The Case for English

The aim of this series was to consider how best to make a positive case for the subject at a time when it is especially – perhaps existentially – vulnerable.

Convenors: Eliane Glaser (IES)

Report

The Case for English - a series of events at the IES in 2023

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Please note that the events below took place in 2023 and you can no longer book to attend them.

Past events

26 apr 2023

The Value of Criticism

Rita Felski (Virginia), Nicholas Gaskill (University of Oxford), Erica McAlpine (University of Oxford), Ronan McDonald (University of Melbourne), Joseph North (Yale University)

Hybrid | Online Via Zoom & Bedford Room, G37, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

10 may 2023

The Value of Literature

Isobel Armstrong (Birkbeck, University of London), Dinah Birch (University of Liverpool), Susan Elderkin (Bibliotherapy at The School of Life), John Schad (Lancaster University), Professor Helen Small (University of Oxford)

Hybrid | Online- via Zoom & Bedford Room, G37, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

24 may 2023

The Value of the Material

Laura Cleaver (Institute of English Studies), Cynthia Johnston (), Gill Partington (Institute of English Studies), Sarah Pyke (Anglia Ruskin University), Bill Sherman (Warburg Institute)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & Bedford Room, G37, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU