Julie Coleman
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Challenging the notion of ‘neutrality’ in social media
In a new study Dr Ruth Page (pictured) from the School of English suggests that we shouldn’t believe everything that we read – and that on websites such as Wikipedia information may not be as neutral as it seems. In her recently published paper in the academic journal Language and Literature entitled ‘Counter narratives and […]
Leicester Cultural Quarter’s post-industrial past to be explored
Talented writers will be able to tell the untold stories of the post-industrial past of Leicester’s Cultural Quarter, thanks to a new project from the School of English. The Centre for New Writing, which is participating in an Arts and Humanities Research Council project called ‘Affective Digital Histories’, is commissioning writers to produce work which […]
SPELL’s Apolo-tree
Apology I’ve used a lot of paper, I know that’s pretty bad, and when I think about it it makes me kind of sad. I’ve pondered on the problem, I’ve thought about it hard and that used up realms of paper and stacks and stacks of card. I’ve racked my brains and […]
SPELL events this term
SPELL (Society for Postgraduate English Literature and Language) are literally breaking new ground this term by kicking off events with a tree planting. The society is donating £50 towards the planting of a red oak tree (quercus rubra) on the boundary between campus and Victoria Park. SPELL Secretary Suzi Shimwell who led the bid to […]
Congrats to Martin Halliwell on his John Maynard Keynes Fellowship in US Studies
(from http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2013/october/american-studies-expert-takes-up-prestigious-research-fellowship) University of Leicester’s Professor Martin Halliwell will research American medicine and psychiatry as part of a new fellowship at the Institute of the Americas, University College London Issued by University of Leicester Press Office on 4 October 2013 Images of Professor Halliwell’s publications available from pt91@le.ac.uk A University of Leicester expert on […]
Leicester Lit & Phil
This is just a quick plug for colleagues’ contributions to this year’s Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society lecture programme. Professor Philip Shaw will be talking about ‘Suffering and Sentiment in Romantic Military Art: Charles Bell and the Battle of Waterloo’ on the 21st of October and Dr Ben Parsons will present a talk called ‘“That […]
Breaking the ice
Welcome to the School of English blog! My hope is that this becomes a way of communicating with each other, with our students, with the wider university and with the outside world about the whole range of activities that we are engaged in – research, teaching and the less glamorous stuff as well. With students […]
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