Keep sharing! Less than two weeks to go!
Make sure to tell your Y12 students who might apply to study English at Oxford 😀 ✨
#AccessOxford #SixthForm #ApplyingToOxford #OxfordUniStudent #OxfordAdmissions #OxfordInterview
Last chance to register for this evening's Live Shakespeare Webinar on CYMBELINE at 6pm.
Prof Emma Smith and Dr Kim Gilchrist (Cardiff) will be discussing the play followed by a Q&A.
Free but registration required.
#Shakespeare #Cymbeline
shakespeare-webinar-cymbeline.eventbrite.co.uk
Our English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics #Shakespeare webinars continue!
On Monday, 2 March, Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social will be joined by Dr Kim Gilchrist @kimgilchrist.bsky.social to discuss #CYMBELINE followed by Q&A.
All welcome! Free, but booking required. #booksky
The ENGLISH FACULTY STATE SCHOOLS' OPEN DAY is taking place on 14 March.
The Open Day is an online event, featuring taster lectures, information about the admissions process, plus a Q&A with current students.
Aimed at Year 12s. Pls share! #EnglishLit #EduSky
We're delighted to be welcoming Tom F. Wright (University of Sussex) to the English Faculty to talk on 'The Politics of #Oracy and the Post-Literacy Panic' on 11 March at 5pm.
All welcome! Find out more and book your free ticket: english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/the-po...
Congratulations to Howard Anglin (Linacre College) who has been awarded the 2026 Jon Stallworthy #Poetry Prize for his poem 'Kühe-Reyen'.
Melina McClure (Merton College) was selected the runner-up for their poem 'Corrales, NM, the last weekend of September'.
www.english.ox.ac.uk/article/anno...
We're delighted to announce that this year's Visiting Professor of Creative Media will be Bernardine Evaristo!
As part of her Professorship, she will give a lecture on 6 May at the Sheldonian Theatre. Save the date!
english.web.ox.ac.uk/article/bern...
Join us for our next OWC #Shakespeare webinar on 2 March at 6pm.
In this online event, Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social will be discussing #CYMBELINE with Kim Gilchrist.
Register for your free ticket: shakespeare-webinar-cymbeline.eventbrite.co.uk
Balliol College & the English Faculty are seeking to appoint an outstanding candidate as Tutorial Fellow & Professor or Associate Professor of English with expertise in any aspect(s) of literature in #English of the long nineteenth century (approx 1780–1914)
#Academicjob #19C
Find out more >>
Calling all English teachers!
There's still time to register for our English Teachers' Conference on 7 February.
Join us for this online event featuring mini lectures, admissions info and a panel discussion on 'AI and English Education'.
Register now: english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...
Calling all teachers of English! Our Teachers' Conference is taking place THIS WEEK on Saturday 7th Feb from 11am - 3pm.
The FREE online event features lectures, info talks, and a panel discussion.
Registration is now OPEN. Please share! @engfac.bsky.social
www.english.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...
Join us this Monday to explore #Shakespeare's 'Richard II' with Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and special guest Hailey Bachrach.
The event will take place online via Zoom at 6pm on Monday, 2 February.
All welcome! The event is free but registration is required.
#RichardII
Join us for this year's online English Faculty Teachers' Conference on 7 Feb at 11am-3pm.
Featuring mini lectures, information about the Oxford Admissions process, demonstrations of our free resources, & a panel discussion on AI.
See the programme & register: english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...
Registration is now open for Prof Devyani Sharma's Inaugural Lecture as News UK Professor of #Language and #Communication on 12 Feb!
She will talk on: 'Why #accent matters – from social interaction to life outcomes'
All welcome! Free, but booking required.
english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/profes...
Join us for A.E. Stallings' next Professor of #Poetry lecture on 29 January at 5.30pm at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
'People Poems: Portraits in Verse'
All welcome! Tickets are free, but booking is required via Eventbrite.
@aestallings.bsky.social
Calling all teachers of English! Our Teachers' Conference is taking place on 7 Feb from 11am - 3pm.
The FREE online event features lectures, info talks, and a panel discussion.
Registration is now OPEN. Please share!
www.english.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...
Our English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare webinars continue! On 2 Feb Emma Smith will welcome guest Hailey Bachrach to explore Richard II.
They will discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the 21st century, followed by Q&A. All welcome!
shakespeare-webinar-richard-ii.eventbrite.co.uk
Congratulations to Professor Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social who has been awarded a three-year Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust for her project: ‘Imperial bibliography: books, race and value’.
Find out more about the project on our website:
Registration is now OPEN for our next Professor of Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings.
Join us in the Schwarzman Centre on 29 Jan at 5.30pm to hear Prof Stallings speak on 'People Poems: Portraits in Verse'.
ALL WELCOME! Register for your free ticket: people-poems-portraits-in-verse.eventbrite.co.uk
A conversation about my novel Ice Shock. Valley Press. Next month in London, 18th of February. All welcome. Will be chatting with the illimitable Kate Kennedy.
ellekeboehmerathatchards.eventbrite.co.uk
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One of the most influential British writers of the last 40 years, Jeanette Winterson, in conversation with Professor Jane Shaw. Free and open to all-- register today!
@engfac.bsky.social @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social @sfu.ca
📅 24 January | ⏰ 18:00–19:30
💻 Online via Zoom
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Last chance to register for this evening's free live #Shakespeare webinar with Emma Smith and Emma Whipday.
They will be discussing 'Measure for Measure', followed by a Q&A.
ALL WELCOME! Register via Eventbrite: shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
UNIQ applications are open until 13 Jan. Please share with any Year 12 students who may be interested!
UNIQ is a free access programme which gives UK state school pupils the chance to take part in a 1-week, subject-specific residential in Oxford.
Find out more & apply: uniq.ox.ac.uk/what-is-uniq
Don't forget to register for our first #Shakespeare webinar of 2026! Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to explore 'Measure for Measure' on 5 Jan at 6pm.
They will discuss the play then open up to questions from attendees. ALL WELCOME!
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
Save the date! Join us on 29 January at the Schwarzman Centre for our next Professor of #Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social. The title of the lecture is 'People Poems: Portraits in Verse'.
ALL WELCOME! Booking details will be confirmed in the new year.
Our wonderful #Shakespeare webinars are continuing in 2026!
Join us on 5 Jan to explore 'Measure for Measure'. Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century.
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
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All Welcome!
The English Faculty mourns the death of John Carey, Merton Professor from 1975 to 2002, undoubtedly the man with whom the title of Merton Professor of English Literature will remain indelibly associated in the public mind.
Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:
We're hiring!
Come work with us @engfac.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @bkhistoxford.bsky.social !!!
Professorship of Bibliography and Modern Book History
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP968/p...
What can #Victorian writers teach us about navigating misinformation today?
In this @britishacademy.bsky.social 10-Minute Talk, Professor Pablo Mukherjee explores 'Fake News and the Victorians: Literature in the First Information Age'
youtu.be/AMx73t-iDws
