Durham University Department of English Studies

Postgraduate English: Call for Papers! Submit to one of the longest-running online postgraduate literary journals in the world! Providing a space for early-career researchers from around the globe to showcase their work and receive feedback from established academics, Postgraduate English is now accepting submissions for its 46th issue on 'Literature and Emotion.' Deadline: 4th December 2024 Find out more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/erK6udQW

My time as a Social Media Intern for Durham University Department of English Studies taught me so many skills that I bring into my current role as a Graduate Ambassador. It was such a great opportunity!

Dr Roisín Laing's new book 'The Precocious Child in Victorian Literature and Culture: Development and Selfhood from Darwin to Freud' is now published by Palgrave Macmillan 👉 https://lnkd.in/esP59ZH5 Find out more about Dr Laing's work 👉 https://lnkd.in/e-V_nrba This publication is paywalled and only available to subscribers, but you can also explore Durham Research Online, which includes a range of open access articles, chapters, and books from our colleagues across our Department📚

See how researchers from the Department of English Studies at Durham University are transforming the way we do health research through the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities within Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University. Bringing the stories and perspectives of people living with complex health conditions to the forefront of research tackling global health challenges, the Platform features a range of initiatives led by English Studies researchers. Find out more about the Affective Experience, Narrative and Cognition, and Measurement Labs:   👉 https://lnkd.in/ety-YJ2w   English Studies academics involved in these strands include Marco Bernini, Louise Creechan, Fraser Riddell, Corinne Saunders, and Angela Woods. #medicalhumanities #healingthroughart #artsinmedicine

Shakespeare, Othello, war, race, gender, tragic vision. Join Elysium Theatre and colleagues from Durham University to discuss these and other topics as part of the Durham Shakespeare Festival and Elysium's ongoing northern tour of Othello. 📅 Friday 18th October at 19.30 in the Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham University. Featuring: - Dr Pauline Kiernan, leading Shakespeare scholar, writer and author of Shakespeare’s Theory Of Drama, Staging Shakespeare and Filthy Shakespeare. - Jake Murray, artistic director of Elysium Theatre Company & director of ‘Othello’. - Brian Powers, ex-serviceman, Vann Fellow in Christianity and the Armed Forced and Executive Director of the International Centre for Moral Injury. - Dr Elizabeth Swann, Assistant Professor In Early Modern Literary Studies in Durham University Department of English Studies The session will be chaired by Professor Simon James. Pay what you want. Further details at: 👉 https://lnkd.in/ebcvPXZW

A fantastic achievement by Durham University as a whole, with our own Department also placed in the Top 🔟 in this latest UK league table. This complements our performance in other rankings (4️⃣th for English Literature in both the Complete University Guide and The Guardian University Guide).

Mother naked! 😳 It sounds like the makings of a comedy sketch, but is actually the title of a new novel by Glen James Brown, which will be publicly launched tonight at Collected Books. The story was inspired by an event that took place 600 years ago in Durham Cathedral, which was shared in 2014 by our Records of Early English Drama North East team here in Durham University English Studies. It's fascinating (and sometimes funny) to see the unexpected ways literature research can generate new forms of creativity in response to our heritage. Read the BBC News story here: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eamJ3V2j You can find out more about Records of Early English Drama North East, and the region's history of dragons, devils, and naked dancers at: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eBtvjncs #transformativehumanities

🏅We're delighted to yet again be recognised as one of the top 5 English Departments in the UK, according to The Guardian University Guide 2025! 👉 https://lnkd.in/eJ6rruvk Thanks to all our staff and students who contribute so much to achieve this recognition.

Many video games have adapted literature while plenty of authors have published novels and poems in response to gaming. Alistair Brown looks at four examples of video games that have taken inspiration from literary works. 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wMpYI Durham University Department of English Studies

In the wake of far right riots in Britain, and amid a US election campaign in which race is, once again, at the front of the agenda, it seems timely to revisit Shakespeare's Othello. Ahead of Elysium Theatre's production that will tour the North East and North from September to October, we asked director Jake Murray for an insight into their process, and discussed why a play like this would be an ideal entry point for anyone seeing Shakespeare for the first time: 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8CpfZkp Find out more about Elysium Theatre Company's Othello and book tickets via: 👉 https://lnkd.in/e_2mEfen