LCCP
Centre for Literary Creativity, Community and Place
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Events archive

The LCCP centre has hosted numerous past events, including annual conferences, postgraduate workshops, the Byron Lectures, and interdisciplinary seminar series.

Former research groups

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Byron Study Centre

The Byron Study Centre provided a hub for postgraduate and undergraduate study in this area.

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18th century research seminar

This programme of seminars aimed to reach across disciplinary boundaries and provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of new work based in the 18th century.

 

 

All CRLC past events

Poetry from Hasib Hourani and Lila Matsumoto

Date
27/11/2024
Location:
Five Leaves Bookshop
Description
Five Leaves Bookshop is welcoming Lebanese-Palestinian poet Hasib Hourani and the School of English's Lila Matsumoto for a poetry reading. We are pleased to welcome the Lebanese-Palestinian poet Hasib Hourani to read from his debut collection of poetry, a set of poetic sequences concerned with Palestine's occupation. The collection, rock flight is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation for Winter 2024, published by Prototype. His book also appears with Giramondo in Australia and, soon, with New Directions in the US.rock flight is a book-length poem that follows a personal and historical narrative to compose an understated yet powerful allegory of Palestine's occupation. The poem uses refrains of suffocation, rubble, and migratory bird patterns to address forced displacement, economic restrictions and surveillance technology that Palestinians face both within and outside Palestine. It depicts a restlessness brought about by dispossession, and a determination to find significance in fleeting objects and fragments. Formally claustrophobic, rock flight morphs into irony, declaring everything a box while refusing to exist within one. Lila Matsumoto is the author of Two Twin Pipes Sprout Water, a Poetry Society Recommendation published by Prototype in 2021. Lila's other publications include the poetry collection Urn & Drum (Shearsman, 2018) and the chapbooks Soft Troika (If a Leaf Falls Press, 2016) and Allegories from my Kitchen (Sad Press, 2015). She teaches poetry and creative-critical writing at the University of Nottingham.

Twenty-first century Juliets - Contemporary Literary Studies research seminar

Date
16/10/2024
Location:
A46 Trent Building (University Park)
Description
In this seminar, Midlands 4 Cities funded PhD researcher Amy Bromilow will talk through her research process with a large and varied corpus of twenty-first century women writers' novelisations of Romeo and Juliet, sharing intriguing commonalities and unexpected findings. She will demonstrate how even the most bizarre of these texts are significant in exploring Juliet as a 'relevant' icon for contemporary readers, and ultimately reveal the centrality of Shakespeare's supposed universality even amongst texts that engage with the feminist praxis of re-writing.

Ben Masters' The Flitting North American Book Launch

Date
04/10/2024
Location:
Online
Description
Ben Masters joins Point Reyes Books on Zoom to celebrate the US publication of his memoir, The Flitting: A Memoir of Fathers, Sons, and Butterflies (Tin House). Ben Shattuck, author of Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau, will server as interlocutor.

Dr Will Green shares new research focusing on Travelling Players in the Tudor period

Date
10 - 14/09/2024
Location:
Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall Church Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV376HB
Description
Dr William Green has been part of the Schoolroom & Guildhall team since 2023 in a paid partnership with Nottingham University. Will has been fascinated by the history behind the upper Guildhall specifically and its use as a performance space. His work, entitled 'Early Modern Travelling Players, theatrical Adaption & Stratford-upon-Avon's Guildhall (1568-1622) seeks to understand which performances may have occurred in the time of Shakespeare's education in the Schoolroom, and how they were created. He hopes to uncover some of the first plays William Shakespeare witnessed in his childhood. As part of his research, Dr Green will be looking at how travelling players operated at the time and how they moved their performances outside of London into unfamiliar surroundings.

Public Lecture: Anne Donovan

Date
03/07/2024
Location:
Clive Granger A48, University Park NG7 2RD Nottingham
Description
We are delighted to announce that the Public Lecture at the 4th World Congress of Scottish Literatures will be delivered by Anne Donovan, author of Scottish literary fiction. Anne Donovan is the author of the short story collection, Hieroglyphics and other Stories (2001), and the novels, Buddha Da (2003), Being Emily (2008) and Gone Are The Leaves (2014), all published by Canongate. In this lecture, Anne will talk about her novels, explaining what she aims to do with her language within each novel. It is sure to be a fascinating talk from an influencial author of fiction set in Scotland. There will be an opportunity for questions following the lecture.

World Congress of Scottish Literatures 2024

Date
03 - 07/07/2024
Location:
University of Nottingham
Description
The fourth World Congress of Scottish Literatures will be hosted by the School of English at the University of Nottingham, from Wednesday 3rd to Sunday 7th July 2024. Both the School and the city enjoy a richly interlinked history with Scotland and Scottish writing. The School has particular specialist research in Older Scots, Romanticism, literary Modernism, and in the contemporary. Nottingham and its Midlands environs recur in the writing of Walter Scott; Byron's ancestral home of Newstead Abbey lies just north of the city; J. M. Barrie earned a living writing for the Nottingham Journal; and the University holds the papers of Catherine Carswell. We hope that the Congress will be an opportunity to continue the mission of the International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures, to bring together scholars from all over the world situate Scotland in a global and transnational scope. Hosting the Congress south of the border also offers us an opportunity to revisit the historical relationship between England and Scotland, and the effect that collaboration has had on the world. Nottingham, meanwhile, is indelibly marked by an outlaw imagination, and we are looking forward to a Congress held in that spirit.

Writing Place and Writing Life: Camilla Balshaw and Helen Juke

Date
08/05/2024
Location:
B46 Trent Building
Description
Authors Camilla Balshaw and Helen Jukes will be reading from their own work, as well as chatting to Dr Lila Matsumoto about their approaches to place and region in their non-fiction, which sits broadly under the category of 'life writing'. We'll get a sneak peek at Camilla's memoir (released next year), and hear about Helen's book A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings.

Immersion Symposium

Date
26/04/2024
Location:
University Park Campus University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD
Description
A one day symposium focused on 'immersion', which in literary reading is the feeling of 'immersion' in the world of the text has been recognised as a key experience for readers.

The Theatrical Legacy of Thomas Middleton

Date
23/04/2024
Location:
Online

Poetry Reading and Q&A with Jane Hartshorn

Date
05/12/2023
Location:
B02 Monica Partridge Building (Performing Arts Studio)
Description
As part of our commemoration of Disability Recognition Month, the School of English is delighted to announce that we'll be hosting a poetry reading and Q&A with Jane Hartshorn.

Precarious Work: The Labour and Ecology of Social Reproduction in World-Literature

Date
29/03/2023
Location:
B16 Trent Building, Online (Microsoft Teams)

Poetry Reading with Lisa Kelly

Poetry Reading with Lisa Kelly
Date
22/11/2022
Location:
Portland Coffee Company (University Park Campus)

Families, Friends, Selves: Approaches to Black-Led Research

Date
27/10/2022
Location:
A19 (Committee Room), Trent Building
Description
Consider how we write with grace and care about ourselves and the people we love in our research.

Lucy Hutchinson, 1620-81: The English Revolution and Women's Writing

Date
27 - 29/06/2022
Location:
Highfield House, University of Nottingham, University Park Campus

The English Showcase 2022

Date
15/06/2022
Location:
B63 Law & Social Sciences Building

Spirits and Spirituality in Medieval Britain and Ireland C. 600 - 1400

Spirits and Spirituality in Medieval Britain and Ireland C. 600 - 1400
Date
23/03/2022
Location:
Online (Microsoft Teams)

Regional Spaces: Speaking through Landscape in Yorkshire Literature

Date
17/03/2022
Location:
Online (Microsoft Teams)

Spirits and Spirituality in Medieval Britain and Ireland C. 600 - 1400

Spirits and Spirituality in Medieval Britain and Ireland C. 600 - 1400
Date
16/03/2022
Location:
Online (Microsoft Teams)
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Older events

Further information on selected events

2018-19

2017-18

Urn & Drum, poetry book launch with Lila Matsumoto, supported by Vicky Sparrow

Urn & Drum, poetry book launch with Lila Matsumoto, supported by Vicky Sparrow
Description
Please join us for the launch of Lila Matsumoto's new collection of poetry from Shearsman Books, Urn & Drum. Lila will be joined by poet Vicky Sparrow.

Poetry Reading Group

Description
Come along to our Poetry Reading Group meeting.

Poetry Reading with Rachael Allen, Camilla Nelson, and Leah Wilkins

Poetry Reading with Rachael Allen, Camilla Nelson, and Leah Wilkins
Description
Join us for an evening of poetry with Camilla Nelson, Rachael Allen, and Leah Wilkins.
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2016-17

Benign Fiesta: Wyndham Lewis's Texts, Contexts, and Aesthetics

Benign Fiesta: Wyndham Lewis's Texts, Contexts, and Aesthetics
Description
Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) was one of the twentieth century's most innovative and most controversial avant-garde painters, writers, and theorists. This conference will mark the 60th anniversary of Lewis's death and is intended to be a scholarly celebration of his work.
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2015-16

Birds of Prey and Passage, Imagining Britain in India, 1780-1856

Birds of Prey and Passage, Imagining Britain in India, 1780-1856
Description
On Tuesday the 15th of March Dr Máire ní Fhlathúin (University of Nottingham) will be delivering a talk for the Interdisciplinary Eighteenth Century Research Seminar entitled "Birds of Prey and Passage": Imagining Britain in India, 1780-1856'.

Letters to Robert Southey 1774-1843 the other side of the story

Letters to Robert Southey 1774-1843 the other side of the story
Description
We are delighted to announce this upcoming talk for the Interdisciplinary Eighteenth Century Research Seminar "Letters to Robert Southey 1774-1843 the other side of the story".

Manuscript workshop

Description
We are very excited to offer first year undergraduate students the chance to explore the University's Manuscripts and Special Collections.

Poets Laureate Then and Now: Creating National and Local Identities through Poetry

Description
This unique event brought together contemporary poets and critics to explore the relationship between poetry and local and national identities.
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2014-15

Interdisciplinary Eighteenth Century Research Seminar

Interdisciplinary Eighteenth Century Research Seminar
Description
The Interdisciplinary Eighteenth Century Research Seminar is pleased to announce 'Nottinghamshire and the Great Peace. Reflections on the End of the Napoleonic Wars' by Dr Richard Gaunt.

Manuscript Workshop for First Year Undergraduates

Description
All first year undergraduate students in the School of English are invited to our first ever Manuscript Workshop at King's Meadow Campus. This workshop is designed to give you time to look at manuscripts and rare books in detail and also to ask any questions that you may have about the items, handling historical documents or about manuscript and book conservation.

Northen Modernism Seminar

Description
Northern Modernism Seminar: BLAST 1915-2015: Celebrating the 'War Number' of BLAST

18th Century Interdisciplinary Seminar

18th Century Interdisciplinary Seminar
Description
The first Eighteenth Century Research Seminar of the year will focus on the poety of Keats. Our guest speaker is Dr Paul Whickman, lecturer in English Literature at the University of Derby, and Nottingham graduate.
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2013-14

Interdisciplinary 18th Century Research seminar

Architecture & Literature: Forms of Memory

This symposium set out to explore the common ground between architecture and literature through a series of cross-disciplinary dialogues - read more about the symposium.

Forming Ruins: an interdisciplinary postgraduate workshop

2 July 2014
This interdisciplinary workshop explores the different forms ruins can take, and the way these formations are realised and written as ruins are explored as both material ‘things’ and intangible process. - read more about the workshop.

Recoveries 2014: Reconnections – 1714-1914

23 June 2014
Reconnecting with three centuries of literature and history - read more about the conference.

 

2012-13

Robert Southey and Romanticism: The Lake School in Context

29-31 July 2013
Paul Betz (Georgetown University) and Mike Franklin (University of Swansea)
Read more about the conference.

Ben Jonson's Epic 'Foot Voyage' to Scotland - a digital journey

8 July 2013 - 5 October 2013
Ben Jonson - read more about the project.

Ecological Inscriptions a Postgraduate Workshop

24th June 2013
Read more about the workshop.

Records of Early English Drama and Other Projects

4 June 2013
John McGavin (University of Southampton)

Lincolshire Landscapes

16 April 2013
Read more about the conference.

Philosophy notebooks at the Dissenters' Private Academies, 1660-1720

26 March 2013 
Mark Burden (University of Oxford)

The best that has been thought and uttered: British Literary Modernism, German Classical Music, and the First World War

29 January 2013
Nathan Waddell (University of Nottingham)

The Northern Modernism Seminar

23 November 2012
Read more about the seminar.

 

2011-12

CRLC and LSP Seminars

The CRLC and LSP seminars focussed on diverse aspects of the Centre’s research, and speakers included current graduate students, research staff in the Centre, and invited speakers from other institutions.

D. H. Lawrence: Regional, National and International Contexts Conference

5-6 July 2012
This two-day Regional, National and International Contexts conference addressed Lawrence’s response to – and influence upon – regional, national and international writers, and the various regional, national and international contexts which shaped his work.

Contested Environments: A Postgraduate Workshop

7 June 2012
Read more about the Contested Environments workshop.

 

2010-11

Regional Literary Cultures: Modernism and After

14-15th April 2011
Trent building University Park

DH Lawrence Society

All meetings were at Eastwood Public Library

  • September
    Keith Sagar 'Lawrence's God'
  • October
    Peter Preston 'Lawrence at Picinisco'
  • November
    Barrie Mencher 'The Eye of the Beholder'
  • January
    Sean Matthews 'Lawrence on Film'
  • February
    Ruth Webb 'Lawrence in Croydon'
  • March
    Bethan Jones 'Lawrence's Late Restoration Narratives'
  • April
    Howard Booth 'Emotion, Desire and Inhibition in Lawrence's Early Short Fiction'
  • May
    David Brock 'Nettles: Do they Sting?'
  • June
    Richard Swigg 'The Recorded Lawrence'

The Eighteenth-Century Interdisciplinary Seminar

The seminar has a focus on the 'Long' Eighteenth Century and was particularly keen to encourage interdisciplinary dialogue and exchange. Seminars took place on Tuesdays at 5.15pm in the Club Lounge, Staff Club, University Park Campus. The seminar received financial assistance from the School of English Studies, French Department and Dean’s Fund.

Programme for 2010-11

  • 5 October 2010
    Katie McDade (Nottingham - History), ‘Bristol and Liverpool Slave Trade Merchant Networks in their Urban Environment, 1725-1807’.
  • 2 November 2010
    John Goodridge (Nottingham Trent - English), 'Hell, Hull and Halifax: John Dyer Visits the Workhouse'.
  • 7 December 2010
    Fintan Cullen (Nottingham - Art History), 'Representing Parliament: Francis Wheatley's The Irish House of Commons (1780)'.
  • 18 January 2011
    Dr.  Paul  Bracken (Independent  Scholar  and  Musician) ‘Singers and Songs in eighteenth-¬century London’.
  • 8 February 2011
    Mr.  Paul  Whickman    (University  of  Nottingham - English)
    ‘The Age of Toleration?: Blasphemy and the Freedom of the Press, 1695- 1745'.
  • 15 March 2011
    Dr.  Rebecca  Ford  (University  of  Nottingham - French)
    ‘Pierre and his Female Readership: Reading Between’.
  • 12 April 2011
    Professor  John  Becket  (University  of  Nottingham  - History)
    ‘The Industrial Revolution and the English Village’ 

CRLC Seminar

The 2010-2011 programme included seminars on the city in late medieval and early modern literature, sixteenth-century literary culture in Lowland Scotland, community theatre in the rural East Midlands, and a roundtable discussion showcasing current post-graduate research projects.

Celebrating Alan Sillitoe

2 October 2010
Nottingham City Council House, Market Square

 

Before 2010

Landscape, Space, Place Research Group

Seminar Series 2009-2010
‘Mapping: Cultural Cartographies’

Robert Southey and Romantic Contexts

14-16 April 2010
Keswick, Cumbria

Ovid, Myth and (Literary) Exile

10-12 September 2009
Ovidius University Constanta, Romania,

International D.H.Lawrence Conference

26-28 March 2009
"The logic of emotion" in Paris

Regional Romanticism: A Midlands Romantic Seminar Event

14 November 2008
Loughborough University (The Music Centre)
Sponsored by the Centre for Regional Literature and Culture, Nottingham

Post-Romantic Indentities

26 April 2003
University of Nottingham
Sponsored by the Centre for Regional Literature and Culture, Nottingham
More information on this conference

 
 

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