Events
European Humanities Research Centre
The following events are open to everyone.
Convener: Prof. McLaughlin
EHRC/Blackwell’s Classic European Fiction Talks
Prof. Ritchie Robertson and Dr Ben Morgan
22 February 2012: ‘Thomas Mann, Death in Venice: the novella and the film’
7.00 pm to 8.00 pm, Blackwell’s, Broad Street
EHRC Cross-Faculty Seminar
29 February 2012: ‘Staging Power in Early Modern Europe’
Richard Cooper, ‘The Triumphs of Henri II, King of France’
Geraldine Hazbun, ‘The Illegitimate Hero in the comedia of Lope de Vega’
Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly, ‘Staging Power in late 17th Century Dresden – The Festivals of August the Strong’
4.00-6.30 pm, in the Taylorian Hall.
EHRC Book Launch
6 March 2012: Nicola Gardini (author of Le parole perdute di Amelia Lynd, Feltrinelli) and Patrick McGuinness (author of The Last Hundred Days, Seren Books) in dialogue discussing their recent novels
5.00 pm, in the Taylorian Hall.
Modern Languages Undergraduate Admissions Talk and Q&A Session
University of Oxford
16 February 2012
The Undergraduate Admissions Office, in conjunction with University of Oxford's departments and colleges, is organising a series of February half-term talks and tours primarily aimed at Year 12 (penultimate year) students from February 13th-17th 2012. The Modern Languages talk and Q&A session will take place on Thursday 16th February from 11am-1pm. The session will be led by academic staff in Modern Languages and there will also be the opportunity to meet current undergraduate students in this subject area.
Places are limited and should be booked via the Undergraduate Admissions website at http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/talks. Those who book will then receive an email confirmation of their place and details of the venue in Oxford. All enquiries regarding this event should be directed to the Admissions Information Centre on +44 (0)1865 288000.
This event is being held as part of the Half-Term Admissions Talks and Tours programme at Oxford. For full details of all the events, including general admissions talks, subject-specific talks and college and department tours, please see http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/talks.
College tours should be booked with the individual colleges using the links given on the above webpage. We recommend that you check which colleges offer the languages courses that you are interested in by following the links from http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/colleges or
http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/mml_apps/languages.php.
Please note that these talks and tours cannot provide the same depth or detail as a University open day and are designed to offer an introduction to Oxford admissions.
Lectures to accompany the exhibition 'The Romance of the Middle Ages'
Wednesday 1 February 2012
‘Before Tolkien: Manuscripts, Audiences and Readers of Middle English Romance’
Dr Alison Wiggins (Senior Lecturer in English Language, School of Critical Studies,
University of Glasgow)
Wednesday 15 February 2012
‘The Birth of Romance in England’
Dr Laura Ashe (University Lecturer and Tutor in English Literature, Worcester College, Oxford)
Wednesday 7 March 2012
‘Medieval Romance and the Gift of Storytelling’
Dr Nicholas Perkins (University Lecturer and Tutor in English, St Hugh’s College, Oxford;
Curator of the exhibition)
Friday 23 March 2012
‘Shakespeare and Medieval Romance’
Professor Helen Cooper (Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature,
Magdalene College, Cambridge)
Lecture to accompany the World Book Day Display
Thursday 1 March 2012
‘The Watsons: Jane Austen Practising’
Professor Kathryn Sutherland
(Professor of Bibliography and Textual Criticism,
St. Anne’s College, Oxford)
13.00 – 13.30 convocation house, bodleian library
(entrance in old schools quadrangle)
FREE ADMISSION – ALL WELCOME
‘Giving up the Ghost: The Haunting of Modern Culture’
An interdisciplinary New College Symposium Friday 13 April and Saturday 14 April, 2012, at New College, Oxford.
Fee £20, including tea and coffee (£10 students).
Speakers: María del Pilar Blanco, Colin Davis, Mark Fisher, Kirstin Gwyer, Dina Khapaeva, Karen Leeder, Julian Wolfreys, along with the prize-winning writer David Constantine and the painter and visual artist Sarah Sparkes.
Convenors: Professor Karen Leeder and Dr Kirstin Gwyer
Registration: www.new.ox.ac.uk/giving-up-the-ghost
Enquiries: Egle.Jankauskaite@new.ox.ac.uk, 01865 279487
Supported by the Ludwig Fund, New College; Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Oxford, Arts & Humanities Research Council
Italo Svevo Film Festival
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Italo Svevo's birth, a number of films based on the work or on the life of the Triestine writer will be shown at Rewley House during Hilary Term 2012.
This will be a rare opportunity to see works that are very seldom available to the general public. The projections will take place in the Lecture Theatre of Rewley House (Wellington Square), every Wednesday starting at 7.30pm, from 18th January to 7th March, as follows:
1. Wednesday 18 January:
- L’assassinio di Via Belpoggio, directed by Alberto Guiducci, black & white, 2004, 25m, in Italian with English sub-titles.
- La conscience de Svevo, directed by Nathalie Combe and Yann Sinic, colour, 2000, 42m, in French with Italian sub-titles.
- Italo Svevo - Ricordi, directed by Livio Manzin, black & white, 19m, in Italian.
- Guarire dalla cura. Italo Svevo e la medicina, by Riccardo Cepach and Francesco Montenero, colour, 2008, 33m, in Italian.
2. Wednesday 25 January:
- Senilità, directed by Mauro Bolognini, black & white, 1962, 1h 47m, in Italian.
3. Wednesday 1 February:
- La coscienza di Zeno, directed by Luigi Squarzina (theatre) and Daniele D’Anza (TV), with Alberto Lionello, black & white, 1966, 1h 45m, in Italian (Part 1).
4. Wednesday 8 February:
- La coscienza di Zeno, directed by Luigi Squarzina (theatre) and Daniele D’Anza (TV), with Alberto Lionello, black & white, 1966, 1h45, in Italian (Part 2).
5. Wednesday 15 February:
- La coscienza di Zeno, directed by di Sandro Bolchi, with Johnny Dorelli, colour, 1988, 2h55, in Italian.
6. Wednesday 22 February:
- Il seduttore filantropo, directed by Gianni Lepre, colour, 1986, 1h25, in Italian.
7. Wednesday 29 February:
- Un marito, directed by Gianfranco De Bosio, with Aroldo Tieri, colour, 1983, 1h 50m, in Italian.
8. Wednesday 7 March:
- Ein Leben, directed by Eberhard Itzenplitz, colour, 1973, 1h30m, in German.
All welcome, admission free. For further details, email: svevo2011@gmail.com
Conveners: Dr G. Stellardi and Ms M. Deganutti.