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Marlow Theatre Trip
To celebrate the end of the term and the upcoming Christmas break, students from the Playwriting module for the Creative and Professional writing course took a trip to Canterbury’s Marlowe Theatre to see the new play … If We’ve Never Been To The Moon?
- January, 23
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- Creative and Professional Writing, Our Students
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Black History Month rooted from America and was first known to be ‘Negro History Week’. Created by Carter G. Woodson in 1926, this aimed to honour African Americans’ contribution towards US history. However, it was only in 1976 when it became a month-long celebration.
- November, 30
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- History, Our Students
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Amazing student play part of the Being Human Festival 2018
Student Leah Hockley (English Literature with Creative and Professional Writing) talks about her immersive play “First of the Feathers” on the Being Human Festival blog.
- November, 20
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- Creative and Professional Writing, English Literature, News, Our Students
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An International Summit
My visit to the Creative Industries Federation International Summit 2018 – Elizabeth Waterman-Scrase.
- November, 19
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- Creative and Professional Writing
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Stan Lee: A Life and Legacy in Comics
Stan Lee was a profoundly influential figure in comics; as comics have now crossed over to dominate Hollywood, with many of the highest-grossing films of the last decade featuring characters co-created by Lee, his influence only continues to grow. However, while his legacy involves some of the best-known and most-loved characters of all time, it is not without controversy or complication.
- November, 13
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- American Studies, History, Research
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A very bookish summer: the English Literature team look back on great reads, the conference circuit, heatwaves and chewable books
Stefania Ciocia: I’ve had a feminist summer, and a very good one it has been too. These are the four non-fiction books I have finally managed to dig into, and they are all brilliant.
- September, 28
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- English Literature, Subject Areas
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Summer News from the English Literature team
Staff News
Andrew Palmer: my big news this summer is the publication of a book about First World War poetry, which I wrote with my friend Sally Minogue.
- July, 18
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- English Literature
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What happens when you put 3000 medievalists in the same place?
The International Medieval Congress at University of Leeds is the biggest gathering of medievalists in Europe.
- June, 20
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- Medieval Studies
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Power, Splendour, and Diplomacy – Understanding the Early Modern Royal Court through Objects: Part III
Dr Sara Wolfson’s students ask what we can learn about the Renaissance court through art, architecture and material objects.
- April, 20
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- History, News, Our Students, Research, Subject Areas
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