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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We look forward to welcoming everyone to the Oxford University Open Day tomorrow (18 Sept)! Come and visit the English Faculty in the Schwarzman Centre for taster lectures, info talks, and Q&As with current students! No booking required: english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/open-d...

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Day 2 of the Open Days has begun! Join us at the Schwarzman Centre to learn more about English at Oxford & meet our current students: 10:30 Taster Lecture 11:00 Taster Lecture 11:45 Information Talk ‘English at Oxford’ 12:30 Joint Schools Q&A No booking needed - just turn up! #OxOpenDays

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Happy Pride Month from the English Faculty! 🌈

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Join us for this year's O'Donnell Lecture in #Celtic Studies: ‘Old #Irish: plenty of variation, but of what kind?’ Dr Aaron Griffith (Utrecht University) 🗓 8 May at 5.30pm 📍 Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford All welcome! Register: english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/old-ir...

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

One week today! Join us at 5.30pm on 30 April at the Schwarzman Centre for A.E. Stallings' next Professor of Poetry talk on 'Lisping in Numbers: Poems that Count'. All welcome! Tickets are free but booking is required. #poetrycommunity #OxfordEvents english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/lispin...

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Join us on 4 May at 6pm for our next OWC #Shakespeare webinar on Henry VI Part II. Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social will be joined by Dr Kavita Mudan Finn to discuss the play followed by a Q&A. All welcome! Free but booking required. shakespeare-webinar-henryvi-partii.eventbrite.co.uk

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Professor of #Poetry talk with A.E. Stallings: Lisping in Numbers: Poems that Count 🗓️30 April at 5.30pm 📍Theatre, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford All welcome! Tickets are free but booking is required. #poetrycommunity #PoetrySky english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/lispin...

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Registration is now open for our next Professor of #Poetry lecture on 30 April at 5.30pm. A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social will talk on 'Lisping in Numbers: Poems that Count'. All welcome! Tickets are free but booking is required. schwarzmancentre.ox.ac.uk/spektrix/Cho...

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

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...

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

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...

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

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...

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

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

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

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

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

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

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

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

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

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.

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

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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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Why do you read (or not read)? Take part in this survey about #reading practices, experiences & habits & you can enter a prize draw to win one of six £100 prizes in book tokens. Responses will inform Prof Marion Turner’s research. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/why...

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

We hope to see you at A.E. Stallings' Professor of #Poetry lecture this evening (26 Nov) at 5.30pm! Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy 26 November at 5.30pm Examination Schools, Oxford ALL WELCOME! No booking required; just turn up! #rhyme #poetry #professorofpoetry #oxfordevents

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Don't miss the opportunity to hear our Professor of #poetry, A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social, talk in Oxford this week. Rhyme as Experiment/ #Rhyme as Alchemy 26 November 2025, 5.30pm Examination Schools, High St, Oxford FREE! No booking required. ALL WELCOME! #Oxfordevents #PoetrySky

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Join us on 26 November for A.E. Stallings' next Professor of Poetry lecture on 'Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy'. 26 Nov at 5.30pm Examination Schools ALL WELCOME! No booking required. #poetry #TeamEnglish @oxpoetrylibrary.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Join us to explore the new Oxford World's Classics edition of Romeo & Juliet in our next #Shakespeare webinar: 1 December 6 - 7.15pm Online via Zoom With Professor Emma Smith & Dr Hannah August. All welcome! Free but booking required. #TeamEnglish shakespeare-webinar-romeo-juliet.eventbrite.co.uk

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

To add to our list of wonderful public lectures this term, we're delighted to announce our next Professor of #Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy 26 Nov, 5.30pm Examination Schools, Oxford ALL WELCOME! No booking required.

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

There's still time to register for this evening's Shakespeare webinar on Henry VIII with Prof Emma Smith and Dr Laura Jayne Wright. We look forward to welcoming back our webinar regulars along with any newcomers! ALL WELCOME! Free, but booking required. #Shakespeare #HenryVIII

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

We have so many exciting events in the next few weeks! As well as the #Clarendon Lectures with Prof Simon Gikandi, we have a #Shakespeare webinar on King Henry VIII, this term's Professor of #Poetry talk and events with Helen Fielding & Geoff Bird. More details at: english.web.ox.ac.uk/events

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

We're delighted to see the English Faculty at the top of two University league tables released this week. Oxford has been ranked first for English in the Guardian University Guide 2026 and the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026!

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

We're delighted to announce the first ever winner of the Oxford / 42 New Writing Prize! Congratulations to Steve Mellen who was awarded the prize this evening in a ceremony at Magdalen College for his novel 'Ask the Ghosts'. Congratulations to Steve and all those shortlisted!

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Don't miss our next English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics #Shakespeare webinar on JULIUS CAESAR with Emma Smith and Brandi K. Adams 2 June 6-7.15pm Online via Zoom All welcome! Register via Eventbrite: shakespeare-webinar-julius-caesar.eventbrite.co.uk #juliuscaesar #historyplays

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

We're counting down the days until our next Professor of #Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social 'Repetition is a Form of Change: An Oblique Strategy in Poetry' 9 May at 5.30pm Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford ALL WELCOME! No booking required; just turn up! #Poetrysky

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

One week to go until the next Professor of #poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings. 'Repetition is a Form of Change: An Oblique Strategy in Poetry' 9 May, 5.30pm Examination Schools, High St, Oxford ALL WELCOME! No booking required. @aestallings.bsky.social #poetrysky #oxfordevents

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Don't miss tomorrow's public lecture on 'The Morrigan Revisited' by Professor Ronald Hutton (University of Bristol). The #Morrigan is the best-known goddess figure in medieval Irish literature next to Bridget, and in many ways epitomizes the dark aspects of Celtic female divinity. All welcome!

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

THIS FRIDAY 2 May at 5pm - Join us for a free lecture on 'The Morrigan Revisited' by Professor Ronald Hutton (University of Bristol). The #Morrigan is the best-known goddess figure in #medieval Irish literature next to Bridget, representing sorcery, sexuality, shapeshifting and war. All welcome!

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

SAVE THE DATE for the next Professor of #poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings. 'Repetition is a Form of Change: An Oblique Strategy in Poetry' 📆9 May 2025 at 5.30pm 📍Examination Schools, Oxford No booking required. This is a public lecture and all are welcome! #poetrycommunity #poetrysky

Blue and white tiled background with a repetitive pattern. Writing in blue boxes gives details of the lecture: Repetition is a Form of Change: An Oblique Strategy in Poetry, A.E. Stallings, Professor of Poetry. 9 May, 5.30pm, Examination Schools.

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Call for papers now open for the Oxford English Graduate Conference 2025 on the theme of 'Artifice'. Submissions due by 25 April (deadline extended). More details 👇 #AcademicSky #Artifice #EnglishLiterature #Cfp

How do we distinguish between the artificial and the real? How does literature reshape and reinforce this distinction? From the formal constraints of Shakespeare’s sonnets to the metafiction of Nabokov’s Pale Fire to the magical realism of Garcia Marquez’s 100 Years of Solitude—artifice underpins the literary arts. As the antithesis to the natural or the real, both ‘artifice’ and its cognate ‘artificial’ concern deception, construction, and craftsmanship. Though artificial intelligence has recently permeated the term, the spectrum of artificiality in literature stretches well beyond that of twenty-first-century technological innovations. From mimetic theory to posthuman study, the category of artifice continually reinvents itself. We encourage students to engage with the concept of artifice as both a formal technique and a thematic lens that reveals the interplay between reality, representation, and illusion in literary works across genres and historical periods.

We welcome individual proposals for 20-minute papers, sent as a 200-word abstract alongside an additional short bio of 100 words including the contributor's affiliation and research interests. We also encourage three-person panel proposals of 500 words with a short bio for each participant. Submission deadline is April 25th. Email oegcartifice2025@gmail.com.

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

TOMORROW (21 Feb) - please join us for the next Professor of Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social. This is a public lecture and all are welcome! No booking required. When? 5.30pm on 21 Feb Where? Examination Schools, Oxford #Cavafy #poetrylovers #Oxfordevents #PoetrySky

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Oxford Faculties of English & History are delighted to host this 25th anniversary conference of the British Association for #Victorian Studies on 23–25 July. Papers on any aspect of long-nineteenth-century studies are welcome. #BAVS See details: english.ox.ac.uk/bavs2025

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

We're delighted to welcome Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social, Chief Sports Writer for The Guardian, to the English Faculty on 3 March. He'll be in conversation w/ Prof David Taylor discussing everything from the politics of sport to the changing nature of Britain’s media landscape. All welcome!

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Less than 2 weeks to go until the next Professor of #Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings. Join us on 21 Feb at 5.30pm in Examination Schools, Oxford to hear @aestallings.bsky.social talk on 'What These Ithakas Mean: #Cavafy, Translation, Influence, and Imitation' All welcome! No booking required.

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Join us at Exams Schools on 21 February at 5.30pm for A.E. Stallings' @aestallings.bsky.social next Professor of #Poetry lecture on: 'What These Ithakas Mean: #Cavafy, Translation, Influence, and Imitation'. All welcome! No booking required. #Poetrysky #Cavafy english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/profes...

Sepia brown photo of Cavafy in suit leaning on ornate furniture holding a bowler hat and cane. The other half of the image has the lecture details: What These Ithakas Mean: Cavafy, Translation, Influence, and Imitation by A.E.Stallings on 21 Feb at 5.30pm at Exam Schools. All welcome; no booking required.

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

24 January at 3pm - Prof Ato Quayson will be giving the Bayley Lecture on 'Ethnography of the Oikos: Space-Making Trauma and Healing in #ToniMorrison'. The lecture will turn to the concept of oikos drawing from Greek tragedy and apply it to three of Toni Morrison’s female characters.

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Let the Oxford English Faculty help with your new year resolutions: 1) Learn about poetry with A.E. Stallings' newsletters 2) Brush up on Shakespeare with monthly webinars with Prof Emma Smith 3) Take on a writing challenge & enter our storytelling competition #PoetrySky #BookSky Links below👇

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

We're delighted to announce that registration to Stephen Fry's lecture in Oxford on 24 January 2025 will open on MONDAY (16 Dec) at 12 noon. Tickets are FREE but likely to sell out very quickly! #stephenfry english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/words-...

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