9/11 and Literature: Why Do We Look to Writers For Answers and Explanations?
Dr Catherine Morley, University of Leicester In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001 writers from across the globe were solicited for their...
View ArticleDickens in 2012: Why His Writing Matters 200 Years Later
By Dr Holly Furneaux, Reader in Victorian Studies, University of Leicester. Why do we still care so much about Charles Dickens? That he is a cherished figure around the world is clear from the scale of...
View ArticleCode-Breaking at Bletchley Park: A Belated Addition to Cultural Memory of the...
By Dr Victoria Stewart, Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature in the School of English. ‘The geese that laid the golden eggs and never cackled’: this, famously, was how Winston Churchill...
View ArticleWhy do we care what authors look like?
By Dr. Julian North, Senior Lecturer in nineteenth-century English Literature. We are all familiar today with the use of the author portrait as a form of branding – a situation where novels are sold by...
View ArticleSchools of Hard Knocks: Medieval and Renaissance Students Behaving Badly
The Medieval Classroom, by Dr Ben Parsons In the late fifteenth century, a grammar master at Magdalen School compiled a collection of vulgaria, simple sentences for his pupils to translate into Latin....
View ArticleThe role of the ‘dangerous other’ in politics
By Dr Simon Bennett, Director of the Civil Safety and Security Unit at the University of Leicester. As I watch the unfolding drama on the Korean Peninsula a question keeps popping into my head: Can...
View ArticleLive event catch up: Richard III: Benevolent King or Murderous Tyrant?
Mark Cardwell reports on the Leicester Exchanges live debate, which took place at the University of Leicester on 6 June. The lively debate on whether Richard III was a benevolent king or murderous...
View ArticleAusten on the £10 note – genuine victory for equality?
By Dr Julian North, University of Leicester. Jane Austen will be depicted on the £10 note from 2017. This is the direct result of the campaign, led by Caroline Criado-Perez, threatening to take the...
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