Events
Forthcoming events in the School of Arts
- Social Change And Gender-Based Violence: Representations In Caribbean Literature And Performance Cultures (22-23 September 2022) - a virtual symposium hosted by the University of Leicester and the University of the West Indies
Past events
- Victorian Discovery: Celebrating Innovation and Invention in the Long Nineteenth Century (1 July 2022) - a free student-led symposium
- LECTIS Workshop: Translating for Theatre (8 June 2022)
- The Future of ‘WWII France’ in Academia: Contemporary Research Paradigms, Trajectories and Challenges (7-8 June 2022)
- Amitav Ghosh with Clare Anderson, Mark Williams and Caroline Upton: The Climate Emergency: Creating A Dialogue Between Science And The Arts (7 June 2022)
- #SolveItDickens: Hunt the Source (27 May 2022) - a free online workshop to help decoders find source texts for Charles Dickens's mysterious shorthand writing
- The University of the West Indies and University of Leicester International Summer School (23-27 May 2022) - a week-long intensive programme aimed at postgraduate students and ECRs, focused on the theme 'Cultures and Politics of Protest'
- Forgotten Popular Culture: Asian Cinema and Film History - an online international conference (23-25 May 2022)
- Larkin at Leicester (19 May 2022) - a public talk
- Victorian Studies Centre Spring Seminar Series (February to May 2022) - a free series of research seminars examining the global dimensions of Victorian literature and culture
- Annual Creative Writing Lecture: Val McDermid, 'Killing People for Fun and Profit' (12 May 2022)
- Pint of Science: 'Societal Crises Management', featuring Dr Fransiska Louwagie on 'Youth Perspectives and Political Cartooning on the Covid-19 Pandemic: Public Engagement through the Arts' (10 May 2022)
- Homage to Gianni Celati (27 April 2022) - a round table in Homage to Gianni Celati, at the Italian Cultural Institute, London
- The Dickens Code: 'SolveItDickens: An Introductory Workshop for New Decoders' (22 April 2022)
- English Book Group - an online Book Group for staff and students
- Literary Leicester (23-26 March 2022) - a free annual literary festival
- LeCTIS Research Seminar: 'Life After the MA: How to Choose and Use Your Dissertation to Open Doors' (17 March 2022)