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Seminar series: Archives and Texts

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micheledrisse
Published Date
January 17, 2014

Spring Term 2014  Archives & Texts seminar series

Spring Term 2014

Monday 27th January (wk 3)

Professor Alexis Weedon and Professor Bob Owens (University of Bedfordshire)

‘Researching the Publishing History of The Pilgrim’s Progress’

Monday 24th February (wk 7)

Dr Lucy Pearson (University of Newcastle)

‘We met at a party’: Professional children’s publishing and the ‘lady editor’

Monday 10th March (wk 9)

Dr Ruth Bush (University of Westminster)

‘Editorial craft and francophone African literature

Wednesday 19th March (wk 10)

Professor Daniel Göske (Universität Kassel)

[Joint seminar with German Studies]

Title TBC

All seminars at 5pm in Humss Room 127. All welcome!

For further information, contact Dr Nicola Wilson, Dr Sophie Heywood or Dr Alison Martin or see the Archives and Texts blog.

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