Department Of English Language And Literature At King'S College London

The First Generation Network is a new initiative at King’s to support students from under-represented backgrounds and help them to tackle any barriers they may face while studying at university.
Read more on our blog: https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/…/in-a-time-of- chaos-create-the-fi…/

New on the King's English blog...
Dr Edward Sugden speaks to Gabriel Leavey, editor of the English department's new student-run Intro magazine which aims to demystify undergraduate study for first years.
Read their conversation here: http://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/…/introducing-in tro-a-student-magaz…/

Catch up on our latest blog where Dr Mike Collins talks to curator and Art Historian Carrie Scott on the 'joyful precision' of Harold Feinstein's photography...
From Thursday 16th May - Sunday 19th May The Store X Gallery at 180 The Strand will be hosting FOUND: A Harold Feinstein Exhibition, the UK’s first ever exhibition of the legendary, 20th century American photographer Harold Feinstein.
blogs.kcl.ac.uk/…/harold-feinstein-at-s tore-x-an-interview…/

Professors Susan Bennett and Sonia Massai explore what the theatre of Ivo Van Hove can teach us about post-truth politics in our latest blog...
Catch up now: https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/…/surviving-pos t-truth-politics-th…/

"Common expressions such as ‘by and large’, ‘under way’ or ‘high and dry’ all have a maritime heritage"
New on the King's English blog... Aga Serdyńska reflects on a recent research seminar about textual and visual representations of maritime culture in the 19th Century.
http://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/…/docks-ships-an d-shows-maritime-cit…

'They were heady days': Dr Fiona Anderson and Professor Mark Turner reflect on cruising, queer theory, and celebrate QUEER AT KING'S in our latest blog post.
http://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/…/cruising-theor y-and-queer-at-kings/

'The intersection is a space for hesitations, decisions, clashes, and redirections.'
Catch up on our latest blog by Christina Lee, with reflections from the Disability and Intersectionality reading group here at King's: http://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/…/crossings-refl ections-on-disabili…/

"How did I end up writing a book arguing that the most exciting announcement ever in Chaucer studies was, to be blunt, wrong?"
Dr Lawrence Warner shares the story behind his recent book in our latest blog post:
http://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/engli…/2019/…/ 13/chaucers-own-scribe/

How can community organising help abolish systems of immigrant value?
Read our latest blog with Dr Christine Okoth, winner of the Elsevier Outstanding PhD Thesis Prizes granted at King’s in January 2019.
https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/…/ideologies-of -integration-and-ex…/

In our latest blog post Julian Neuhauser, co-organiser of the conference 'Early Modern Inns Of Court and the Circulation of Text', introduces the performances, talks, and exhibition all forthcoming this summer!
https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/…/…/13/the-in ns-of-court-conference/

What can memoirs of 'Gaiety girls' in late-19th and early 20th-century London tell us about urban life? And what are their thought-provoking observations about gender, ethnicity and class? Find out in this fascinating new blog post by Rob Gallagher! https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/…/reinventing-s tardom-on-the-strand/

'I believe the need for poetry lurks in everyone. It bursts out in high emotion: many people read it, but often also want to write it when they fall in love, or a partner dies. “Look in thy heart, and write,” advised the Elizabethan poet Sir Philip Sidney.' How do you feel about poetry? Do you read it? Write it? Find out what Ruth Padel thinks of poetry in times of political crisis in our latest blog post - https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/…/in-troubling- times-its-best-to-t…/

'Modern science fiction has dreamt up many worlds based on the Middle Ages, using it as a place to be revisited, as a space beyond earth, or as an alternate or future history.' Find out how medieval and sci fi worlds collide in our brand new post of the new year! https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/…/2…/01/09/me dieval-science-fiction/

Did you know that the film ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, the TV series ‘Outlander’ and the stage success ‘Hamilton’ all have something in common? How does modern popular culture reimagine the 18th century? Find out more in our latest blog post on King's English! https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/engli…/2018/… /12/pop-enlightenments/

King’s English blog are seeking new co-editors! Send your application by Monday 3 December, no previous experience required, open to all English PhD candidates! https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/english/new-edito rs/

'In 2017, the Public Theatre’s production of Julius Caesar at Shakespeare in the Park prompted a media furore (led by Fox News), because the presentation of Caesar bore a striking resemblance to Donald Trump.' How have the staging of Shakespeare's plays related to their performance moment? And has this changed in wartime situations? Find out more in this wonderful new blog post on King's English! https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/engli…/2018/… /28/shakespeare-at-war/

'The people had thought themselves safe, they had dressed up in their Sunday best, put flowers in their buttonholes and taken their children with them to the meeting. They had expected that if they behaved reasonably and respectably, the State would respect their rights. They were horribly, terribly wrong.' Read Clare Pettitt's fascinating review of Mike Leigh's new film 'Peterloo' - hot off the press!
https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/…/cottonopolis- cut-down-an-englis…/…