Our English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics #Shakespeare webinars continue! On Monday, 2 March, Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social will be joined by Dr Kim Gilchrist @kimgilchrist.bsky.social to discuss #CYMBELINE followed by Q&A. All welcome! Free, but booking required. #booksky

The ENGLISH FACULTY STATE SCHOOLS' OPEN DAY is taking place on 14 March. The Open Day is an online event, featuring taster lectures, information about the admissions process, plus a Q&A with current students. Aimed at Year 12s. Pls share! #EnglishLit #EduSky

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...

Congratulations to Howard Anglin (Linacre College) who has been awarded the 2026 Jon Stallworthy #Poetry Prize for his poem 'Kühe-Reyen'. Melina McClure (Merton College) was selected the runner-up for their poem 'Corrales, NM, the last weekend of September'. www.english.ox.ac.uk/article/anno...

We're delighted to announce that this year's Visiting Professor of Creative Media will be Bernardine Evaristo! As part of her Professorship, she will give a lecture on 6 May at the Sheldonian Theatre. Save the date! english.web.ox.ac.uk/article/bern...

Join us for our next OWC #Shakespeare webinar on 2 March at 6pm. In this online event, Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social will be discussing #CYMBELINE with Kim Gilchrist. Register for your free ticket: shakespeare-webinar-cymbeline.eventbrite.co.uk

Balliol College & the English Faculty are seeking to appoint an outstanding candidate as Tutorial Fellow & Professor or Associate Professor of English with expertise in any aspect(s) of literature in #English of the long nineteenth century (approx 1780–1914) #Academicjob #19C Find out more >>

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...

Calling all teachers of English! Our Teachers' Conference is taking place THIS WEEK on Saturday 7th Feb from 11am - 3pm. The FREE online event features lectures, info talks, and a panel discussion. Registration is now OPEN. Please share! @engfac.bsky.social www.english.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...

Join us this Monday to explore #Shakespeare's 'Richard II' with Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and special guest Hailey Bachrach. The event will take place online via Zoom at 6pm on Monday, 2 February. All welcome! The event is free but registration is required. #RichardII

Join us for this year's online English Faculty Teachers' Conference on 7 Feb at 11am-3pm. Featuring mini lectures, information about the Oxford Admissions process, demonstrations of our free resources, & a panel discussion on AI. See the programme & register: english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...

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...

Join us for A.E. Stallings' next Professor of #Poetry lecture on 29 January at 5.30pm at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. 'People Poems: Portraits in Verse' All welcome! Tickets are free, but booking is required via Eventbrite. @aestallings.bsky.social

Calling all teachers of English! Our Teachers' Conference is taking place on 7 Feb from 11am - 3pm. The FREE online event features lectures, info talks, and a panel discussion. Registration is now OPEN. Please share! www.english.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...

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

Congratulations to Professor Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social who has been awarded a three-year Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust for her project: ‘Imperial bibliography: books, race and value’. Find out more about the project on our website:

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

A conversation about my novel Ice Shock. Valley Press. Next month in London, 18th of February. All welcome. Will be chatting with the illimitable Kate Kennedy. ellekeboehmerathatchards.eventbrite.co.uk @engfac.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social

One of the most influential British writers of the last 40 years, Jeanette Winterson, in conversation with Professor Jane Shaw. Free and open to all-- register today! @engfac.bsky.social @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social @sfu.ca 📅 24 January | ⏰ 18:00–19:30 💻 Online via Zoom 🎟️🔗 rb.gy/yldc3e

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

UNIQ applications are open until 13 Jan. Please share with any Year 12 students who may be interested! UNIQ is a free access programme which gives UK state school pupils the chance to take part in a 1-week, subject-specific residential in Oxford. Find out more & apply: uniq.ox.ac.uk/what-is-uniq

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

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.

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

dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/... @karavanpress.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social All Welcome!

The English Faculty mourns the death of John Carey, Merton Professor from 1975 to 2002, undoubtedly the man with whom the title of Merton Professor of English Literature will remain indelibly associated in the public mind. Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:

We're hiring! Come work with us @engfac.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @bkhistoxford.bsky.social !!! Professorship of Bibliography and Modern Book History www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP968/p...

What can #Victorian writers teach us about navigating misinformation today? In this @britishacademy.bsky.social 10-Minute Talk, Professor Pablo Mukherjee explores 'Fake News and the Victorians: Literature in the First Information Age' youtu.be/AMx73t-iDws

📢 Excited to announce this Call for Papers for ‘Clio Reframed’, a conference at Oxford on 18-19 June 2026 exploring early modern women as writers of history. @engfac.bsky.social @oxfordcems.bsky.social Abstracts due by 28 Feb! clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...

First UK outing for Ice Shock in its exquisite Valley Press livery: an ice-sparkling and wide-ranging discussion with Lara Feigel at Blackwells, Oxford, tonight. Shout out to the fantastic audience for your questions! @karavanpress.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

In this Social Science Bites podcast, Professor Devyani Sharma takes a deep dive into the #accents of Britain. Listen now at: www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/12/devy...

@engfac.bsky.social @engfacoutreach.bsky.social If you did not manage to attend the Bloomsbury Publishing / Oxford English Faculty Fantasy Summer School in September - all the podcasts are now available on our fantasy lit series! Enjoy: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/fanta...

This year's Dorothy Whitelock Lecture is taking place next Wed, 3 Dec. Prof Jane Roberts will speak on: #Guthlac: what the early #medieval records tell us 5.15pm at St Peter’s College chapel @spcoxford.bsky.social Join us in person or online. Book now >> dorothywhitelock.eventbrite.co.uk

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...

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

Professor Jane Roberts (University of London) will be giving the next Dorothy Whitelock Lecture on ‘Guthlac: what the early medieval records tell us’. 3 December, 5.15pm St Peter's College chapel, Oxford & online #guthlac #medieval All welcome! Register for your free ticket via Eventbrite:

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

There's still time to register for our next English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics #Shakespeare webinar on ROMEO AND JULIET. All welcome! Emma Smith & guest Hannah August will discuss the play, followed by a Q&A. 1 Dec at 6pm Online via Zoom #romeoandjuliet Free but booking required:

Congratulations to Professor Elleke Boehmer who has been elected as a Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Humanities Academy @humanitiesau.bsky.social. @oxhumanities.bsky.social

If you can't wait until our next Professor of Poetry lecture on 26 Nov to hear A.E. Stallings talk about poetry then why not go along to this event tomorrow (21 Nov) with special guest Ernest Hilbert at St Edmund Hall. All welcome! www.everseradio.com/a-e-stalling...

Prof Paulina Kewes & Dr Frederick Smith have co-authored an article about how the papacy dealt with the excommunication of Henry VIII which features in the latest issue of History Today. Did the protracted excommunication process make it easier for Henry to proceed with his Reformation? #HenryVIII

Prof Santanu Das has recorded a series of videos about his research with EXPeditions as part of their Philip #Leverhulme Prize Collection. Explore his research on: Rethinking history, war & #empire Touch & intimacy Sea literature: from sail to steam Find out more on the #EXPeditions website:

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

🕯️ Santanu Das, Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at @ox.ac.uk, @engfac.bsky.social, highlights the essential need to acknowledge the millions of men of color who served in WW1, placing their stories back in history. #PLPEXPeditions

The latest issue of A.E. Stallings' Echolocations #poetry newsletter is now live! This issue explores Karen Solie’s “Meadowlark” from Wellwater, "a mostly unrhymed sonnet, that seems to place itself somewhere between Shelley’s ethereal “blithe spirit,” and John Clare’s more grounded skylark."

Talking about ICE SHOCK in Cape Town recently.

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

This evening (6 November): Don't miss the fourth and final 2025 Clarendon Lecture by Professor Simon Gikandi (Princeton). Decolonizing English: An Incomplete Project 6 Nov at 5.30pm Examination Schools, Oxford Followed by wine reception. All welcome!

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.

Prof Simon Gikandi will give the 3rd Clarendon Lecture this evening (4 Nov) at 5.30pm on 'The Other Victorians: What If Jane Eyre was a Missionary?'. #JaneEyre #ClarendonLectures The 4th and final lecture of the 2025 Clarendon Lecture series will be on Thursday, 6 Nov. All welcome!