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12 July 2019

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 6 June 2019

Keynote Lecture

'"To break up the frozen ocean in us": Trauma and Text

from Measure for Measure to Middle England'

at the

AICED-21

The 21st International Conference of the English Department

Trauma, Narrative, Responsibility

University of Bucharest

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27 February 2019

Lecture

The Great Gatsby

at

              

Reading School, Berkshire

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7 November 2018

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6 July 2018

Lecture

Voyager and Dreamer:

Colin Wilson's autobiographical writing

Second International Colin Wilson Conference

University of Nottingham

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27 February 2018

Lecture

The Great Gatsby

Q&A

at

              

Reading School, Berkshire

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17 November 2017

         The Society of Eastbourne Artists, Lansdowne Hotel, Eastbourne, East Sussex

                              The Lenora Houchin Memorial Evening lecture

                           Rubens and Rembrandt: Exuberance and Endurance

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9 June 2017

University of Bucharest, Romania: 'Birth, Death, and Rebirth: (Re-)Generation as Text' AICED-19 International Conference: Keynote lecture on 'Rites, Resurrections, and (Re-)Writings: Ulysses and The Waste Land'

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25 April 2017

            Reading School, Berkshire: Lecture to A Level students on The Great Gatsby

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23 March 2017

The Godolphin and Latymer School, Hammersmith, London: American Literature 1880-1940 Conference: Keynote lecture on The Great Gatsby

Sarah Vantini, Conference organizer, posted 17 May 2017

At the end of Spring term my L6 A level class helped me to host our American Literature conference. Over 260 sixth form students and their teachers attended, representing 16 schools from London, Bristol and Cambridge. Keynote lecturers were the very popular Professor Nicolas Tredell on The Great Gatsby, and all the way from San Jose University, California, Professor Susan Shillinglaw, Director of the Centre for Steinbeck Studies, on The Grapes of Wrath. Short papers from staff and students on other 1880 to 1940 novels were also much appreciated. Special thanks to G&L's Dr Bickley, Mr Bell and Dr Stevens for their stimulating papers, to Heather Smith for her reading and soundtrack, to Victoria Newell for visuals and to everyone who helped to support this great literary event. It was a sell out success!

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