CALENDAR

ENGLISH COURSE AND SUBJECT GROUP MEETINGS

ENGLISH AND HISTORY RESEARCH SEMINARS

SPRING SEMESTER 98/99.

FEB.

Weds. 10th: ENGLISH RESEARCH SEMINAR Kate Davies (University of Sheffield) "Savagery and Sentimentality: The Death of Jane McCrae." 5pm. Upper Squash Court, adj. to Montgomery House.

Thurs. 11th: BAES Course meeting. 4pm. Rm 18, Montgomery House.

Thurs. 18th: CORVEY SPEAKER Prof. Jerrry Hogle, "The Gothic Crosses the Channel: Abjection and Revelation in Le Fantome de L’Opera." 4pm. Rm 18, Montgomery House.

Weds. 24th: JOINT ENGLISH AND HISTORY SEMINAR. Alison Twells (Sheffield Hallam University), "Surprisingly teachable people": Missionary Representations of the South Pacific, 1796-1840." 5pm. Upper Squash Court, adj. to Montgomery House.

Thurs. 25th. English Subject Group Meeting. 4pm. Rm 18, Montgomery House.

MARCH

Weds. 17th: HISTORY SEMINAR. Micahel Worboys, "Four Anniversaries and a Funeral": Victoral Medicine in Retrospect. 4pm, Upper Squash Court , adj. to Montgomery House.

Weds. 23rd: CORVEY SPEAKER. Emma Clery (Sheffield Hallam University), "Material Girls: Passion and Interest in Female Gothic." 4pm, Upper Squash Court , adj. to Montgomery House.

Thurs. 25th: BAES Course meeting. 4pm. Rm 18, Montgomery House.

 

APRIL

Wed. 14th: HISTORY SEMINAR. Julia Rugg (York) Resolving ‘The Dead Man’s Question’: Conflict and Control in Nineteenth Century Cemetery Development. 4pm, Upper Squash Court , adj. to Montgomery House.

Thurs. 15th: ENGLISH RESEARCH SEMINAR Matt. Steggle ( Sheffield Hallam University) "Resurrecting Sophocles: The Politics of Christopher Wase's _Electra_ (1649)".

Wed. 21st: HISTORY SEMINAR. Chris Williams (Leicester) Policing Nineteenth Century Sheffield: Conclusions and Problems. 4pm, Upper Squash Court , adj. to Montgomery House.

Thurs. 22nd: ENGLISH RESEARCH SEMINAR James Annesley (Brunel University) "Decadent Dilemmas: A Reading of Some Recent American Fiction." 4pm. Rm 18, Montgomery House.

Wed. 28th: HISTORY SEMINAR Sanjoy Bhattacharya (Sheffield Hallam) The Control and Eradication of Smallpox in Twentieth Century India.

Thurs. 29th: BAES Course meeting. 4pm. Rm 18, Montgomery House.