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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Today: "For Crying Out Loud: On Mark Thomas Ginson's 'Town Criers', Comics and Chronopolitics". Online only Modern School Research Seminar: Wednesday 7 October 2026, 2.30pm buff.ly/4Kc9eiA
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For Crying Out Loud: On Mark Thomas Gibson's 'Town Criers', Comics, and Chronopolitics
Modern School Research Seminar with speaker Emmy Waldman (University of Miami).
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Our latest case study is from @aliceflinta.bsky.social, Centre for Women's Studies & @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social Making Waves of… Words: Promoting Transnational Literature Through Public Engagement describes how a participatory workshop led to conversations and reflections on feminism and migration 🗺️
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Alice Flinta - Centre for Women's Studies, University of York
Alice Flinta, PhD student
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today: ‘The Fear You Had for Your Eyes’: The Terror of Sight Loss in Gulliver’s Travels (1726). A #CECS Research Seminar with Declan Kavanagh from the University of Kent. buff.ly/zqq9wsE
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‘The Fear You Had for Your Eyes’: The Terror of Sight Loss in Gulliver’s Travels (1726)
CECS Research Seminar with Declan Kavanagh, University of Kent
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Terror for Beginners": the first in a series of three lectures this year by Visiting Professor Adam Phillips, Writer and Psychoanalyst, one of the most influential essayists and thinkers writing today. Wednesday 11 November 2026, 5pm to 6.30pm. buff.ly/bi2kt9s
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Terror for Beginners
The first in a series of three lectures in 2026/27 by Visiting Professor Adam Phillips, Writer and Psychoanalyst.
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Date for your diary: "Reading the Icelandic Sagas alongside the Bible" Department of English and Related Literature Annual Riddy Lecture with speaker Prof Siân Grønlie (University of Oxford), Tuesday 17 November 2026, 6.15pm. buff.ly/cG8B8Uk
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Reading the Icelandic Sagas alongside the Bible
Department of English and Related Literature Annual Riddy Lecture with speaker Prof Siân Grønlie (University of Oxford).
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Come along to "Kalila wa Dimna and Female Patrons and Readers at the Courts of Castile and Württemberg-Urach in the Late Fifteenth Century" on Wednesday 7 October 2026, 5.30pm to 7pm buff.ly/iQEOV9s
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Kalila wa Dimna and Female Patrons and Readers at the Courts of Castile and Württemberg-Urach in the Late Fifteenth Century
Medieval Literatures Research Seminar with Rachel Scott, Royal Holloway
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Huge congratulations to Dr Nicoletta Asciuto, whose book 'Brilliant Modernism' has been awarded the ESSE 2026 First Book Award at an award ceremony in Santiago de Compostela. buff.ly/yUoKtMn
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Nicoletta Asciuto wins ESSE 2026 First Book Award!
Huge congratulations to Dr Nicoletta Asciuto, whose book 'Brilliant Modernism' has been awarded the ESSE 2026 First Book Award at an award ceremony in Santiago de Compostela.
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Mariana J López @marianajlopez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Apply now for the YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows scheme! We are funding University of York researchers to work directly with end users on environmental sustainability across our key themes: buff.ly/clkG0Kh @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social @yorkpsychology.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social
YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows Scheme 2026–2027 announcement inviting researcher teams to undertake environmental sustainability knowledge-exchange with end users, shown with people using a tablet, a glowing connected-network globe and a leaf motif, and the message “Now Open!”.
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Huge congratulations to our very own Dr Nicoletta Asciuto, whose book Brilliant Modernism: Cultures of Light and Modernist Poetry has been awarded the ESSE 2026 Book Award for a first monograph. Nicoletta was awarded her prize last week at the University of Santiago de Compostela. #ESSE #UoY
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Max and Alex talk about the transition from BA to MA and their experience of Masters study at York; not only within the English Department but as part of the wider postgraduate community at York.
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From BA to MA: the Student Experience
Max (MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture ) and Alex (MA in Medieval Studies) talk about the transition from BA to MA and their experience of Masters study at York; not only within…
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Elizabeth Tyler, Professor of Medieval Literature in the Department of English and Related Literature and former Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, has been elected Fellow of the British Academy. Fellows are nominated on the basis of outstanding academic distinction.
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Elizabeth Tyler elected Fellow of the British Academy
Elizabeth Tyler, Professor of Medieval Literature in the Department of English and Related Literature and former Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, has been elected Fellow of the British…
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
What if I don't understand something? The University of York has several support systems for you including personal supervisors and student-run online chat groups. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuLe...
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What if I don't understand something?
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Nicoletta Asciuto’s book, 'Brilliant Modernism: Cultures of Light and Modernist Poetry', has been shortlisted for one of the prestigious book awards offered by the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE). www.york.ac.uk/english/abou...
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Nicoletta Asciuto's book shortlisted for ESS Book Award 2026!
Nicoletta Asciuto’s book, 'Brilliant Modernism: Cultures of Light and Modernist Poetry', has been shortlisted for one of the prestigious book awards offered by the European Society for the Study of En...
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Congratulations, Dr Ellen Gallimore!
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York Festival of Ideas @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Lost in Joyce? Postgraduate researcher Chris Wogan of the University of York reveals how you can use trees as your map, including for his most difficult texts, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. Now on YouTube - James Joyce's Trees youtu.be/TXMz23ZIzsY
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
In this short film Dr Trev Broughton talks about writing on official records, like minutes and wills or private papers such as letters, diaries and manuscript autobiographies.
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Writing about Archives
In this short film Dr Trev Broughton talks about writing on official records, like minutes and wills or private papers such as letters, diaries and manuscript autobiographies. This film is one of…
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We offer a rich range of resources for literature students on campus and around the city, as well as specialist research facilities and archives. buff.ly/Wda9blI
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Huge congratulations to Elizabeth Tyler (Professor of Medieval Literature) is one of 92 distinguished scholars have been elected to the The British Academy's Fellowship this year in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. www.york.ac.uk/english/peop...
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Elizabeth M. Tyler - Department of English and Related Literature, University of York
Elizabeth Tyler, Elizabeth M. Tyler
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
What is a typical day like for an English student at #York? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWwV...
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Typical Day / Advice for Prospective Students
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We offer an extraordinarily wide range of taught MA programmes, which reflects the Department's research culture as well as the diversity of our staff, postgraduate community and research interests.
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Masters degrees in English - Department of English and Related Literature, University of York
We offer an extraordinarily wide range of taught MA programmes, which reflects the Department's research culture as well as the diversity of our staff, postgraduate community and research interests.
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Our #postgraduate module "Romantic Texts and Contexts" explores the literary debates of this age of Romantic revolution and enables students to interrogate terms such as ‘Romantic’, and offers an intellectually diverse encounter with a range of writers across many genres.
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Romantic Texts & Contexts (ENG00033M) 2026-27 - Module Catalogue, Student home, University of York
Changing lives for the better through academic excellence and bold, creative thinking.
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
#DidYouKnow our undergraduate module "Post-War Italian Cinema" explores how Italian cinema after the Second World War entered a golden age, and how directors such as Fellini, Pasolini, Visconti, and Antonioni pioneered new forms of cinema that swept the world with innovative power.
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Post-War Italian Cinema (ENG00163I) 2026-27 - Module Catalogue, Student home, University of York
Changing lives for the better through academic excellence and bold, creative thinking.
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Watch again the event from 20 May 2026, where Adam Phillips talks to Hugh Haughton about his book, 'The Life You Want', in which Adam uses psychoanalytic and literary approaches to show we are obsessed by the idea of our lives being ones we want and enjoy www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rYO...
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Adam Phillips In Conversation
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Our researchers have a unique approach to what literature is, what it does, how we read it, and how we write about it. We cover the whole spectrum of English literary studies, and our research expertise extends to other languages – from ancient Greece to modern Pakistan.
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Research - Department of English and Related Literature, University of York
Our researchers have a unique approach to what literature is, what it does, how we read it, and how we write about it.
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We partner with the York Festival of Ideas and the York International Shakespeare Festival, and our Writers at York series brings in a stellar cast of world-famous contemporary writers. Our Writer-in-Residence offers creative writing workshops and events throughout the year.
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Writer in Residence - Department of English and Related Literature, University of York
English and Related Literature
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The First York Wayzgoose, running from 6th-8th August 2026, will be a three-day festival of printing and printmaking, featuring plenary talks from Laura Boswell, Jamie Murphy, Belinda Ugalde, and a calligraphy demonstration and talk from celebrated type designer Vera Evstafieva. buff.ly/8ki0nll
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Announcing the inaugural York Wayzgoose
Join us for this all-out, three-day festival of printing and printmaking.
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Explore literature from around the world, from ancient classics to the present day, and develop your creative and critical-thinking skills in a supportive environment. www.york.ac.uk/english/stud...
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Learn more about the extra-Curricular Opportunities available when you come to study English at York
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Extra-Curricular Opportunities
For more information, go to our website http://www.york.ac.uk/english/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/UoYEnglish
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Hear from our staff and students and discover what it's like to study English at York. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHoy...
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English and Related Literature at York
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University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A quick reminder of the places in the library you can get cold water...
Keep hydrated! 

There are water fountains / cold water drinking taps for you to refill your bottles on:

Morrell Floor 0 (behind the café, just before you enter the Fairhurst)
Morrell Floor 2 (near the stairs)

Fairhurst Floor 1 (in the Student Kitchen)

Burton Floor 1 (just as you enter the Reading Room)
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Congratulations to PhD student Hannah Twinberrow-Hirst, who has been selected for the TV PhD Festival programme - a special programme run by the AHRC - and will be attending the Edinburgh Festival in August to meet with producers and TV executives. www.thetvfestival.com/delegates-of...
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Delegates of the TV Foundation Programmes Revealed - The TV Festival
THE TV FOUNDATION UNVEILS DELEGATES FOR FOUR CAREER PROGRAMMES.
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Our #postgraduate module "Representing the City, 1750-1850" explores the idealized sense of the city as a place of polite social interaction and cultural progress amid sharp contrasts between London’s status as centre of a rich global empire and the daily lives of those left behind.
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Representing the City, 1750-1850 (ENG00032M) 2023-24 - Module Catalogue, Student home, University of York
Changing lives for the better through academic excellence and bold, creative thinking.
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Explore our #undergraduate module "Borders Bodies Bridges: Migration and Racialisation in Modern Literature and Culture" which asks how literary and cultural forms emerge from and engage with different migratory modes and diasporic identities.
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Borders, Bodies, Bridges: Migration & Racialisation in Modern Literature & Culture (ENG00111H) 2026-27 - Module Catalogue, Student home, University of York
Changing lives for the better through academic excellence and bold, creative thinking.
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Sensing the 17th Century: Smelling Vanilla and Listening to Chocolate: a blog post about @susannah-lw.bsky.social and @laurenworking.bsky.social's #StudentSalon cabinet outing with @willtullett.bsky.social in the atmospheric @merchantshallyork.org at @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social buff.ly/FMMVRqN
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University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It’s happening! We have a new front door, for now. Library entrance and exit will be via the Fairhurst for the next few months - this video shows you the way from the old door to the new door…
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Catch up on some of the literary talks given at the York Festival of Ideas, which are now available to watch on the York Ideas YouTube channel. Featuring discussions from Katie da Cunha Lewin and Michael Morpurgo: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
#DidYouKnow our #postgraduate module "Questioning the Victorians: Texts, Contexts and Afterlives" introduces key thematic areas and problems in the interpretation of nineteenth-century literature across a broad range of genres. buff.ly/YPOwcNm
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
#DidYouKnow our #postgraduate module "Wollstonecraft to Jane Austen: Femininity and Literary Culture" analyses how Wollstonecraft, Austen and contemporaries represented a range of issues including social class, wealth, marriage, sexuality, and race. www.york.ac.uk/students/stu...
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We offer a rich range of #resources for literature students on campus and around the city, as well as specialist #research facilities and archives. These include an in-house #printing studio, dedicated #study spaces and library resources www.york.ac.uk/english/abou...
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Our facilities
We offer a rich range of resources for literature students on campus and around the city, as well as specialist research facilities and archives.
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Our 3rd year #undergraduate module "Elemental: Contemporary Indigenous Literatures in English" introduces a range of Indigenous writing from North America and Oceania organised under four headings—earth, air, fire, water, and applies thesein both literal and abstract ways. buff.ly/z3GeKrr
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Elemental: Contemporary Indigenous Literatures in English (ENG00135H) 2026-27 - Module Catalogue, Student home, University of YorkModule Catalogue, Student home, University of York
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#DidYouKnow our #postgraduate module "Four Nations of British Poetry: 1845-1940" examines the ways in which poetry written about England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland approaches questions of imperial dominance, conflict and political dissolution. buff.ly/IUB2jds
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Four Nations of British Poetry: 1845-1940 (ENG00146M) 2025-26 - Module Catalogue, Student home, University of YorkModule Catalogue, Student home, University of York
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University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The biggest users of the materials in Compact Stores are @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social, @uoylangling.bsky.social, @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social, History and History of Art, if anyone can repost the above into their respective timelines!
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Hear from our staff and students and discover what it's like to study English at York. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHoy...
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English and Related Literature at York
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York Festival of Ideas @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
What's on today at York Festival of Ideas? 💡 From AI & history to astronomy & climate resilience, explore 'Place and Space' with today's events! Most are FREE. 👇 yorkfestivalofideas.com/2026/
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
We supervise PhD research across all fields of literature, from the Middle Ages to the present day. PhD students are encouraged to undertake periods of research at archives and potentially internationally, depending on your research thesis. www.york.ac.uk/english/stud...
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York Festival of Ideas @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Day 3 of York Festival of Ideas is officially here! ✨ From feline folklore to the frontiers of mathematics, we've got an amazing lineup today. 👇 Head to the link to plan your day! ow.ly/5HCo50Z5Vsx
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Paul Stephens @paulstephens.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
My new article, ‘Shelley’s Numerals’, is now available in The Review of English Studies. It explores the mysterious numerical notations and calculations in the poet’s manuscripts and notebooks, and considers some ways that literary critics might close read numerals. doi.org/10.1093/res/...
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Watch Adam Phillips in conversation with Hugh Haughton about his recent book, 'The Life You Want'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV6e...
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Adam Phillips In Conversation
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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Huge congratulations to Megan Woodward who was recently named GTA of the Year by York SU. Megan is a third year PhD student in the Department, a fabulous scholar, colleague and teacher. www.york.ac.uk/english/abou...
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