2024 events
Whether you’re brand new to writing or a seasoned pro, all staff and students are welcome to share their poetry, prose, song, and other work at this informal open mic. Come share your work or just listen!
Modern School Research Seminar with speaker Dr Natalia Cecire (Sussex).
Katharina Boehm presents this seminar.
CECS Research Seminar with speaker Prof. Katharina Boehm (Passau).
Martyn Powell (University of Bristol) presents this seminar.
CECS Research Seminar with speaker Dr Martyn Powell (Bristol).
Writers at York event with Kimberly Campanello.
Please mark your calendars for a mini-conference to honour the life and work of Dr Richard Rowland.
Join us as Dave Harper, Ezra Horbury and Lauren Working introduce their books - wine and nibbles included!
Modern School Research Seminar with speaker Dr Ayele Kebede Roba (York).
York Medieval Lecture series lecture by Professor Matthew Townend (York).
CECS Research Seminar with speaker Dr Elizabeth Edwards (Wales).
Adam Smith (York St John University) presents this seminar.
CECS Research Seminar with speaker Dr Adam Smith (York St John).
This debut collection by Oksana Maksymchuk reflects life in the wake of extreme and unpredictable violence.
Join us for this event to celebrate the launch of Professor Nick Havely’s new book, 'Apennine Crossings: Travellers on the Edge of Tuscany'.
Modern School Research Seminar with speaker Dr Lucy Bollington (UCL).
The first in a series of three lectures this year by Visiting Professor Adam Phillips, Writer and Psychoanalyst.
The first in a series of three seminars this year by Visiting Professor Adam Phillips, Writer and Psychoanalyst.
Hamza Jahanzeb, British-Pakistani Publishing Professional, discusses how to break into the publishing industry and routes for publishing books.
CECS Research Seminar with speaker Professor Jennie Batchelor (York).
Professor Nigel Smith discussed Joost van den Vondel, a significant Dutch author who used his plays to critique power and societal risks.
This conference seeks to encourage a dialogue between early modern scholars from different disciplines including literary history, art history, theatre studies and intellectual history and different intellectual traditions.
The third in a series of three lectures this year by Visiting Professor Adam Phillips, Writer and Psychoanalyst.
The Modern School's Annual Berthoud Lecture
A mini-symposium in honour of Kasia Boddy.
Department of English and Related Literature Annual Riddy Lecture with speaker Prof. Anthony Bale (Birkbeck, London).
The annual Centre for 18th Century Studies Copley lecture with speaker Mary-Ann Constantine (Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, University of Wales).
Modern School Research Seminar with speaker Dr Autumn Womack (Princeton).
A talk in the BIANS Research Seminar series by Mark Currie from Queen Mary London. Hosted by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Narrative studies.
Join us in the Bowland Auditorium for a virtual conversation with the acclaimed author Carmen Maria Machado.
This lecture from Prof Nandini Das reflects on the growth in the cracks of the edifices of the past, and of imperial and national narratives.
An evening to celebrate the winner of this year’s Northbound Book Award, hosted by the University of York and New Writing North, in partnership with Saraband.
A talk in the BIANS Research Seminar series by Alexandra Georgakopoulou from Kings CollegeLondon. Hosted by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Narrative studies.
A Writers at York and Artist in Residence event.
In this special colloquium, acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips discusses with colleagues from the University of York his latest book published on 11 January 2024 by Penguin Books.
Dr Pritika Pradhan (University of York)
Francesca Bratton will read from her debut Stronger than Death: Hart Crane’s Last Year in Mexico (John Murray Originals, 2023), and will discuss her approach to life writing with Dr Nicoletta Asciuto.
A Writer in Residence/Writers at York event
Dr Rebecca Bowler (University of Keele)
Join us for a one-off Q&A with Alycia in which we think about ‘What … it means to belong somewhere or to something’, ‘the consequences of being decentred, perceived as unfamiliar or as a stranger to place’.
Medieval School research seminar with speaker Valentina Mele (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Leeds).