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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.

The Romance of the Middle Ages

A new exhibition, The Romance of the Middle Ages, has recently opened at the Bodleian library, curated by Faculty member Dr Nick Perkins. The exhibition is open seven days a week until the 13 May, and entrance is free. You can find more details, and view the online exhibition, at http://medievalromance.bodleian.ox.ac.uk.

English academic explores links between classical, Middle Eastern, and African worlds

English Faculty academic, Dr Tessa Roynon, launched a new book of essays today in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Warwick. The book addresses the intellectual interactions between the classical world, the Middle East, and Africa throughout history.

More details are available on the University website.

Oxford Centre for Life Writing

Wolfson College gave an official launch to one of a series of research clusters, the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW), with an inaugural lecture and launch party held at 6pm on 15th November.

Professor Fiona Stafford wins British Academy Prize

We're delighted that Professor Fiona Stafford has won the British Academy's 2011 Rose Mary Crawshay Prize.

Professor Laura Marcus FBA

We're delighted to announce that Professor Laura Marcus, our Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature, has recently been elected as a Fellow of the British Academy.

Starting out at Oxford - an English Freshers Guide to using the libraries

Are you starting at Oxford in October? Our Faculty librarians have been working to put together a new guide to using the University libraries for English students. You can access it at http://ox.libguides.com/english-freshers-guide

Six academics awarded title of Professor

We're delighted to announce that the following English Faculty members have been awarded the title of Professor in the 2010/11 Recognition of Distinction exercise:

Douglas Gray wins the 2010 Beatrice White Prize

Professor Douglas Grey, Emeritus Tolkien Professor and Honorary Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, has been awarded the English Association's 2010 Beatrice White Prize. The prize is awarded for outstanding scholarly work in the field of English Literature before 1590, and Professor Gray was awarded his prize for his book Later Medieval English Literature.

You can read the full story on the English Association website.

Times Good University Guide

We're delighted that the 2011 Times Good University Guide has placed the Oxford English Faculty top of its rankings. Oxford University as a whole was also ranked top, and you can view the story on their website.

The Guide is available here, although is only accessible by those who have paid for access to the Times online.