250 Years of English Literature
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Prof. Stefan Collini - From Belles-Lettres to Eng-Lit: Criticism and its Publics
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Stefan Collini re-examines the history of the activity of literary criticism and discipline of English Literature. In the 250 years since th...
Theatres of Learning: Drama, the University and performance in Scotland
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Olga Taxidou (The University of Edinburgh), Peter Arnott (Resident Playwright, Genomics Forum) and David Maclennan (Director, Oran Mor) discuss Dra...
The Edinburgh Review: Then and Now
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Professor William Christie (University of Sydney) and Dr Alan Gillis (The University of Edinburgh) discuss ‘The Edinburgh Review: Then and Now’. ...
Stevenson Among the Psychologists - The SWINC Annual Lecture
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Please join us for the Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century (SWINC) Annual Lecture: Stevenson Among the Psychologists Professor Roger Luckhurst ...
Daniel Wilson, Scotland and Canada: the export of English
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Deidre Lynch (Chancellor Jackman Professor of English, University of Toronto) talks about Daniel Wilson, Scotland and Canada: the export of ...
The Regius Chair and its incumbents
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Alistair Fowler (Emeritus Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature) and Professor Greg Walker (Professor of Rhetoric and English Literat...
Burns in Edinburgh
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Poets and critics read Burns, discuss the Bard in the city, and describe what his work has meant to them personally. Recorded Wednesday 25 January 201...
From Belles Lettres to English Lit: the Victorian Regius Chair in in Glasgow and Edinburgh
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Nigel Leask discusses with Professor Susan Manning the development of literary study in Scotland in the nineteenth century, and some of the ...
Shakespeare's Cheek: Another Bard in Scotland
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr James Loxley describes the reception and influence of Shakespeare's work in Scotland, including around Hugh Blair's time. Recorded Friday 17 Februa...
1762
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Susan Manning, Dr Bob Irvine, Professor Randall Stevenson discuss Hugh Blair's appointment to the first Regius Chair of Rhetoric and Belles ...