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Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Professor wins £397,752 Leverhulme Project Grant to explore the generation gap in literature and society

Professor Siân Adiseshiah in Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é’s Department of English has secured a £397,752 Leverhulme Project Grant for Mind the Generation Gap: Literature, Representation, Consumption.
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Winner of Overton Poetry Prize 2026 Announced

The Department of English has announced the winner of the 2026 Overton Poetry Prize, its annual international competition for a sequence of poems.

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500 ‘Cathys’ brave the rain for joyful celebration of Kate Bush, Emily Brontë and Haworth’s moors

Brontë scholar Dr Claire O’Callaghan has celebrated the legacy of the 19th century author alongside a cast of 500 Cathys, dancing to Kate Bush’s iconic Wuthering Heights on the rain-swept moors above Haworth, West Yorkshire.
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English Department hosts major international conference on Weird Modernisms

Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é recently welcomed over four hundred academics from around the globe to explore, celebrate and study works of Weird Modernism.
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Reader accredited with Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society

Dr Joan Fitzpatrick has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (RHS) in recognition of her eminent contribution to historical scholarship.
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Professor recognised with Fellowship of the English Association

Professor Siân Adiseshiah has been elected as a Fellow of the English Association in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the discipline.

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