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We're delighted to announce that Cate Blanchett has been appointed as the next Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre at St Catherine’s College. More info ⬇️ https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-06-15-cate-blanchett-appointed-cameron-mackintosh-visiting-professor-of-contemporary
The next webinar is The Winter's Tale in September: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-fa... If you'd like to hear a great production, there's currently one on #BBCSounds - but it'll only be there for another 29 days: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama @engfac.bsky.social
English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: The Winter's TaleIn this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of The Winter's Tale from Oxford World's Classics.www.eventbrite.co.uk
What can the unruliness of the natural world teach us about writing the self? Amy Tan and Professor Andrew Gosler discuss attention, grief, and memoir in The Backyard Bird Chronicles. @engfac.bsky.social @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social 10 June | 17:30–19:00 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social buff.ly/xqgXPyt
Some books stay with us for a lifetime. 📚 Honorary Fellow and author @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social shares why Katherine Mansfield’s The Garden Party has meant so much to her, both as a reader and as a writer. #NationalYearOfReading2026 #YearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn2026 youtube.com/shorts/za9im...
Some books stay with us for a lifetime. 📚YouTube video by StJohnsCollegeOxfordyoutube.comThis was excellent - and a reminder that Shakespeare's less well known plays are always worth investigating. Should be available on the @engfac.bsky.social YouTube channel in due course: youtube.com/@facultyofen...
Faculty of English, University of OxfordExplore Henry VI, Part II with Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social & Dr Kavita Mudan Finn @kvmfinn.bsky.social in our next OWC #Shakespeare webinar! Shakespeare webinar on Henry VI, Part II 🗓️4 May 🕐6-7.15pm 📍Online via Zoom All welcome! #HenryVI #ShakespeareSky #Theatre #Booksky
Explore how ordinary lives can illuminate the extraordinary in this conversation between acclaimed authors Kit de Waal and Professor Elleke Boehmer. @torchoxford.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social 📅 12 May | ⏰ 17:30 📍 Online via Zoom Free & open to all. Register: buff.ly/bxHqLq1
Join this masterclass to learn how life-writing fuels activism with award-winning writer, educator, and activist Dan Glass. @torchoxford.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social 📅 19 May | ⏰ 17:30 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & Online Register: buff.ly/3s4uuHs
How might anthologies capture queer lives differently from biographies? Acclaimed biographer Peter Parker examines such questions with Dr Eleri Anona Watson. @engfac.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social 📅 28 April | ⏰ 17:30–18:45 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social Register:
Writing Queer Lives, from Biography to Anthology: Peter Parker in Conversation with Dr Eleri Anona WatsonGlobal Majority & Underrepresented Writers' Programme Lecturebuff.ly
Excited to receive my author copies of Henry VI Part 1 out later this month! Hear @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and me discussing the play and my introduction today at 6pm BST @engfac.bsky.social english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/englis...
theconversation.com/ice-shock-is... Came upon this. Heard a rumour; now it’s real!
Ice Shock is a novel about passionate love in a time of climate crisisNiall and Leah’s long distance relationship will test what love and career mean on a planet in crisis.theconversation.comReally looking forward to talking with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social on 6 April about my introduction for the new Henry VI Part 1 (out 9 April). Register for free here: english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/englis...
English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: Henry VI, Part Ienglish.web.ox.ac.uk
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
Oxford English Faculty OutreachCalling all state school students interested in studying English! Join us for our online Open Day on 14 March 2026, 11am–3pm, to learn more about the course and the admissions process! We will have taster lectures, talks, and a student Q&A - don't miss it!