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All seminar Events (119)
May 16Thursday
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Thursday Night Salon: Contemporary Chinese Art and Culture
May 16, 2013 from 7pm to 9pm – Lancaster Gate, London Thursday Night Salons are a series of informal sessions aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers of contemporary Chinese art and culture. Aiming to provide a forum for the presentation and… Organized by Wei Yu | Type: seminar
May 30Thursday
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Birkbeck Forum for Nineteenth-Century Studies
May 30, 2013 from 6pm to 8pm – Keynes Library 'On Cosmopolitanism' With the NAVSA/BAVS/AVSA 'Glocal' Conference in Venice (3-6 June 2013) approaching, this event in London gives those interested in the topic a chance to hear three eminent speak… Organized by Birkbeck Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies | Type: seminar
November 19Tuesday
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Gimme Shelter: Women's Housing in London 1880 - 1945
November 19, 2013 from 6pm to 7:30pm – Senate House Room 234 For our next session, we’ve planned something exciting, experimental and slightly unorthodox: a panel session in which we’ll welcome Emily Gee (English Heritage), Terri Mullholland (Oxford) and Emma… Organized by Lisa C Robertson | Type: seminar
March 18Tuesday
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Alice Meynell’s London Impressions (1898) Introduced by Ana Parejo Vadillo
March 18, 2014 from 6pm to 7:30pm – Senate House Library, Room 234 Although she is mostly remembered today for her poetry, Alice Meynell was also a prolific editor and essayist. In London Impressions Meynell presents the reader with a series of written portraits of… Organized by Lisa C Robertson | Type: reading, group, /, seminar
June 24Tuesday
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The Literary London Reading Group: Jonathan Kemp’s ‘London Triptych’, Introduced by Simon Avery and Katherine M. Graham
June 24, 2014 from 6pm to 7:30pm – Room 234, Senate House It might be the final session of the academic year but this certainly doesn’t mean we’re drawing to a respectful standstill. There’s been some changes to the original schedule but this (rather serend… Organized by The Literary London Reading Group | Type: reading, group, /, seminar
October 28Tuesday
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Sam Selvon’s ‘The Lonely Londoners (1956)’
October 28, 2014 from 6pm to 7:30pm – Senate House, Room G37 For our first session, we’re very pleased to announce that Dr. Kate Houlden (LJMU) will introduce Sam Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners (1956) in honour of Black History Month. This session will take pla… Organized by Literary London Reading Group | Type: seminar
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Navigate: Anna Brownell Jameson's Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada (1838)
October 28, 2014 from 7:30pm to 9pm – The Keynes Library Please join us for the first 2014 meeting of Navigate: a postgraduate reading group for the discussion of Travel Writing. To start things off, we'll be looking at Anna Brownell Jameson's Winter Stud… Organized by Alexis Wolf, David Miller | Type: seminar, reading, group
November 18Tuesday
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George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Pygmalion’ (1912) Introduced by Dr Benjamin Poore
November 18, 2014 from 6pm to 7:30pm – Senate House, Room 104 Many thanks to those who came to last week’s excellent session on Sam Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners and to Kate Houlden for introducing the text. Our next session will be introduced by Dr Benjamin Po… Organized by The Literary London Reading Group with the Institute of English Studies | Type: seminar
January 13Tuesday
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Dickens’s ‘Night Walks’
January 13, 2015 from 6pm to 7:30pm – Senate House, Room G34 We hope that you are enjoying the festive season! We are already looking forward to the New Year, and are delighted that Dr Matthew Beaumont (UCL) will introduce our first session. This will take pla… Organized by The Literary London Reading Group with the Institute of English Studies | Type: reading, group, /, seminar
March 17Tuesday
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Anita Brookner’s London by Foot (and a Bit of Bus)
March 17, 2015 from 6pm to 7:30pm – Senate House, Room G37 Our thanks to everyone who showed up to our last session, ‘Dickens’s Night Walks’, which at 41 people attracted the largest crowd we’ve ever drawn — despite the cold and damp! And our especial thanks… Organized by The Literary London Reading Group with the Institute of English Studies | Type: reading, group, /, seminar
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