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University of Oxford Faculty of English

Welcome to English at Oxford

The Faculty of English Language and Literature is by far the largest English Department in the UK, with over 75 permanent postholders, a further 70 Faculty members, 900 undergraduates and 300 postgraduates.

The Faculty has a very distinguished research and teaching record, covering all periods of English Literature.

Latest News

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, “Celebrity in the Long Eighteenth Century”

A two-year research and teaching appointment for an outstanding academic at an early stage of his or her career, in the Faculties of History, English Language and Literature, and Medieval and Modern Languages. The Postdoctoral Fellow will develop and pursue a research project within the theme “Celebrity in the Long Eighteenth Century”.  Appointment will be from no earlier than 01 September and no later than 01 October 2013.

For Further details go to the Vacancies Page here.

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Great Writers Inspire

The Great Writers Inspire project, featuring podcasts from a variety of Faculty academics, has been featured on the front page of the international iTunesU site:

You can download the podcasts by going to the iTunesU site, or read more about the project on their blog.

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Upcoming Events

American Work: A Literature Symposium

18 May 2013

A Literature Symposium for Postgraduates and Early Career Academics

Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford

For more information please visit:

http://americanworksymposium.wordpress.com/

 

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Travel Cultures Conference

4 October 2013

Navigating Networks: Women, Travel, and Femal Communities

An Interdisciplinary Conference Hosted by the Travel Cultures Seminar Series, University of Oxford

Travel Cultures is an interdisciplinary seminar series at the University of Oxford for anyone with an interest in inter-cultural communication, exploration and travel writing.

Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words (for papers of 20 minutes) to Hannah Sikstrom and Kimberly Marsh at <travelculturesseminar@gmail.com> by 1st April 2013.

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On the Road: Pilgrims and Fellow-Travellers

2 November 2013

A day conference at Corpus Christi College on Saturday 2 November 2013
Conference organiser: Dr Roger Kojecký
Email: secretary@clsg.org
Details: http://www.clsg.org/html/conference.html

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