Another glimpse at my Introduction to the OWC #Shakespeare #Pericles, this time introducing two of the play’s female characters. Follow along for more and tune into my #OxfordWorldsClassics @engfac.bsky.social webinar with Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social on Tuesday 2 Nov! (1/5)

English Faculty/OWC #Shakespeare Webinar on Richard III with Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and Susan L. Anderson

🗓️5 October
🕑6-7.15pm
📍Online via Zoom

All welcome! The discussion will be followed by a Q&A.

#RichardIII

FREE but booking required:

The Fantasy Literature Seminar Series: The Weird and the Wonderful continues from 15 Oct. Aimed at students & members of the public, the talks act as introductions to a range of writers & texts in the field of fantasy literature/weird fiction.

#BookSky

Find out more and register:

Next up in our #Shakespeare webinar series is RICHARD III. Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social will be joined by Susan L. Anderson (Mary Baldwin University) to discuss the new Oxford World's Classics edition of the play.

5 October | 6-7.15pm (BST)

This is a free public event & all are welcome!

We can't wait! You can register for the webinar here: shakespeare-webinar-pericles.eventbrite.co.uk

We look forward to welcoming everyone to the Oxford University Open Day tomorrow (18 Sept)! Come and visit the English Faculty in the Schwarzman Centre for taster lectures, info talks, and Q&As with current students!

No booking required: english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/open-d...

We're delighted to invite state school English & Drama teachers to a special pre-show event at the Schwarzman Centre on 30 Sept, exploring Burning Down the House, a new theatre production by Breach Theatre inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House.

#TeamEnglish #Ibsen #ADollsHouse

The English Faculty & St Catherine’s College are seeking applications for the Thomas Warton Professorship. The Warton Professor will maintain & enhance the University’s global reputation in the study of literature in English during the ‘long’ eighteenth century.

#18thcentury #academicjobs

How do you reconstruct a life when so much of it remains hidden? Join renowned biographer Hermione Lee (@engfac.bsky.social) as she discusses her new biography, 'Anita Brookner: Art & Life', with @drkkennedy.bsky.social
3 Nov | 17:30
📍@wolfsonoxford.bsky.social
FREE & OPEN TO ALL
🔗 buff.ly/86RKXjJ

There's still time to register for this evening's #Shakespeare webinar at 6pm. Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social will be joined by Dr Harry Newman to discuss the new OWC edition of The Winter’s Tale. Followed by a Q&A.

All welcome! Free but registration required:

Are you interested in finding out more about studying English at Oxford?

Join us at our next #OxOpenDay on 18 Sept at the Schwarzman Centre for taster lectures by Prof Marion Turner & Prof Devyani Sharma & info talks. Plus our students will be available to answer all your questions!

Congratulations to Dr Stephen Turton @stephenturton.bsky.social who has been awarded a prestigious ERC Starting Grant for his project ENCOED, which will create a digital edition of the letters of James A. H. Murray, the first chief editor of the #OED.

Find out more:

Our live #Shakespeare webinars continue on 7 Sept at 6pm. Prof Emma Smith will be joined by Dr Harry Newman to explore the new OWC edition of The Winter's Tale, which offers fresh readings of the play’s provocations on genre, psychology, game-play, gender & the role of the non-human.

Register now:

Congratulations to Professor Laura Ashe @lauraashe.bsky.social who has been awarded the New #Chaucer Society's 2026 Publication Prize for her book 'Chaucer’s Ethical Philosophy' (OUP 2025).

Save the date for our next #Shakespeare Webinar with Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social.

On 7 September at 6pm she will be joined by Dr Harry Newman (Royal Holloway) to explore The Winter's Tale.

#WintersTale

Free, but registration required. Find out more: