News & Events
27 January 2012
Visiting Speaker Programme
The programme of visiting speakers for Semester 2 is now available. All welcome.
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26 January 2012
Ford Edition Published
The English programme announces the publication by Oxford University Press of The Collected Works of John Ford, Volume I, coedited by Rob Watt.
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17 January 2012
'Intermedial Modernisms' Symposium
The Scottish Network of Modernist Studies will hold a symposium on 'Intermedial Modernisms' at the University of Dundee on Friday 20th January.
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13 January 2012
'Cultural Encounters': New HERA Research Programme
Professor Peter Kitson of the English programme is one of a select group of European scholars formally invited to participate in the new HERA Joint Research Programme theme of Cultural Encounters.
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12 December 2011
Conference Announcement: 'Comics Rock!'
The next International Comics Conference, co-organised by Dr Chris Murray of the English Programme, is heading to Bournemouth.
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12 December 2011
Comics Exhibition: G’ie Me a Spark o’ Nature’s Fire
An exhibition of 24 graphic prints curated by the English programme’s Dr Chris Murray and produced by Dundee Contemporary Arts opened at Scotland House, the Scottish Government’s EU office in Brussels, on 30 November.
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7 December 2011
Nicola Streeten Talk
On Thursday 8th December there will be a talk by Nicola Streeten on her autobiographical comic "Billy, Me and You", recently published by Myriad Editions.
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10 November 2011
SWIG Wins International Conference
The Scottish Word and Image Group (SWIG) has successfully bid to host a prestigious international conference at the University in 2014.
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24 October 2011
Ian Hague on Multi-sensory Aspects of Comics
Ian Hague (University of Chichester) will give a talk on comics entitled ‘“Comics is [not] a Mono-sensory Medium”: Multi-sensory Aspects of Comics and Graphic Novels’ on Friday 28th October.
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24 October 2011
Dundee Comics Day 2011
Dundee Comics Day, part of the Dundee Literary Festival, will be held at the University on Sunday 30th October.
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7 October 2011
Karen Brown was Invited Speaker at International Symposium
Dr Karen Brown, an AHRI Visiting Research Fellow in the English programme, was an invited speaker at the international symposium W.B. Yeats & the Arts, held in August at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
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21 September 2011
Seminar: Battle-Lines - War and Conflict in Popular Texts and Images
This day seminar, to be held on Saturday 1st October, will examine representations of War and Conflict through the diverse relationships between verbal and visual forms.
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6 September 2011
Writers and Artists Event
There will be a Writers and Artists event at Welcome Week, including workshops and the opportunity to find out about local and University literary initiatives. All welcome.
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6 September 2011
Visiting Speaker Programme
The programme of visiting speakers for Semester 1 is now available. All welcome.
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24 June 2011
Conference Announcement: Wildering Phantasies
This interdisciplinary conference devoted to the Pre-Raphaelites will be held at the University on 7-10 July 2011.
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23 June 2011
MLitt in Comics Studies
Announcing our new MLitt in Comic Studies, the only one of its kind in the UK.
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8 June 2011
Hollow Earth: A JOOT Theatre Company Performance
The JOOT Theatre Company will be performing the world premiere of a new play by local writer Anthony Salvador.
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27 May 2011
Don Paterson Poetry Reading & Wine Reception
To launch the Ninth Annual English Postgraduate Conference, we will be running a launch event the previous evening with a reading by the celebrated poet Don Paterson.
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26 May 2011
"High and Low" Ninth Annual English Postgraduate Conference: Programme and Registration Form
The programme and registration form are available for the 9th Annual English Postgraduate Conference/18th Annual Scottish Word and Image Conference, to be held at the University on Thursday 9th June 2011.
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18 May 2011
Joint International Conference: Graphic Novels, Bandes Dessinées and Comics
This major academic conference on comics, bandes dessinées and graphic novels, co-organised by Dr Chris Murray, will be held at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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26 March 2011
Research Grant for Professor Andrew Roberts
Professor Roberts has been awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council Grant for a partnership with the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh
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24 March 2011
Professor Kitson to Lecture at Re-opening of Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill
Professor Peter Kitson has been invited to deliver one of four keynote lectures to a international conference held to mark the formal re-opening of Horace Walpole’s famous Gothic house Strawberry Hill.
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23 March 2011
Poetry Beyond Text Exhibition
An exhibition marking the conclusion of a research project linking poetry, psychology and fine art will be on show in the Visual Research Centre at DCA until 1st April.
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28 February 2011
Recent Graduate Success
A recent successful doctoral student in English, Susan Rennie, has just heard that her thesis has been accepted for publication by Oxford University Press.
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12 February 2011
Minima Masterclass & Screening
Silent film musicians Minima will give a masterclass on 23 February, followed by a 6pm screening at DCA.
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30 January 2011
Studies in Comics Call for Papers
Studies in Comics, which is co-edited from within the English Programme, University of Dundee, has released the call for papers for Volume 2.2.
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30 January 2011
Research Grant Success for English
Professor Peter Kitson has been awarded a prestigious 'Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan' by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
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19 January 2011
AHRI Visiting Research Fellow
The English programme welcomes Dr Karen Brown, an AHRI Visiting Research Fellow, who is joining the Programme for a semester in January.
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18 January 2011
Visiting Speaker Programme
The programme of visiting speakers for Semester 2 is now available. All welcome.
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17 January 2011
Dundee Comics Prize: The Tartan Bucket
The University of Dundee, in partnership with DC Thomson, is pleased to announce the creation of The Tartan Bucket Prize, a competition to create a new character and a short story in the form of a comic that will be published by DC Thomson.
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13 January 2011
Call for Papers: Ninth Annual Postgraduate Conference
Proposals for papers are invited for the Ninth Annual English Postgraduate Conference on the theme of "cultural levels in word and image".
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12 January 2011
Call for Submissions: New Writing Dundee
New Writing Dundee, the literary magazine by Dundee students, invites submissions from fiction writers of all genres and styles for Issue 6.
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6 January 2011
Discovery Day Lecture
Professor Andrew Roberts will be giving a lecture asking "Is Digital Poetry really Poetry?" as part of the Discovery Day on Friday 14th January 2011.
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2 December 2010
Postgraduate Information Day
A Postgraduate Information Day will be held on Wednesday 2nd February from 2-7pm in the Bonar Hall.
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15 November 2010
The JOOT Theatre Company
Update on forthcoming and recent performances of The JOOT Theatre Company.
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20 October 2010
New Creative Writing Degree
Announcing the new postgraduate MLitt in Writing Practice and Study.
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8 October 2010
Visiting Speaker Programme
The programme of visiting speakers for Semester 1 is now available. All welcome.
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7 October 2010
Writers @ the University of Dundee
Andrew Philip, Alan Warner and Cynthia Rogerson will visit the University in October and November 2010.
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2 October 2010
Publication of 'Alienation and Resistance: Representation in Text and Image'
Edited by four Dundee postgrads past and present, this book evolved out of the Sixth Annual English Postgraduate Conference in 2008.
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23 June 2010
Dundee Comics Day
Dundee Comics Day, part of the Dundee Literary Festival, will be held at the University on Sunday 27th June.
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10 June 2010
Debating the Difference
A selection of papers from the September 2007 conference Debating the Difference: Gender, Representation, Self-Representation are now available online.
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10 June 2010
"Creative Conflicts" Conference: Programme and Registration Form
The programme and registration form are available for the 8th Annual English Postgraduate Conference/17th Annual Scottish Word and Image Conference, to be held at the University on Wednesday 30th June 2010.
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25 May 2010
Call for Papers: 'wildering phantasies'
Proposals for papers are invited for this interdisciplinary conference on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their legacy.
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25 May 2010
"Studies in Comics": A New Journal
Studies in Comics is a new Journal from Intellect, co-edited by Chris Murray.
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13 April 2010
Everyman DVD
The JOOT Theatre Company's DVD of the mediaeval morality play Everyman is now available.
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19 March 2010
Call for Papers: Eighth Annual English Postgraduate Conference
Proposals for papers are invited for the Eighth Annual English Postgraduate Conference on the theme of "creative conflicts".
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10 March 2010
JOOT Theatre Company Performance
The JOOT Theatre Company are to perform Oscar Wilde's Salome in a double bill with the mediaeval mystery play The Slaughter of the Innocents.
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17 February 2010
AHRC Chief Executive Visits Dundee
Professor Rick Rylance, the new Chief Executive of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, visited the University on Thursday 11th February.
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20 January 2010
Semester 2 Timetable
Timetables for Semester 2 are now available, including detailed timetables for Level 1 and 2 modules.
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20 January 2010
Visiting Speaker Programme
The programme of visiting speakers for Semester 2 is now available. All welcome.
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6 January 2010
Postgraduate Information Day
A Postgraduate Information Day will be held on Wednesday 3rd February 2010 from 12 noon to 4pm in the Bonar Hall.
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6 January 2010
AHRC Postgraduate Funding, 2010-2011
Information about the procedure for AHRC funding applications for those level 4 and MLitt students who may be interested in pursuing postgraduate research either at Masters or Doctoral level in the English programme.
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6 January 2010
Research Fellowship for Professor Kitson
Professor Peter Kitson has been awarded a major research fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust.
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30 September 2009
Literary Salons - Autumn Programme
The autumn programme of Literary Salons is now available.
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29 September 2009
Calls for Fiction
Submissions are now being accepted for both the Dundee International Book Prize and the fifth edition of the literary anthology New Writing Dundee (NWD).
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17 September 2009
Visiting Speaker Programme
The programme of visiting speakers for Semester 1 is now available. All welcome.
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14 September 2009
English Handbook
A revised version of the English Handbook (essential reading for all students) is now available.
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30 July 2009
Website Updates
Various updates have been made to module information in preparation for the 2009/10 academic session.
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27 July 2009
Dr Victor Skretkowicz Passes Away After Long Illness
Dr Victor Skretkowicz, our Honorary Research Fellow and a long standing former member of staff, passed away on Wednesday 22 July 2009.
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20 July 2009
Literary Salon Videos: Zoe Wicomb
Videos from the Spring 2009 Dundee Literary Salon with Zoe Wicomb.
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17 July 2009
2009-10 Draft Timetables
Draft Timetables for 2009-10 are now available.
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17 July 2009
Exam Resit Timetable
The timetable for August exam resits, including a guide to examination venues, is available on the Registry website.
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10 June 2009
7th Postgraduate Conference
The programme and registration form for the 7th Annual English Postgraduate Conference, to be held at the University on Wednesday 17th June 2009, are now available.
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10 April 2009
Call for Papers: 3rd Annual Dundee Comics Conference
Proposals for papers are invited for Timeframes, the third annual Dundee comics conference, held in association with the Dundee Literary Festival.
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10 April 2009
Call for Papers: 16th Annual SWIG Conference
Proposals are invited for the Sixteenth Annual Scottish Word and Image Group Conference, and should address the role of the senses in word and image.
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24 March 2009
Exam Timetable: Semester 2
The exam timetable for Semester 2, including a guide to examination venues, is now available on the Registry website.
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16 March 2009
More Research Grant Awards for English
Announcement of research grant awards for Dr Brian Hoyle, Dr Anthony Paraskeva, Professor Kirsty Gunn and Professor Peter Kitson.
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5 March 2009
Carnegie-Cameron Taught Post-Graduate Bursaries
The Carnegie Trust has awarded the University of Dundee 8 bursaries for 2009-10.
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23 February 2009
Videos of 2008 Literary Salons
View videos of two recent Literary Salons: How to get Published, with Alison Baverstock, and International Scottish Literature, with Gavin Wallace and Michael Schmidt.
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22 January 2009
Visiting Speaker Programme
The programme of visiting speakers for Semester 2 is now available. All welcome.
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15 January 2009
Visiting Speaker: Dr Daniel Allington
Dr Daniel Allington (The Open University) will be a speaker as part of the Semester 2 Visiting Speaker Programme on Wednesday 4th February.
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13 January 2009
AHRC Funding for Postgraduate Research, 2009-2010
Information about the procedure for AHRC funding applications for those level 4 and MLitt students who may be interested in pursuing postgraduate research either at Masters or Doctoral level in the English programme.
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12 January 2009
Professor Kitson Invited to Deliver Major Plenary Lecture
Professor Peter Kitson of the English programme has been invited to deliver a plenary lecture to the major international conference of the German Society for English Romanticism.
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7 January 2009
Semester 2 Timetables
Timetables for Semester 2 are now available, including detailed timetables for Level 1 and 2 modules.
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7 January 2009
Major Success for English in RAE 2008
English at Dundee scored highly in the latest 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.
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