News in 2012
- New round of academic appointments 22 October 2012 Academic appointments in Humanities and English
- British Poetry Institute launch 22 October 2012 British Poetry Institute is launched
- Bristol Journal of English Studies online 26 September 2012 The first issue of the Bristol Journal of English Studies, a peer-reviewed e-journal devoted to the scholarly and critical study of English and related literatures
- Bristol English at the 2012 Wordsworth Summer Conference 24 August 2012 Postgraduates and staff from the Department of English recently took part in the 41st Wordsworth Summer Conference in Grasmere, Cumbria, enjoying academic papers on Romantic literature and Lakeland walks and excursions.
- Graduate Hannah Rivers wins Medical Humanities essay competition 17 August 2012 Hannah Rivers graduate wins essay competition.
- Penguin Archive on Radio 4 18 July 2012 Penguin Archive on Radio 4
- Dr Stephen James wins Students' Union award for Outstanding Dedication 26 June 2012 Dr Stephen James has been announced as the winner of the 2011-12 Bristol Students' Union award for 'Outstanding Dedication by a Member of Teaching Staff'
- Dr Matthews gives the Tennyson Society Annual Lecture 28 May 2012 Dr Samantha Matthews gave the Tennyson Society Annual Lecture in Lincoln on 26th May, on 'Tennyson and Handwriting: the "clean fair hand" and the "damn pen"'.
- One-day conference 'Romanticism and Secrets' on 2 May 2012 17 April 2012 Centre for Romantic Studies hosts one-day conference 'Romanticism and Secrets'
- Call for papers: Female Fury and the Masculine Spirit of Vengeance 13 April 2012 Call for papers: Female Fury and the Masculine Spirit of Vengeance
- Medical Humanities Seminar Friday 16 March 2012 2 March 2012 Second seminar of 'Medicine, Health and the Arts in Post-War Britain: Friday 16 March 2012
- Daniel Karlin contributes to Longman’s Poems of Robert Browning 2 March 2012 Daniel Karlin contributes to Longman’s Poems of Robert Browning
- Come and celebrate 50 years of Penguin Poetry 24 February 2012 Penguin poetry day at Bristol University 16 March 2012.
- People Award for 'The History of Medicine in Bristol' 1 February 2012 Dr John Lee is co-investigator on the multi-disciplinary research project 'A Matter of Life and Death: The History of Medicine in Bristol, past and present', which has secured a People Award from the Wellcome Trust for a project based at Arnos Vale Cemetery.
- New appointments in English 13 January 2012 As part of its programme of expansion and development, the Department of English is appointing new academic staff.