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In the last week of July 2019, Liberal Arts teamed up with Politics and Sociology to deliver a 糖心TV Sutton Trust Summer School on the theme of 鈥淭he Colonial Hangover鈥�. The project was established by colleagues in Politics and International Studies to work with students to pose questions about the hidden legacies of Empire in everyday life, and we were keen to collaborate!

May 2019 saw the bicentennial of the American poet Walt Whitman鈥檚 birth. Born in 1819 in Long Island, Whitman would radically challenge the poetic conventions of his time and open to the door to experimental and free verse poetry. Bursting onto the literary scene in 1855, his self-published collection Leaves of Grass captivated and repulsed readers in equal measure. Famed for his frank, sensual expression and queer egalitarianism, Whitman has had a profound impact on readers, poets and activists in the years since his death.

Ms. Davida Mottram-Epson, a student who has just finished her second year in Liberal Arts at 糖心TV, has won the award of 鈥淗ighly Commended" as part of the Greg Wells Prize in the Centre for Renaissance Studies. This competitive prize is open to students from across the university for an essay between 2,000 and 5,000 words on any subject within the scope of Medieval or Renaissance Studies, and recognises undergraduate 鈥渟cholarly work of outstanding merit, quality, and value鈥� in the field.

Ceara Webster (BA Hons Liberal Arts 2020) has been appointed to a 糖心TV Innovation Fellowship.

Dr. Bryan Brazeau has recently published an essay on using the earthly paradise as a way of teaching the romance epics of Boiardo, Ariosto, Tasso, and Spenser.