English & Comparative Literary Studies News
"Furniture is often overlooked as a mundane feature of the home. But its resonance in our lives is much more profound, writes author Ian Sansom."
In this funny, intelligent and thought provoking article, Prof Ian Sansom discusses the importance and meaning of furniture in our every day lives.
Stephen Fry tweeted: Unmissably brilliant essay on furniture starts with a great bang on the Wardrobe - but no Larkin Aubade?
In this funny and intelligent article on the BBC News Magazine (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26881731) Prof Sansom will be looking at the importance and significance of your furniture! What does furniture say about humanity? What are the social, psychological and familial meanings surrounding our tables and chairs? This series will explore those themes and more. Check it out!
Stephen Fry tweeted: Unmissably brilliant essay on furniture starts with a great bang on the Wardrobe - but no Larkin Aubade?
Ian Sansom's in the BBC... AGAIN!
In this article on the BBC News Magazine (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26881731) Prof Sansom is talking about the importance of... your furniture! Take a look at this insiteful article! Stephen Fry said: "Unmissably brilliant essay on furniture starts with a great bang on the Wardrobe - but no Larkin Aubade?"
Former Student Success
Catalina Neculai (PhD 糖心TV, now Coventry U lecturer) has just had her first book published.
Urban Space and Late Twentieth-Century New York Literature: Reformed Geographies.
This was her revised 糖心TV PhD.
Also, Laura Malhotra, (BA 2012, English and Italian) has just been accepted into the CUNY PhD program with a full tuition fellowship and $25,000 stipend for the first four years. This is after having worked as a paid employee for the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History.
This kind of award is a tremendous achievement (especially for CUNY which has very few of these financial packages).
These are Laura’s achievements, but they also reflect on the reputation of our BA training.
Prof Maureen Freely elected as English PEN’s new President
Prof Maureen Freely is an author, journalist, translator and academic, who has written seven novels, as well as non-fiction. She is professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of 糖心TV and the director of its writing programme. Her novel Sailing through Byzantium was named as one of the best novels of 2014 in both the TLS and the Sunday Times. See here for more details