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Professor of Poetry

Counterblast! (a manifesto for poetry)

Alice Oswald's final lecture as the English Faculty's Professor of Poetry.
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Anonymous and Onymous

A professor of poetry talk by Alice Oswald - Hilary Term 2023
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Meandering Fortune-Graphs

A professor of poetry talk by Alice Oswald - Michaelmas 2022.
Wadcast

#6 From Rightmove to Writing | with Jane Griffiths

One day, while browsing Rightmove, Jane discovered a clue that her childhood home was at risk of demolition…
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The Life and Death of Poetry

A distracted walkabout with T.S Eliot and others.
History of Art: Terra Foundation Lecture Series in American Art

Collapsing Time with Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

The 2022 Terra Lectures in American Art centre on Latinx art, with an emphasis on Chicanx (Mexican American) artists, and the theme of migration – of people, ideas, and artworks, from the seventeenth century to today.
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A Lament for the Earth

This episode will address the challenge to nature poetry.
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In Sleep a King

This is a sleep-talk on the subject of waking up with Sonnet 87 (by Shakespeare) in the background. This talk was given by Alice Oswald on the 25th November 2021.
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'Poets in Purgatory' Video

Contemporary poets read from their translations of the Purgatorio and from their poems about Dante.
The Hertford Bookshelf

Emma Smith interviews Louisa Reid

Louisa Reid's Young Adult novels in verse have been widely praised: join Emma Smith for a discussion of the challenges and responsibilities of writing for teens, as well as Louisa's experience as a teacher.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Art and Action: Benjamin Zephaniah in Conversation

Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
Fantasy Literature
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Desiring Dragons: Creative and Critical Responses to the Dragon in Beowulf

Laura Varnam discusses dragons in fantasy literature.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Book at Lunchtime: Porcelain - Poem on the Downfall of my City

TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on Porcelain: Poem on the Downfall of my City by Durs Grünbein, translated by Professor Karen Leeder.
Oxford Spanish Literature Podcast

Episode 8: Oxford Spanish Literature Podcast

In episode eight, we speak to Alice Brooke (Associate Professor in Spanish) about the sonnet ‘Este, que ves, engaño colorido’, by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Conversation with Maria Stepanova and Sasha Dugdale

A conversation with the Moscow-based poet and prose writer Maria Stepanova and her main translator Sasha Dugdale about three volumes of Stepanova's work newly translated into English.
Middle East Centre Booktalk

A Revolution in Rhyme: Poetic Co-option under the Islamic Republic

Guest author Dr Fatemeh Shams (Assistant Professor of Modern Persian Literature, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania) talks with Booktalk host Dr Zuzanna Olszewska (University of Oxford).
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Lines by Alice Oswald

It's fifty years since the publication of From the Life and Songs of the Crow (by Ted Hughes). This is a lecture about lines and other sound barriers and how Crow flies straight through them.
Almanac – The Oxford Middle East Podcast

Child abuse and dancing boys in Afghanistan

Piotr Schulkes, Rose Johnson, and Max Randall dive into the phenomenon of the Dancing Boys of Afghanistan.
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Verse and Prose in Fantasy Literature

An analysis of two forms that dominate fantasy literature.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Live Event: Voices from the Wings: Poetry, Performance and Translation on and off the page

TORCH Goes Digital! presents a series of weekly live events Big Tent - Live Events! Translation Week Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.

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