Cecil Day-Lewis Symposium

The English Faculty, the Bodleian Libraries Centre for the Study of the Book, and Wadham College are hosting a special event to celebrate the gift of the Day-Lewis papers to the Bodleian Library. Attendance at the event is FREE but places must be booked in advance.

Programme:

14.00 – 14.10 Welcome: Dr Chris Fletcher (Keeper of Special Collections, Bodleian Libraries)
14.10 – 14.15 Poems read by Jill Balcon (relayed recording)
14.15 – 15.00 C. Day-Lewis: an introduction (Albert Gelpi, William Robertson Coe Professor of American Literature, Emeritus, Stanford University)
15.00 – 15.15 Poems read by Gabriel Woolf, Reader
15.15 – 16.00 C. Day-Lewis: a poet’s perspective (Mr Bernard O’Donoghue, Emeritus Fellow in English, Wadham College)
16.00 – 16.20 Tea and coffee
16.20 – 16.30 Poems read by Gabriel Woolf
16.30 – 17.30 Panel discussion (Lord Gowrie; Tamasin Day-Lewis; Douglas Dunn, Emeritus Professor English, University of St. Andrews; Dr Chris Fletcher)
17.30 – 17.45 Poems read by Jill Balcon (relayed recording)
17.45 – 17.50 Close
18.00 – 18.45 Reception, Divinity School, Bodleian Library