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.
International panel: Romantic Salons and Salonnières
Susanne Schmid (Freie Universität Berlin)
Travellers, Publishers and Lions: International Co...
Claire Fanger (Rice University)
“Intersections of Time and Eternity: Understanding Divine Speech in Late Medieval Angel Magic”.
Dr Jackqueline Frost (Universite Paris 8), 'The Poetry of the Future in Fascist Times: Cesaire, Char, Peret'.
ames N. Green (Librarian, Library Company of Philadelphia): `Memory, Reason, Imagination: Subject Classification in the 1789 Catalogue of the Libra...
Leila Kassir (Senate House Library): 'The work of many hands: six stories of queer publishing'
Lodi Nauta (University of Groningen)
“Thomas Hobbes and the Rhetoric of Common Language.”
Earle Havens (Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins): 'Reimagining an Early Modern Paper Supercomputer: Vincenzo Cornelli’s Idea dell’Universo (c. ...
LRBS Special Event: Printing and Printing Ink in the Industrial Period
Wednesday 12 May, 17.00-18.00 | Free online event
Speakers: Simon Eliot and Ian Dooley
