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'Such a Pair – The Twin Lives of Humans and Trees', Catherine Charlwood's Hay Festival Lecture

Catherine won the 2019 ASLE/INSPIRE Literature and Sustainability Lecture Competition, giving her the opportunity to present her research at the Hay Festival.
30 May 2019
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All about those ballads (ft. Oskar Cox Jensen)

Dr. Oskar Cox Jensen is an Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the History Department at QMUL, an expert in British song of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a novelist, and he is also a singer of ballads!
2 Nov 2018
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Collaborating with the Thomas Hardy Society

The last blog post introduced why we created GCSE resources, while this one explains how we've used them in events with teachers and students.
20 May 2019
Teachers discussing GCSE resources with Dr Catherine Charlwood. Photo credit: Nathan Stazicker

Creating Research-Based GCSE English Resources: How Scholars of the Nineteenth Century can Help Schoolteachers

15 May 2019
Thomas Hardy statue from Dorchester

On the Subject of Speed... Thomas Hardy

Born in 1840 in rural Dorset but writing up until his death in 1928, English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy witnessed dramatic social, scientific and technological changes.
23 Oct 2018
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Podcast - Victorian Light Night: Collaborating with Cheney School

Today we released a podcast detailing our work with Cheney School as part of Victorian Light Night.
16 Dec 2018
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Podcast: #Ruskin200 - Ruskin, Science and the Environment

You can listen to our #Ruskin200 podcast here.
28 Jan 2019
Photograph of Catherine Charlwood in Victorian Dress

Victorian Speed – Time Flies When You’re Having FUN!

2 Nov 2018

Events

28 Apr
Sarah Green leading an event during St Anne's Family Day

Diseases of Modern Life at the St Anne’s College Family Day

St. Anne's College
12 Apr
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Free Teacher Workshop: Engaging Students in C19th Prose

On Friday 12th April, a team of researchers will present a free workshop designed to help teachers of GCSE English Language engage their students in nineteenth-century prose.
26 Apr
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Free Workshop for GCSE English Language Students!

On Tuesday 7th May, Diseases of Modern Life will be back in Dorset this time to talk to students on the theme of Illness and Well-being in the Nineteenth Century.
Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum