Bandol, France, 10-12 June 2016
An international conference, celebrating the centenary of Katherine Mansfield’s visit to Bandol, where the first draft of ‘Prelude’ was written, Jan-March 1916.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Professor Enda Duffy, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Professor Ailsa Cox, Edge Hill University, UK

Organised by the Katherine Mansfield Society, primarily Dr Gerri Kimber and Professor Janet Wilson, University of Northampton
Hosted by the town of Bandol, France
Supported by the New Zealand Embassy, Paris, and the University of Northampton, UK

For further information or to register (before 30 April), please visit:  Katherine Mansfield Society website

or write to:  kms@katherinemansfieldsociety.org

Dr Charles Bennett has been commissioned as librettist in collaboration with composer Bob Chilcott by Age UK (Oxfordshire) for a major choral work called ‘The Voyage’.  It will be performed by a group of choirs, including youth choirs and a ‘choir of elders’, at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford on Friday 18 March and at Reading Concert Hall on Saturday 19 March.  The project’s website, from which tickets can be purchased, is here.

See the full write-up, including quotes about composing the lyrics, at the University main page here.

The Research Seminar Series within the School of the Arts is now well under way, with new events still being added – click through to see the full list.

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University of Northampton, 9 & 10th September, 2016

Trans-States.org

This is a transdisciplinary conference that will explore representations in contemporary visual culture of boundary crossing, liminality and queerification with specific reference to occultism, mysticism, shamanism and other esoteric and spiritual practices.

Confirmed Keynotes:

We are pleased to announce that we have two very exciting keynote speakers confirmed.

• Alan Moore – World-renowned author and artist (titles include Watchmen, From Hell, Promethea and co-authorship of the upcoming The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic)
• Dr Richard Kaczynksi – Author and research affiliate, Yale University. Dr Kaczynksi is an expert in social psychology, metaphysical beliefs and new religious movements, and is widely known for his biography Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley.

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David Bowie is… coming to Northampton

English and Creative Writing at the University of Northampton is proud to announce a commemorative conference, to be held on Friday 13 January 2017, and entitled Bowie’s Books: David Bowie, Literature and Language.

We’re asking what Bowie read, when and why; how it changed how he thought, created and performed; and how in turn he has influenced writers, writing and the global written word.

Speakers include the University’s Subject Leader for Popular Music, Dr Nathan Wiseman-Trowse; Professor Richard Canning, who leads the ECW subject area, and reviewed the David Bowie Is exhibition; and Dr Sam Reese, the conference organiser, an expert in twentieth-century fiction and music.

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Homeless at Home:  John Clare and the Romantic Nightwalkers

Dr Matthew Beaumont (University College London)

14 December 2015, 6pm

The University of Northampton, School of the Arts

MR57 Maidwell Building, Avenue Campus

This open-to-all talk sets the Northamptonshire poet John Clare in the literary and historical context of the Romantic practice of walking at night in a rural setting, as practised, amongst others, by William Wordsworth. Read the rest of this entry →

Submitted by Dr Sandy MacDonald

The Northampton Business School (NBS) have announced dates for their Research Seminar series, which will run during term time for staff and doctoral students. The first seminar will be held on 7th October, at 1pm (room to be confirmed), with Dr Shaowei He, Director of Centre for China and Emerging Countries (CEEC) speaking on “Chinese acquisitions in developed countries and capability upgrading in their acquired firms.” Watch this post for further details. Read the rest of this entry →