introduced by Professor Stephen Regan.
Established in 1968 the Northern Poetry Library, based in Morpeth, is the largest collection of contemporary poetry outside London and contains the work of all major poets writing in English since the end of the Second World War. And now a new project has put this special library in the spotlight as six North East poets have been appointed as poets in residence at the NPL: Degna Stone, Lisa Matthews, Linda France, Jo Colley, John Challis and Carolyn Jess-Cooke. At this special event they will read a poem from the NPL collection, a poem from their new collection, Among Woods and Water, and their own work commissioned as part of the project. An exhibition, The Best Words In The BestOrder: Poetry In Durham And The North East, will be on display at Palace Green Library from 20 November-26 February 2017.
Related Links
READ Blog
Research in English At Durham (READ) blog showcasing the the literary research emerging from the Department of English Studies
Events
We host a large number of conferences, lectures and seminars each year, many of them open to the public. Find out more on our Events page.
Podcasts
Many of our public lectures, seminars and conferences are recorded, and can be listened to as podcasts.
Follow English Studies on Social Media
Next Event
- 20th January 2021
- Sensory Experiments in Nineteenth-Century Literature
- Online (Zoom)
- Dr Erica Fretwell (University of Albany) and Dr Shannon Draucker (Siena College)