Author Archives: Dr Larissa Allwork
Programme for the SOTA Postgraduate Conference Announced!
On Thursday 18th September and Friday 19th September, the School of the Arts will be convening its annual postgraduate conference. We are looking forward to keynote lectures on Thursday 18th September by Visiting Professor, Victor Ukaegbu (The University of Bedfordshire) and Professor Ebitsam Ali Sadiq (King Saud University) on Friday 19th September.
July News from the CCN&CT
July 2014 has witnessed some great developments in the Centre for Contemporary Narrative & Cultural Theory (CCN&CT).
Listen back to talks from New Zealand in the First World War Conference
Sarah Shieff
Marking the centenary of the First World War, the New Zealand Studies Network (UK & Ireland) convened their second biennial conference on ‘New Zealand and the First World War’ at Birkbeck College, University of London (3-4 July 2014). Co-organised by Professor Janet Wilson (The University of Northampton) and Professor Rod Edmond (The University of Kent), the conference featured an excellent range of papers on historical, literary and cultural responses to New Zealand’s involvement in the Great War. To listen back to presentations on the second day of the conference by Dr Felicity Barnes (The University of Auckland); Professor Rod Edmond (The University of Kent); Professor Alex Calder (The University of Auckland) and Professor Sarah Shieff (The University of Waikato), please read the full version of this post.
School of the Arts Postgraduate Conference, 18th-19th September 2014
We are delighted to announce that the annual School of the Arts Postgraduate Conference will be held on the 18th-19th September 2014. MA and PhD students from the School of the Arts are strongly encouraged to submit papers on their research projects to Larissa.Allwork@northampton.ac.uk by 31 July 2014.
Feldman, Fangdom and the First World War: Summer Research at the School of the Arts Continues…
Matthew Feldman
In June, I was fortunate to catch up with University of Northampton favourite, Dr Matthew Feldman (Teeside University) as he gave a talk on Samuel Beckett and BBC Radio at St. John’s College, Oxford University (3 June 2014).
New School of the Arts Research Website Launched!
A new School of the Arts Research Website has been launched which provides information on the Centre for Contemporary Narrative and Cultural Theory and the Centre for Practice-Led Research in the Arts as well as information on the scholarly and impact-related activities of our research staff, events and postgraduate students.
To explore the new School of the Arts Research website, visit: http://artsresearchatnorthampton.ac.uk
CoHaB in Stockholm: International Training Network Update
Last month (12-14 May 2014) members of the Diasporic Constructions of Home and Belonging International Training Network met at Stockholm University to have a mid-term review of the project.
Listen Back to Professor Edmund White Talk
On Tuesday 27 May, Professor Edmund White, Head of Creative Writing at Princeton University visited the University of Northampton to discuss his life in creative writing from his first novel ‘Forgetting Elena’ to his latest memoir ‘Inside a Pearl: My Years in Paris’ (2014).
Call for Papers: 2nd International Conference on Semiotics and Visual communication
Posted on the behalf of Paul Middleton, Executive Dean, The School of the Arts, The University of Northampton
The School of the Arts at the University of Northampton and The Cyprus Semiotic Association are collaborating to host a conference and poster exhibition in Northampton, 24th – 26th October 2014.
Summer Events at the School of the Arts
Wicken Fen (Wikimedia Commons)
Congratulations must first go to Associate Professor in English and Creative Writing Charles Bennett who has been confirmed a National Trust Writer-in-Residence at Wicken Fen. Moreover, continuing the good summer news we have some great research events, conferences and creative workshops lined up at the School of the Arts:
UON Graduate School Blog 