The Institute of English Studies runs an active programme of lectures, seminars, conferences, symposia, reading groups and summer schools. Unless otherwise stated, events are free and open to the public. Use the calendar below to view upcoming events and to register for conferences and lectures.
Covid-19: The Institute of English Studies is currently holding all events online.
The Demotte Gallery and the sale of Persian Art (1907-1935)
Christine Vivet-Peclet
Reaching the Popular Culture: Displaying modern Egypt through Il...
Dr Chris Webb (Independent) - ‘Strings Attached: The Arts Council of Great Britain and Postwar British Fiction’
Boris Jardine (HPS, University of Cambridge)
“Machines, mines and mathematics: Elizabethan artisans as agents of change”
Danielle Magnussen (IES)
Raphaële Mouren (Warburg Institute, SAS)
Online event: Romantic Paper Arts
Heather Hyde Minor (University of Notre Dame)
Piranesi’s Trash
Catriona McLeod (University of Chicago)
The Viol...
Professor Alan Nelson (University of California, Berkeley): `Reconstructing the Bradshawe Family Library of Marple, Cheshire, 1600-1784’.
Katherine Hindley
We also run several 1-2 day short courses nationally each year. Find out more here.
