Book Launch: Postcolonial Traumas and Discrepant Parallels
December 22, 2015
This blog post was written by Dr Abigail Ward on the launch of her edited book Postcolonial Traumas: Memory, Narrative, Resistance. The last week of term saw the double launch at Blackwell’s bookshop of Dr Abigail Ward’s edited collection Postcolonial Traumas and Discrepant Parallels by Dr Gillian Roberts (School of American and Canadian Studies). Postcolonial …
The Written Word: the Saudi Woman’s Window into Politics and Equality
December 21, 2015
This blog post was written by second year English student, Victoria Lorriman from the School of English. Saudi Arabia has elected about 17 female councillors from across the country in Saturday’s first ever municipal council elections open to female voters and candidates. Two days previously, the country’s election commission reported that Salma bint Hizab al-Oteibi was …
We Read the Past, and It Reads Us: Researching Shakespeare and the Bible
December 16, 2015
This blog post was written by Dr Jem Bloomfield who tells us about his research on Shakespeare and the Bible. Why was St Augustine surprised to find St Ambrose reading the Bible to himself? Why did the Shakespearean critic Charles Lamb declare that King Lear should never be performed? These are a couple of the questions which …
Joint Honours – Twice the work?
December 14, 2015
I am lucky enough to be a joint honours student, studying both English and Philosophy. I have to say that each subject is like one of my children, I love them both equally (well, maybe I love English a little bit more!) I feed them, nurture them and entertain them, but come deadline time, my …
Place-Names and Medieval Settlement
December 7, 2015
Blog for MSRG conference, 12 December 2015 Place-Names and Medieval Settlement Where do you live? What space can you call your own, what is everybody’s and what belongs to others? What do you expect of your landlord or local administration? How do you use local facilities? What are the roads like, how close are you …
Final Year
This blog post was written by final year English student, Una Kunhya from the School of English. As you know I am currently in my third and final year studying in Nottingham. It has been amazing and I have done so much during my years here but there are still lots of things to be ticked off …
Find, follow, join us
Recent Comments