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A selection of recordings from the English Graduate Conference, University of Oxford, 1 June 2012. The conference theme was Return to the Political: Literary Aesthetics and the Influence of Political Thought and featured student presentations and a panel discussion on the topic 'What is a Classic?'. The conference concluded with a keynote address from Booker prize winning author Ben Okri.
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Book as Object; Panel Discussion for Oxford English Graduate Conference 2013 | Panel discussion talk on 'Book as Object' for the Oxford English Graduate Conference 2013. | Paul Nash, Nick Cross, Stephen Walter | 17 Jun 2013 | |
| 7 | Creative Commons | What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 3 | Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, draws on her experience as a trustee of the Booker Prize and as a judge for many other literary prizes to offer a response to the question, 'What is a Classic?'. | Helena Kennedy | 19 Jul 2012 |
| 6 | Creative Commons | What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 2 | Judith Luna, the Senior Commissioning Editor at Oxford World's Classics, draws on her practical involvement in re-launching the Oxford World's Classics series in 2008 to give a publisher's take on the question, 'What is a Classic?'. | Judith Luna | 19 Jul 2012 |
| 5 | Creative Commons | What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 1 | Dr Ankhi Mukherjee, Wadham college, Oxford, speaks to the question 'What is a Classic?' by examining the residual influence of the Eurocentric literary canon in the age of world literature and emergent formations of canons and classics. | Ankhi Mukherjee | 19 Jul 2012 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | Shackled by Language: The Representation and Self-Representation of English-Speaking Black Voices in Black Atlantic Writing | Cecilia Bennett considers the use of the English language in black Atlantic narratives. | Cecilia Bennett | 18 Jul 2012 |
| 3 | Creative Commons | Rewriting Jane Eyre: The Avenging 'Angel in the House' in Michael Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White | Erin Nyborg draws parallels between Michael Faber's 2002 novel The Crimson Petal and the White and Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. | Erin Nyborg | 18 Jul 2012 |
| 2 | Creative Commons | Olive Schreiner | Dominic Davies talks about Olive Schreiner, the postcolonial South African author, and how her work, The Story of the African Farm, engages with the critical question of European hegemony in literary understanding and expectations of literary works. | Dominic Davies | 17 Jul 2012 |
| 1 | Creative Commons | 'Some exquisitely-dressed stage favourite': Shakespeare and the suffragettes | In this talk, Sophie Duncan examines suffragists' interactions with Shakespeare and his works, as performers, directors, consumers and critics. | Sophie Duncan | 17 Jul 2012 |