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.
Literary Letters
Join our own Dr Laura McKenzie for a tour through the archives of famous writers, at this Durham Book Festival event.
In the words of John Donne, ‘More than kisses, letters mingle souls’. The archives of Palace Green Library hold letters written by some of the most significant literary figures of the modern age, and this session offers the chance to read them in their original form and discuss the stories that bring them to life.
From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Modernists and beyond, we’ll be dipping into the correspondence between some of canonical writers of the Western literary tradition.
This is just one of more than 80 events taking place during Durham Book Festival. Visit the website for the full programme.
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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)