📻 An episode of BBC Radio 4's In Our Time featuring Professor Hannah Crawforth (@kingsenglish.bsky.social) discussing Shakespeare's sonnets has been chosen by historian Simon Schama as one of his favourite episodes of the programme. 🔗 Listen here ⤵️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🎭 Join Shakespeare Centre London on 12 December for the launch of Engendering the Stage in the Age of Shakespeare and Beyond, a new book revealing the deeper complexities of gendered performance on stage today and within the records of theatre history. 🔗 Register ⬇️

👂 In today's world, we're often surrounded by unwanted noise. Professor Anna Snaith from @kingsenglish.bsky.social shows that this preoccupation isn't new – modernist writers were just as fixated on the impact of noise in interwar Britain, sparked by the high decibel levels of WWI 👇

🧋 Why is bubble tea culturally significant? Professor Anaya Jahanara Kabir FBA from @kingsenglish.bsky.social reveals what "chewy, bouncy and elastic" foods tell us about the region's long history of trade and migration, and the blurring of cultures in Southeast Asia and beyond ⬇️

🌟 We have launched a suite of new doctoral studentships through our new Doctoral School 🌟 Over 30 places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities. More details and how to apply 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu... @komldsp.bsky.social @adaptai.bsky.social

🗣️ Conspiracies in Europe are fuelled by a feedback loop between the media, politicians, protest groups and social media algorithms, according to new research by REDACT. No longer on the fringes of society, bringing attention to conspiracy theories is helping them to go viral ⬇️

👏 Nicola Shulman and Brian Vickers from @thetls.bsky.social have chosen 'Letterlocking: The hidden history of the letter' by Dr Daniel Starza Smith and Jana Dambrogio as their book of the year for 2025. @kingsenglish.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social 🔗 Read more 🔽

🎸 'The London theatre scene is awash with jukebox musicals with ropey plots built around forcing famous songs into some weak narrative. Stereophonic channels the nostalgia in a different direction.' Dr Michael Collins from @kingsenglish.bsky.social reviews the play Stereophonic 👇

🎉 Congratulations to David Szalay on winning @thebookerprizes.com 2025 with his novel Flesh. Watch what Leena, a student in @kingsenglish.bsky.social, has to say about the book and its portrayal of the 'glittering yet hollow world of London's elite' 👇

📘 'It dramatises how nation, class, gender, race and history shape its large cast of characters, each explored in detailed vignettes.' Professor @ruvaniranasinha.bsky.social from @kingsenglish.bsky.social reviews The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai ⬇️

🎷 Dr Anthony Joseph from @kingsenglish.bsky.social celebrates Black musical heritage at the EFG London Jazz Festival, with an electrifying Afrofuturist journey inspired by The African Origins of UFOs. 📆 17 November ⏰ Doors @ 19:00 🔗 Buy tickets ⤵️ efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/antho...

📢 On 21 January, join novelist Tessa Hadley & actor-writers Anni Domingo & Romola Garai in conversation with Professor Lara Feigel from @kingsenglish.bsky.social as they ask why Austen remains so popular and what she has to say to us after 250 years. 🔗 Register here ⤵️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/auste...

🙋‍♀️ Early modern women were vital for literary criticism, reveals Dr Elizabeth Scott-Baumann from @kingsenglish.bsky.social. Her new book explores the gendered nature of poetry, including the history behind descriptions such as ‘original’, ‘smooth’ or ‘irregular’ 📝 🔗 Read more 👇

🎉 Celebrate 250 years of Jane Austen with our special event series, where King's academics from @kingsdh.bsky.social, @kingsenglish.bsky.social and @kingsmusic.bsky.social will apply their expertise to the writer's life and works 📚 💻 🎹 📆 22 Oct - 21 Jan 🔗 Read more ⤵️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/event-s...

🪶 For @nybooks.com, Clare Bucknell reviews Sex and Style: Literary Criticism and Gender in Early Modern England, the new book by Dr Elizabeth Scott-Baumann from @kingsenglish.bsky.social that places women writers at the centre of poetic theory and practice in 16th- & 17th-century literature ⤵️

✍️ Professor Mukti Lakhi Mangharam (Rutgers) explores ‘indigeneity’ as a counter-discourse of decolonisation and theorisation of universal belonging, drawing on examples from Native American & Palestinian writing and activism at this @kingsenglish.bsky.social event. 🔗 Sign-up now 👇

🎭 Dr Murat Öğütcü presents 'Jonson’s Masque of Blackness: Materializing Environmental Injustice' and Dr Andrea Stevens explores 'Racial Masquerade and the ‘Retconning’ of The Spanish Match in Walter Montagu’s The Sheperd’s Paradise' at the London Shakespeare Seminar on 21 October ⬇️

🎧 In a new book by Dr Ella Parry-Davies from @kingsenglish.bsky.social, soundwalks recorded by domestic migrant workers usurp narratives that describe them as 'voiceless & victimised', instead giving them agency over how they tell their stories. Listen to part of Phoebe's story in the video below ⤵️

🚗 'Today, Sal Paradise would have a podcast. And I am not convinced it would be much different from some of the worst of the manosphere.' Dr Michael Collins from @kingsenglish.bsky.social asks if Jack Kerouac's mythologisation of the open road still exists today 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/comment...

💻 Learn how to use Nodegoat to create diachronic geographical and social network visualisations in this workshop on 16 October, co-hosted by the Global Cultures Institute and LITAID project. Suitable for academics & PGRs working in humanities. 🔗 Register here – places are limited ⬇️

🎉 Congratulations to @kclalumni.bsky.social Nick Makoha (Creative Writing PhD) and former @kingsenglish.bsky.social staff member Sarah Howe on being shortlisted for the @tseliotprize.bsky.social 🙌

🇩🇪 On 20 October, @bschillace.brandyschillace.com joins Queer@King’s and the Centre for the Humanities and Health to discuss her latest book, The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story, telling the forgotten story of the world’s first centre for homosexual & transgender rights. 🔗 Sign-up 👇

🦊 Elisha Cohn from @cornelluniversity.bsky.social rethinks the status of animals in fiction by theorizing the novel as a form of multispecies ecology or a 'milieu' in this talk for @kingsenglish.bsky.social on her new book. 📆 13 October ⏰ 16:30-18:30 🔗 Find out more ⤵️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/milie...

King's alumnus Sir Michael Morpurgo FKC (English, French & Philosophy) welcomed students at the Opening of Year Ceremony 2025 today. This was followed by a Q&A with Dr Edmund Gordon discussing Michael's experiences as a student, his storytelling and his hopes for the future.

💡 'Emma Woodhouse is Jane Austen’s most vividly realised, proto-feminist heroine.' 📘 Professor @ruvaniranasinha.bsky.social from @kingsenglish.bsky.social argues that Emma is Jane Austen's greatest novel – do you agree? 🔗 Read more and vote for your favourite ⤵️ theconversation.com/what-was-jan...

💘 Who's your favourite Austen leading man? Dr Emrys Jones from @kingsenglish.bsky.social makes the case for Captain Wentworth from Persuasion, who is 'more vulnerable than any of the leading men before him'. Vote for your favourite in @uk.theconversation.com ⤵️ theconversation.com/jane-austen-...

🙌 Nick Makoha, graduate of the Creative Writing Research PhD programme by @kingsenglish.bsky.social, has been elected as a Fellow of the @rsliterature.bsky.social and had a poem shortlisted for @forwardprizes.bsky.social 🎉 🔗 Find out more ⬇️ @kclalumni.bsky.social

Congratulations to Benjamin Wood, whose novel Seascraper is on @thebookerprizes.com 2025 longlist 🎉 📚 Read more about the novel and Wood's inspiration below ⤵️

🧓 Why do we need to change attitudes towards ageing? Dr Martina Zimmermann from @kingsenglish.bsky.social explains how this shift could change how we retire, treat and care for older people, fund research and care, and understand intergenerational relations ⤵️ www.kcl.ac.uk/an-agenda-fo...

🪶 Shakespeare might be known around the world, but his work has a reputation as being for those who are in the arts or 'in the know' – yet research by academics from @kingsenglish.bsky.social shows how Shakespeare's works still shape culture today. 🔗 Read more ⤵️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/spotlig...

🏆 Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah received the International Bing Xin Literature Award from Professor Ananya Jahanara Kabir FBA in a ceremony organised by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. 🔗 Read more ⬇️

📘 Benjamin Wood, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing in @kingsenglish.bsky.social, releases his fifth novel this week. Seascraper follows a day and half in the life on Thomas Flett who is visited by an American stranger claiming to be a film director 👇

In a new Artworks series for BBC Radio 4, Dr Clara Jones from @kingsenglish.bsky.social discusses how Virginia Woolf critiqued systems of power and privilege through her work. 🎧 Listen here ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

✒️ @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social hosted pre-event activities for the 34th International Conference on Virginia Woolf, including trips to the King's Archives, analysis of Woolf's impact on creative writing today, and a performance by the Woolf Quartet 🎻 🔗 Read more ⤵️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/woolf-c...

🔤 'Not everyone is quite so enthusiastic about multilingualism as I am.' Professors Terry Lamb and Jo Angouri put forward the case for promoting and valuing linguistic diversity in universities at a Language Debate, hosted by Language Acts and Worldmaking on 23 June 👇 buff.ly/pqQh7Zr

📻 Catch Professor Anna Snaith from @kingsenglish.bsky.social talking about how Virginia Woolf foregrounded interior lives in her writing, particularly in the novel Mrs Dalloway, in a new Artworks series on BBC Radio 4. 🎧 Listen here ⬇️

📚 'It was King’s that gave me the inspiration and skills to make the most of my relationship with books.' Alumnus David Shriver says studying at King's reinforced his love of literature and gave him the skills to succeed in a varied international career ✈️ 🔗 Read more 👇

🫶 ‘When I arrived at King’s, it was exciting. I still get that feeling when I walk along The Strand five decades later. King’s is a special place.’ Alumna Jane Corbin (English Literature, 1975) explores her journalism career and shares why she supports King's ⤵️ intouch.kcl.ac.uk/jane-corbin-...

🇩🇿 A visit to Algeria by academics from @kingsdllc.bsky.social & @kingsenglish.bsky.social marked the start of collaborations on languages and literatures between @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, @cam.ac.uk, the University of Virginia and the University of Blida 2. 🔗 Read more ⬇️ buff.ly/FlzQfqN

🎬 'This is Verona as filtered through a Eurovision lens: glittering, melodramatic and frequently overwrought.' 🎶 Dr @emilyrowe1.bsky.social reviews Juliet and Romeo, a new musical adaptation of Shakespeare's renowned play, for @uk.theconversation.com ⤵️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/comment...

🐋 Is Moby-Dick *really* a difficult novel? Despite its reputation as 'dense, time-consuming, boring and bizarre', Dr Edward Sugden from @kingsenglish.bsky.social says the text was originally enjoyed by children & non-specialist readers – not just scholars. 🔗 Read more in @uk.theconversation.com ⤵️

🌍 Professor Erica Carter, Professor of German and Film, participates in a panel discussion on archival research in West Africa, hosted by LITAID, @kingsenglish.bsky.social & the Global Cultures Institute. 📆 11 June 📍@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social 🔗 Sign-up to attend 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/worki...

🎭 What futures do acts of translation hold in a world in disarray? Scholars & artists from theatre, literature & performance examine radical translations, worldmaking, postcolonial and disability justice in theatre translation, and poetics of performative resistance at this event ⬇️ buff.ly/VuyDVNd

📔 Reflect on the richness, complexities and challenges of archival research in West Africa at this panel discussion, hosted by the LITAID research team, the Global Cultures Institute and @kingsenglish.bsky.social. 📆 11 June ⏰ 10:30-13:30 📍 Bush House, Strand campus 🔗 Register ⬇️ buff.ly/S0wnRsz

🔊 'Hearing the polyphonic voicing of Woolf’s words echoing through the building foyer, and around the statue of Wax Virginia, was a mesmerising and unforgettable experience.' Istanbul Queer Art Collective and Dr Lizzie Stewart performed extracts from Virginia Woolf's writing on 16 May 👇

Next Friday! CEMS Colloquium on #earlymodern war narratives. Join us for a day of panels. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/lamen... @kingsartshums.bsky.social @kingsenglish.bsky.social @kingshistory.bsky.social

🔍 On @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, Dr Daniel Starza Smith and Jana Dambrogio explain the global significance of @letterlocking.bsky.social as a tool used by historical figures from all around the world – from Japanese samurai lords to Elizabeth I and her spies 👑 🎧 Listen here ⤵️

💡 How did DH Lawrence turn from a 'cancelled' author into a celebrated writer? Professor Lara Feigel from @kingsenglish.bsky.social features in a new series of Radio 4's Artworks exploring the life and works of DH Lawrence, starting with the topic of sex. 🔗 Listen here 👇

🗝️ 'Step-by-step diagrams provide a how-to for those looking to lock their own letters. Pass a note to a friend, or foe, in one neat package.' @wsj.com Research by Dr Daniel Starza Smith & Jana Dambrogio shows how correspondence was sealed in a time before envelopes ⤵️ buff.ly/ioZVPYD

🧟 'Dystopian tropes and aesthetics have long infiltrated reality. Many of those preparing for the apocalypse also believe they are in an existential battle with evil forces. Zombies are only partly metaphorical,' says Prof @cb-hq.bsky.social in @theguardian.com ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...