The 'Counter-Narratives, Illness, and Life-Writing' workshop explores the power of life-writing to shape and disrupt dominant narratives of illness. 📅 21 Oct | 🕚 11:00 📍 Wolfson College & Online 🔗 buff.ly/ECND36X @engfac.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @torchoxford2013.bsky.social

Explored how we see music - instruments as art, sound as colour. We could have talked for hours @ @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social. @elliechan.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @duckworthbooks.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

Jewish Women’s Voices is back: Vera Fine-Grodzinski kicks off this year's seminars with an examination of Peggy Guggenheim's life and patronage. 14 Oct, 2:00–3:30pm, Buttery & Zoom. buff.ly/48ZzfMk @oxfordhistoryofart.bsky.social

Public lecture at Wolfson College: Lucy Hughes-Hallett on The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham. 28 October 2025, 17:30–19:00. Register here: buff.ly/w3ojTsD @engfac.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social #LifeWriting #Biography #OxfordEvents

Acclaimed biographers Hermione Lee & Kate Kennedy ask, 'What constitutes life-writing today?' 20 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Leonard Wolfson Auditorium. buff.ly/knPw900 @engfac.bsky.social

"Rum, sodomy & the lash”? Santanu Das examines the lived textures of queer desires among sailors in the historical and literary archive. 21 Oct, 17:30 at Wolfson College. Register here: buff.ly/LCrFQ8C @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

Travel writing meets memoir & cultural critique: join us for the the launch of Yosef Wosk's New Life Joke Shop. 16 Oct, 17:30–19:00. All welcome! buff.ly/2ooHFKm @engfac.bsky.social

How to tell an ancestor's life with attention and care? Vona Groarke, Ireland’s Professor of Poetry, & Kate Kennedy on ‘Hereafter’. 14 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson College. buff.ly/Lew9cvR @engfac.bsky.social

In memoir, where does truth end and storytelling begin? Kate Kennedy and Elleke Boehmer explore this question and more 13 Oct, Wolfson. buff.ly/WLdDnBr #Truth #Narrative @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

Join us for a full-day hybrid workshop exploring illness, narrative, and life-writing with Hanna Meretoja, Astrid Joutseno/Swan and more. 📅 21 Oct | 🕚 11:00 📍 Wolfson College & Online 🔗 : buff.ly/ECND36X @engfac.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @torchoxford2013.bsky.social

Vera Fine-Grodzinski puts the spotlight on Peggy Guggenheim as a revolutionary patron of women's art. 14 Oct, 2:00–3:30pm, Wolfson & Zoom. shorturl.at/No2xZ @oxfordhistoryofart.bsky.social

Vona Groarke, Ireland’s Professor of Poetry discusses her award-winning work ‘Hereafter’ with Kate Kennedy. 14 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson College. buff.ly/Lew9cvR @engfac.bsky.social

Academics, writers, readers: this one’s for you. Life-writing’s truth claims are under scrutiny—join the conversation. 13 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson College. shorturl.at/ukmBx #Oxford #OCLW @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

Is there a specifically ‘maritime closet’? Join Santanu Das as he explores the history and writing of queer lives at sea. 21 Oct, 17:30. All welcome! Reserve here: buff.ly/LCrFQ8C @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

From biography & memoir to blogs & stories: What counts as life-writing today? Hermione Lee & Kate Kennedy respond. 20 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson. shorturl.at/gc11e @engfac.bsky.social

Join us for a full-day workshop on illness and life-writing with Hanna Meretoja, Astrid Joutseno/Swan, and more. 11am, 21 Oct Wolfson College & Online Register: buff.ly/ECND36X @engfac.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @torchoxford2013.bsky.social

Not “just an heiress". Vera Fine-Grodzinski celebrates Peggy Guggenheim's patronage of women's art. 14 Oct, 2:00–3:30pm, Buttery, Wolfson & Zoom. shorturl.at/No2xZ @oxfordhistoryofart.bsky.social

Join Lucy Hughes-Hallett & Hermione Lee on 28 October, 17:30 at Wolfson College. Discover how life-writing turns legend into narrative. Register: shorturl.at/8Gdgn @engfac.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

What is life-writing? Hermione Lee & Kate Kennedy in conversation — Mon 20 Oct 2025, 5:30–7:00pm, Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College. buff.ly/knPw900 @engfac.bsky.social

“Wooden-walled Gomorrahs": Santanu Das on the myth & reality of queer life at sea. Tue 21 Oct, 17:30–19:00, Leonard Wolfson Auditorium. Free and open to all. buff.ly/LCrFQ8C @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

“A sweeping odyssey of thought, travel & adventure.” Join us for the launch of Yosef Wosk's New Life Joke Shop. 16 Oct, 17:30–19:00. shorturl.at/Doymd @engfac.bsky.social

Passenger lists, clippings, baptismal records—how do fragments become a life? Vona Groarke, Ireland’s Professor of Poetry, with Kate Kennedy on ‘Hereafter’. 14 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson. buff.ly/Lew9cvR @engfac.bsky.social #Archive

Is memoir a contract of truth—or a crafted story? Hear @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social & Kate Kennedy debate. 13 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson. Free and open to all. buff.ly/WLdDnBr #Ethics #LifeWriting @engfac.bsky.social

Jewish Women’s Voices Seminar: Vera Fine-Grodzinski on Peggy Guggenheim—American heiress, feminist, champion of modernist art. Tue 14 Oct 2025, 2:00–3:30pm, Buttery, Wolfson College & Zoom. buff.ly/48ZzfMk @oxfordhistoryofart.bsky.social

Vona Groarke, Ireland’s Professor of Poetry, in conversation with Kate Kennedy on fact, doubt, and imagining in ‘Hereafter’—14 Oct 2025, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson College. buff.ly/Lew9cvR @engfac.bsky.social #LifeWriting

How true is memoir? Join @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social & Kate Kennedy as they probe truth, memory, and invention in life-writing. 13 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College. Free, all welcome. buff.ly/WLdDnBr #LifeWriting #Oxford @engfac.bsky.social

Satara Uthayakumaran is a 2025–26 Global Majority and Underrepresented Writing Scholar at OCLW. Currently Australia’s 2025 UN Youth Representative, she is developing a book on youth-led change drawing on her national listening tour with young Australians. #LifeWriting #Oxford

Delighted to welcome Matseliso Motsoane to OCLW as a 2025–26 Global Majority and Underrepresented Writing Scholar. A historian and cultural worker, she is writing biographically on Lesotho’s urban creatives, using oral history and archival material #Oxford

We’re delighted to announce that Noella Moshi is joining OCLW as a 2025–26 Global Majority and Underrepresented Writing Scholar Her autobiographical short stories reflect on intergenerational trauma, identity, and the female psyche #LifeWriting #Oxford

Thrilled to welcome Ethan Hemmati to OCLW as a 2025–26 Global Majority and Underrepresented Writing Scholar. A Scottish-Iranian PhD candidate, he is writing a monograph on adultery in postwar American literature through the lens of life-writing and biography. #LifeWriting #Oxford

Helena De Tiège is a 2025–26 Global Majority and Underrepresented Writing Scholar at OCLW. She’ll undertake a hybrid life-writing project that explores illness and isolation, blending introspection with broader social critique. oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/people/helen... #LifeWriting #Oxford

We are honoured to support Dr Tembi Charles, one of our Global Majority and Underrepresented Writing Scholars 2025-6. Her project memory and history as she traces her parents’ roles in Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle. oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-te... #LifeWriting #Oxford

Rahul Bishnoi joins us as a 2025–26 Global Majority and Underrepresented Writing Scholar. Rahul is writing a lyrical biography of his mother exploring caste, maternal labour, and emotional inheritance in postcolonial India. #LifeWriting

We are delighted to welcome Haneefah Armstrong to OCLW as a 2025–26 Global Majority and Underrepresented Writing Scholar. Her project explores Islamic culture, trauma, and parentlessness through the reparative possibilities of creative non-fiction. #LifeWriting

The #Oxford Centre for Life-Writing is proud to introduce the inaugural cohort of Global Majority and Underrepresented Writing Scholars—marking the launch of a programme designed to recognise, foster, and champion work by marginalised voices. oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/global-major...

We are thrilled that @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social has announced its inaugural cohort of Global Majority and Underrepresented Writing Scholars for 2025-26! www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/oclw-an...

Talking biography and all things life-writing with some fabulous writers and academics in 🇳🇴 #Norway, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) — and being absolutely spoilt rotten by them! ✍️📚✨ #LifeWriting #Biography #AcademicLife #Writing #StorytellingMatters @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

🏰 Our castle — home of the Tuscan life-writing retreat ✍️🍷 Can’t believe we’re into our fourth year already! #WritingRetreat #TuscanyRetreat #LifeWriting #WritersLife #CreativeRetreat #FourthYear #CastleLife #WritingCommunity #ItalyRetreat #StorytellingMatters #AmWriting #AuthorLife #RetreatMagic

‘[W]hat were the lives of ordinary girls like in ancient Egypt? And how did they make their way in a deeply patriarchal culture?’

'Wight bab. I'm in Birmingham for the next 8.5 hours to listen to Jenny Uglow give the Summer Lecture: 'A Year with Gilbert White: Watching Narrowly' and to be amidst the lovely minds and spirits of @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social and the Arts of Place posse.

Funded PhD studentship of €25,000/year for 4 years plus fees available @tcddublin.bsky.social to work with me on Irish women's life writing from the long 18th century! Please spread the word! @ecfjournal.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @clhlwr.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

‘A Year with Gilbert White’. Registration open for this June 17 @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social lecture by Jenny Uglow at University of Birmingham. Book from @faberbooks.bsky.social out September. Details below.👇

The deadline is approaching for the @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social Global Majority & Underrepresented Writers Programme.

Biographers in Conversation interview with Dr Kate Kennedy, cellist, musicologist and Oxford scholar open.substack.com/pub/gabriell... @drkkennedy.bsky.social

As we head into a Trinity Term packed full of musical events in College, we look back to earlier this year when Wolfson SF @drkkennedy.bsky.social was shortlisted at the @royalphilsoc.bsky.social awards for her book, 'Cello: A Journey Through Silence to Sound'. A fantastic accolade, congratulations!

Your story matters. Through this free programme we’re offering space, support, and mentorship to underrepresented writers ready to grow their work. Deadline: 16 June 8 places available. Details & application: oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/global-major...

📸 Discover the intricate links between photography and memory with Marianne Hirsch and Sara Davidmann on 3 June, 14:00–17:00 at @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & Online. Register: shorturl.at/P7kCg 📸 @oxfordhistory.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social

Described as “Essential reading for understanding not just Chinese American history but American history—and the American present", don’t miss Ava Chin’s lecture on her award-winning memoir, 'Mott Street' 11 June, 17:30 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social Register: shorturl.at/jemfL @engfac.bsky.social

🌱Engage with more-than-human entanglements in storytelling at this hybrid symposium 10–11 June The Buttery @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & Online Register: shorturl.at/tfzvu 🌱