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As part of the Poetics Centre, Birkbeck, the ON seminars are a series of round table discussions on the practice of research in poetry and poetics. ON focuses on collaborative thinking and shared connectivity in theory and practice.

A student-led research seminar focussing on the relationship between literature and the visual, with a focus from 19th century to contemporary.  Run jointly by postgraduates from Royal Holloway and Birkbeck, but open to all.We aim to bring together a lively community of researchers from across institutions, and hope to address: methodologies; different media such as painting, film and photography; wider cultural practices, such as fashion and applied arts; and scientific, philosophical or…See More

This is a group for anyone studying an element, a piece, a bit, a portion, something not quite intact, or part of a larger whole. Anyone with an interest in disengaged or broken-up fragments of bodies, things, concepts, or historical ideas is welcome.See More

Run by English Literature / Art History students, meeting one Friday per month. Our first session (5th October, 12-1.30pm in the Keynes Library) will look at Bruno Latour's essay "Why has critique run out of steam" alongside Rosalyn Diprose's "Continental Philosophy: Thinking the Corporeal with the Political". Our second session (2nd November, 12-1.30pm) will aim to look at Derrida's Learning to Live Finally: The Last Interview. Texts for subsequent sessions tbc, but many include extracts from…See More

We meet in London museums and galleries to work directly with objects by means of 'slow looking'; discussing a single work of art through careful and attentive engagement.  See More

Hosted by Birkbeck College, an open-to-all MA/MPhil/PhD reading group. We meet monthly to discuss key texts, listen to invited speakers, and learn from each others' work.

Hosted by the Institute of English Studies, this seminar is devoted to reading and discussing the works of Djuna Barnes (1892–1982). We meet monthly during term-time. All welcome.See More

This group hereby pledges to support the Contemporary Fiction Seminars in all the interesting work they will produce and inspire. For further info please see the events page for upcoming seminars; or contact Tony Venezia or Zara Dinnen.