English & Comparative Literary Studies News
Podcast: Latin Poetry in the Caribbean, with Dr John Gilmore
Dr John Gilmore speaks about the light Francis Williams鈥檚 one surviving poem sheds on the lesser-known functions of Latin in the British colonies. He shares how Latin poetry became a conduit for arguments about the intellectual capacity of people of African descent and, by extension, about the illegitimacy of the slave trade.
Listen to Prof Stephen Shapiro on BBC Radio 3
Shahidha Bari is joined by Stephen Shapiro and guests to read volume 4 of Foucault's History of Sexuality, which has been translated into English for the first time.
Listen to Prof Paulo de Medeiros on Radio 4 - In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests, including our very own Prof Paulo de Medeiros, discuss the works and life of one of Portugal's greatest poets - Fernando Pessoa.
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