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Naomi Wolf joins me to discuss the 2024 election season and all the strangeness. She predicts that the election won't take place; that an event of some sort will cause it to be suspended. This will ultimately usher in a communist dictatorship led by the democrats. She claims that in reality the coup has already taken place and she elaborates on why she believes this. It is true that we are dealing with people who are irrational and power hungry. A combination that could ultimately lead to disasters of unimagineable proportions. You can follow Naomi on her website at https://dailyclout.io/ or follow her on her Rumble channel at https://rumble.com/user/DailyClout Links mentioned in the show: Miles Franklin: Learn more how you can convert your IRA or buy precious metals by emailing info@MilesFranklin.com - tell them ‘Sarah sent me” and get the best service and prices in the country. Nano Soma: Try the Amazing Nano Soma line of products and receive a 10% discount at https://iwantmyhealthback.com/sarah MasterPeace: Remove Heavy Metals including Graphene Oxide and Plastics at https://masterpeacebyhcs.com/my-account/uap/?ref=11308 Consider subscribing: Follow on Twitter @Sarah_Westall Follow on my Substack at SarahWestall.Substack.com See Important Proven Solutions to Keep Your from getting sick even if you had the mRNA Shot - Dr. Nieusma MUSIC CREDITS: “In Epic World” by Valentina Gribanova, licensed for broad internet media use, including video and audio     See on Bastyon | Bitchute | Brighteon | Clouthub | Odysee | Rumble | Youtube | Tube.Freedom.Buzz     Biography of Naomi Wolf Dr Naomi Wolf received a D Phil Degree in English Literature from the University of Oxford in 2015. Dr Wolf taught Victorian Studies as a Visiting Professor at SUNY Stony Brook, received a Barnard College Research Fellowship at the Center for Women and Gender, was recipient of a Rothermere American Institute Research Fellowship for her work on John Addington Symonds at the University of Oxford, and taught English Literature at George Washington University as a visiting lecturer. She's lectured widely on the themes in Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalization of Love, presenting lectures on Symonds and the themes in Outrages at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, at Balliol College, Oxford, and to the undergraduates in the English Faculty at the University of Oxford. She lectured about Symonds and Outrages for the first LGBTQ Colloquium at Rhodes House. Dr Wolf was a Rhodes Scholar and a Yale graduate. She's written eight nonfiction bestsellers, about women's issues and civil liberties, and is the CEO of DailyClout.io, a news site and legislative database in which actual US state and Federal legislation is shared digitally and read and explained weekly. She holds an honorary doctorate from Sweet Briar College. She and her family live in New York City.    

Dr. Naomi Wolf returns to the program to discuss her latest efforts to clean up the voting system and the shenanigans which followed. Incredible efforts to ensure the failed rigged system continues at the expense of all the citizens. She also discusses how other countries have begun to ban the COVID jab for kids. Not enough, but a good first step towards stopping a very dangerous product from being given to millions of people worldwide. You can learn more about Dr. Naomi Wolf at https://DailyClout.io or you can purchase her new book, "Facing the Beast: Courage, Faith, and Resistance in a New Dark Age" at https://www.amazon.com/Facing-Beast-Courage-Faith-Resistance/dp/1645022366   Links mentioned in the show: Learn more about Leela's Quantum Tech at https://bit.ly/3iVOMsZ or at https://SarahWestall.com/shop Learn more how you can convert your IRA or buy precious metals by emailing info@MilesFranklin.com - tell them ‘Sarah sent me” and get the best service and prices in the country. Consider subscribing: Follow on Twitter @Sarah_Westall Follow on my Substack at SarahWestall.Substack.com See Important Proven Solutions to Keep Your from getting sick even if you had the mRNA Shot - Dr. Nieusma MUSIC CREDITS: “In Epic World” by Valentina Gribanova, licensed for broad internet media use, including video and audio     See on Bastyon | Bitchute | CloutHub | Odysee | Rumble | Youtube | Tube.Freedom.Buzz     Biography of Naomi Wolf Dr Naomi Wolf received a D Phil Degree in English Literature from the University of Oxford in 2015. Dr Wolf taught Victorian Studies as a Visiting Professor at SUNY Stony Brook, received a Barnard College Research Fellowship at the Center for Women and Gender, was recipient of a Rothermere American Institute Research Fellowship for her work on John Addington Symonds at the University of Oxford, and taught English Literature at George Washington University as a visiting lecturer. She's lectured widely on the themes in Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalization of Love, presenting lectures on Symonds and the themes in Outrages at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, at Balliol College, Oxford, and to the undergraduates in the English Faculty at the University of Oxford. She lectured about Symonds and Outrages for the first LGBTQ Colloquium at Rhodes House. Dr Wolf was a Rhodes Scholar and a Yale graduate. She's written eight nonfiction bestsellers, about women's issues and civil liberties, and is the CEO of DailyClout.io, a news site and legislative database in which actual US state and Federal legislation is shared digitally and read and explained weekly. She holds an honorary doctorate from Sweet Briar College. She and her family live in New York City.    

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In this episode Dr. Jeff Myers speaks with Dr. Andrew Newell. He is the Junior Research Fellow in Literature & Theology at Wycliffe Hall and the English Faculty at the University of Oxford. He has researched and taught on topics including theology, poetry, hymnology, museology, and more. Andrew is also the editor of The Buechner Review: an annual publication dedicated to the work of the American author, Frederick Buechner. Listen to every episode of the Dr. Jeff Show wherever you listen to podcasts. For more from Dr. Jeff on YouTube visit http://bit.ly/3flbj2j For more resources from Summit Ministries visit their Resource Library at www.summit.org/resources/

Alice Oswald's final lecture as the English Faculty's Professor of Poetry.

Author and journalist, Dr. Naomi Wolf, rejoins the program to discuss the growing tyranny we are witnessing and experiencing worldwide. She has been writing about the stages of tyranny and now believes America has entered the last stage. We discuss how both the Chinese Communist Party and the World Economic Forum are both pushing for global tyranny for the purpose of their worldwide power grab. You can learn more about Dr. Naomi Wolf at DailyClout.io or you can purchase her new book, "The Bodies of Others".   Learn why you are not getting sufficient minerals from your food or vitamins: ControlYourHealth.care/why-minerals.html See Important Proven Solutions to Keep Your from getting sick even if you had the mRNA Shot - Dr. Nieusma See exclusive interviews on SarahWestall.TV or on Ebener (what is Ebener?)! Sign up at SarahWestall.com/Subscribe MUSIC CREDITS: "Cinematic Trailer" Media Music Group & "Do You Trust Me" by Michael Vignola, licensed for broad internet media use, including video and audio     See on Bastyon | Odysee | Bitchute | Rumble | SarahWestall.tv | Freedom.Social   Biography of Naomi Wolf Dr Naomi Wolf received a D Phil Degree in English Literature from the University of Oxford in 2015. Dr Wolf taught Victorian Studies as a Visiting Professor at SUNY Stony Brook, received a Barnard College Research Fellowship at the Center for Women and Gender, was recipient of a Rothermere American Institute Research Fellowship for her work on John Addington Symonds at the University of Oxford, and taught English Literature at George Washington University as a visiting lecturer. She's lectured widely on the themes in Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalization of Love, presenting lectures on Symonds and the themes in Outrages at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, at Balliol College, Oxford, and to the undergraduates in the English Faculty at the University of Oxford. She lectured about Symonds and Outrages for the first LGBTQ Colloquium at Rhodes House. Dr Wolf was a Rhodes Scholar and a Yale graduate. She's written eight nonfiction bestsellers, about women's issues and civil liberties, and is the CEO of DailyClout.io, a news site and legislative database in which actual US state and Federal legislation is shared digitally and read and explained weekly. She holds an honorary doctorate from Sweet Briar College. She and her family live in New York City.    

Hermione Lee was President of Wolfson College from 2008 to 2017 and is Emeritus Professor of English Literature in the English Faculty at Oxford University. She is a biographer and critic whose work includes biographies of Virginia Woolf (1996), Edith Wharton (2006) and Penelope Fitzgerald (2013, winner of the 2014 James Tait Black Prize for Biography and one of the New York Times best 10 books of 2014). She has also written books on Elizabeth Bowen, Philip Roth and Willa Cather, and a collection of essays on life-writing, Body Parts. In 2003 she was made a CBE and in 2013 she was made a Dame for services to literary scholarship.   We met via Zoom to talk about the what, how and why of biography, and the role of the biographer. During our conversation I reference a book that Hermione wrote in 2009 called Biography: A Very Short Introduction. Topics covered include the practice of autopsy and portraiture; truth and fiction; empathy; conversation; selection and shaping; gossip, privacy and intrusion; the multiplicity of selves and identities; 'definitive' lives; vivid details; anecdotes; obsessional commitment, and detachment; Freud and psychoanalysis; unknowns and gaps; objectivity; Richard Holmes's memoir Footsteps; and Virginia Woolf. 

Dr. Naomi Wolf appears on the Outer Limits of Inner Truth to discuss the worldwide resistance against vaccine passports and tyranny. Wolf also shares her thoughts on the dystopian future that awaits humanity if we do not stand together united right now for the cause of freedom. A Rhodes Scholar and former advisor to Clinton and Gore campaigns, and author of eight NYT nonfiction bestsellers, Dr. Naomi Wolf has been creating globally valuable news and opinion content for digital media and for publishers for 28 years. Naomi Wolf completed a D.Phil. in English Literature from the University of Oxford in 2015 and taught Victorian Studies as a Visiting Professor at SUNY Stony Brook. She was a research fellow at the Barnard Center for Research on Women and at the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford. She taught English Literature at George Washington University as a visiting lecturer. She's lectured widely on the themes in Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalization of Love at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, at Balliol College, Oxford, and to the undergraduates in the English Faculty at the University of Oxford. About Daily Clout Our mission is to empower all people with information, facts and opinion from all viewpoints, that when combined with DailyClout's proprietary platform, enables them to be well informed and to exercise their rights to directly weigh-in on issues and legislation so that their voices are heard at the local, state or federal level. Website:

Paying tribute to the ideas of BR Ambedkar by Diana cyrus II English faculty@ PMS, Alwal Campus

We're just months away from the release of the brand new Magerman Edition Koren Tanakh with an all-new English translation by Rabbi Lord Sacks zt"l, Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb shlit"a, and others.We sat down with the literary editor of the Prophets and Writings (Nakh) sections, Prof. Will Lee (Associate Professor Emeritus) of Yeshiva University's English Faculty, and with Senior Translator, Jessica Sacks to talk about the challenges, surprises, and features of the new translation. Prof. Lee talks about approaching the translation of the Hebrew Bible as an Ethical Humanist while retaining the Orthodox Jewish ideology of the translation. Why a translation of the core text of our faith needs a literary editor, and how working on the translation affected his own work as an English Literature professor and poetry lover.Jessica Sacks, who featured on our memorial episode for her uncle, the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt"l, talks about her life-long dream to create a translation for the Tanakh that reflects the true poetry, drama, and music of the original Hebrew and, in so doing, how we can gain an even deeper understanding and forge a stronger connection to the text.Make sure to subscribe to the Koren Publishers e-mail newsletter here to get all the latest information about the Tanakh.Save 10% on your next order from www.korenpub.com with code PODCAST at checkout.Make sure to rate and subscribe wherever you are listening and follow us @korenpubjerusalem on Facebook and @korenpublishers on Instagram.

A student's success in school is determined by a wide spectrum of factors, including family life, relationships, mental health, and school policy. Since the pandemic, there has been a concerning drop in student attainment around the world. Even more concerning is the rising numbers of students being excluded from secondary schools. This exclusion is driven by the school's reaction to poor behaviour often guided by the assumption that punishment will change behaviour. To help us better understand the cause and impact of school exclusion, as well as strategies to keep students in school, I am joined by an Oxford University professor who has been researching this issue for several years. Prof Ian Thompson is Associate Professor of English Education at Oxford University's Department of Education and Director of the PGCE course. He is joint convenor of the Oxford Centre for Sociocultural and Activity Theory Research (OSAT) and a Fellow of St. Hugh's College. He is also a member of Oxford University's English Faculty. Ian is currently co-PI on the £2.55 million ESRC funded project Excluded Lives: The Political Economies of School Exclusion and their Consequences. Thank you Ian for joining me today.     Prof Ian Thompson: http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/people/ian-thompson/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanThompsonEd Excluded Lives: The Political Economies of School Exclusion and their Consequences: http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/research/excluded-lives/ Book: Poverty in Education Across the UK: A Comparative Analysis of Policy and Place https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/poverty-in-education-across-the-uk Articles: After Warnock: The Effects of Perverse Incentives in Policies in England for Students With Special Educational Need https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2019.00036/full Factors associated with high and low levels of school exclusions: comparing the English and wider UK experience https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13632752.2019.1628340

This week we welcome English Faculty & Chicano Literature studies Professor Jaime Herrera, as we talk about "The House on Mango Street" by author Sandra Cisneros. Hosted by Dr. Eddie Webb.

This week, Isabel and Maddy speak to students and staff at Cambridge involved in the campaign to decolonise the University, as well as talking to those pushing the government for national educational reform. The episode begins with Jazaal Babar, who is one of the Cambridge SU BME Campaign’s Education Officers. He discusses what the movement to decolonise Cambridge entails, and what Cambridge needs to do to challenge its colonial legacies. (01:27). Next, Isabel and Maddy speak to Jonathan Chan and Shameera Lin who worked with the Decolonise English Working Group and have just graduated from Cambridge. They tell us about why this group started and the institutional problems preventing decolonisation in the English Faculty. (3.58). Ali Meghji, Decolonise Sociology Chair and Lecturer in Social Inequalities, talks about the underlying colonial assumptions in sociology and how to re-think these as part of the curriculum. (11.05). Mythiri Sutharson talks about the growing fight to combat institutionalised racism in Cambridge Medical school, and the recent open letter that reignited this movement. (19.39). Talk then turns to how the movement to decolonise educational institutions extends past the university; Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson and Nell Bevan, founders of the ‘Impact of Omission’ survey, discuss the results of their survey assessing the diversity of the British school curriculum, and the challenges they have faced in campaigning for national educational reform. (27:29). Finally, the interviewees relay their hope for the future, describing their mix of optimism and apprehension in relation to the Decolonise Cambridge Movement. (33.55). Switchboard is Varsity’s flagship podcast. Episodes are released every Friday on all major podcasting apps via Anchor. Transcripts of all episodes are available via links on the respective podcast article, found at http://www.varsity.co.uk/.

Join us today for a conversation with Andrea Rivers, English Faculty at South Mountain Community College. Andrea's pursuing a PhD that focuses on race, cultural relevance, and teaching at Arizona State University. In her discussion with Summer, Andrea conveys the shifting realities of the COVID19 era, as our perspectives change to include conversations about black struggles, violence against people of color, and uncertainties about the future. Show notes: Andrea discussed the murder of George Floyd and its historical impacts. As part of her work with SMCC's Equity Team, she developed a short video, called "What is Juneteenth? In 8 minutes and 46 seconds.)" You can connect with Andrea at Andrea.Rivers@southmountaincc.edu or Aerivers@asu.edu Connect with us:Click here to tell us your story.Why is it called More and More Every Day? Click here to read our first More and More post. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @smcchistoryInterview Date: 6/5/2020

Today's episode, "What is Juneteenth? (in 8 minutes and 46 seconds)" will be released at 8:46am. Our choice to highlight 8:46 is in commemoration of the death of George Floyd. Written by English Professor Andrea Rivers, this brief history of Juneteenth explains the origins of the holiday and its contemporary significance in the year 2020. It features information about the national and local celebrations of the holiday, along with a call for our country to do better. Show notes: Produced by the South Phoenix Oral History Project and members of South Mountain Community CollegeWritten by Andrea RiversSpeakers (in order of appearance): Andrea Rivers, English Faculty; Clyne Namuo, Vice President of Learning; Summer Cherland, History Faculty; Osaro Ighodaro, Vice President of Student Affairs; Shari Olson, President; Azra Mahmood, Communication Faculty Please also see SMCC's companion video. https://youtu.be/JYcQAqKdg8o Please see the website: https://8m46s.com/ for a partial transcript and timer of George Floyd's death. Learn more about Juneteenth history and celebrations in Phoenix, AZ. Learn more about Eastlake Park's History.Music credit:  Too Cool by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-coolLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Connect with us:Click here to tell us your story.Why is it called More and More Every Day? Click here to read our first More and More post. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @smcchistoryRecording date: 6/17/20

In a programme first broadcast in 2017, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Northamptonshire poet John Clare who, according to one of Melvyn's guests Jonathan Bate, was 'the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced'. Clare worked in a tavern, as a gardener and as a farm labourer in the early 19th century and achieved his first literary success with Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery. He was praised for his descriptions of rural England and his childhood there, and his reaction to the changes he saw in the Agricultural Revolution with its enclosures, displacement and altered, disrupted landscape. Despite poor mental health and, from middle age onwards, many years in asylums, John Clare continued to write and he is now seen as one of the great poets of his age. With Sir Jonathan Bate Provost of Worcester College, University of Oxford Mina Gorji Senior Lecturer in the English Faculty and fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge and Simon Kövesi Professor of English Literature at Oxford Brookes University Producer: Simon Tillotson.

The Liberator Within Featuring Naomi Wolf Dr. Naomi Wolf makes her second appearance on the Outer Limits of Inner Truth. Dr. Wolf shares her perspectives freedom in today's ever changing world. Naomi Wolf completed a D.Phil. in English Literature from the University of Oxford in 2015 and taught Victorian Studies as a Visiting Professor at SUNY Stony Brook. She was a research fellow at the Barnard Center for Research on Women and at the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford. She taught English Literature at George Washington University as a visiting lecturer. She’s lectured widely on the themes in Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalization of Love at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, at Balliol College, Oxford, and to the undergraduates in the English Faculty at the University of Oxford. She spoke about the themes in Outrages for the first LGBTQ Colloquium at Rhodes House. Naomi Wolf is a former Rhodes Scholar and a Yale graduate. She’s written eight nonfiction bestsellers, about women’s issues and about civil liberties, and is the CEO of DailyClout.io, a news site which explains US state and Federal legislation. She holds an honorary doctorate from Sweet Briar College. She and her family live in New York City.

Daniel Bernstrom has just released his 3rd book, Big Papa and the Time Machine. His 3rd book for children  and one that has deep roots in Daniels’s life journey, dealing with being scared, bravery and love. Big Papa and the Time Machine recalls a past that Daniel could only imagine but the realities, facts and some fiction put it all together in this wonderful book. From his African American heritage, to remembering his Papa’s story telling, Daniel captures the moments in this fictional depiction through the eyes of a 5 year old grandchild and his Big Papa.  Daniel relates how the Picture books convey some of the similarities of his vision loss and the depiction of the story illustrated by the artists drawing the pictures. How vision loss can blur the images and how memory can be a bit fuzzy in the mind. So too can what Daniel sees and doesn’t see. Join Daniel Bernstrom and Jeff Thompson as they open the story wide open and how Big Papa and the Time Machine came about. You can find all of Daniel’s books on Amazon One Day in the Eucalyptus Eucalyptus Tree Gator, Gator, GATOR! Big Papa and the Time Machine You can find out more about Daniel Bernstrom and keep up with the latest on his web site: http://lillylabs.com Be sure to check out Daniel’s previous podcast on Blind Abilities when his first book, One Day in the Eucalyptus Eucalyptus Tree. Was released! About Daniel Bernstrom Daniel R. Bernstrom is the author of the picture books Gator, Gator, Gator!, One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree, and Big Papa and the Time Machine. Daniel currently works as an English Faculty member for Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Worthington Minnesota, teaching Literature and English Composition. He received his Bachelor's in Electronic Media Communications from the University Northwestern and his MFA (Master of Fine Arts) in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University. He currently lives in Worthington, Minnesota with his wife Heather, daughters LaVonne and Gwendolyn, and sons Grace and Haven. Contact: Thank you for listening! You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Storeand Google Play Store. Check out the Blind Abilities Communityon Facebook, the Blind Abilities Page, the Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impairedand the Assistive Technology Community for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

In this podcast the dynamic poet Patience Agbabi is in conversation about her Ted Hughes short-listed collection Telling Tales (2015), a rebellious reworking of Chaucer, and her contribution to the 2016 Refugee Tales project. After reading from both works Agbabi discusses with Professor Elleke Boehmer, Director of the Oxford Centre for Life Writing, and medievalist Professor Marion Turner, the key themes that animate her work: her efforts to give voice to the marginalised, the influence of Chaucer upon her writing and practice, and her interests in grime music as well as poetic form, not least the sonnet. The recording was made on 5 December 2019 at a ‘Writers Make Worlds’ event in the English Faculty, University of Oxford.

Kapiʻolani Community College offers a variety of online classes, degrees, and certificate programs. An online class might be right for you if you want or need a flexible school schedule, know how to student independently, have self-discipline and motivation, and are ready to actively engage with the online class content, instructors, and classmates.Distance Education, or otherwise known as "on-line classes", has actually been around for some time but it has definitely evolved. Alfie and I were fortunate to interview some of the team members of Kapi‘olani Community College's Distance Education faculty to learn how much it has grown and what students can expect. Please enjoy listening to Leigh Dooley, English Faculty, Kristie Souza Malterre, Counseling Faculty, and Nadine Wolff, Math Faculty share their passion and commitment to serving our students in the on-line environment. Click HERE to learn more about Kapi‘olani Community College's Distance Education opportunities!It is also worth noting the the University of Hawai‘i System wide is constantly exploring ways to make learning accessible to all. Please check out this piece from Leeward Community College around on-line textbooks.

The Fire of Liberty with Naomi Wolf One of the world’s most influential feminists and bestselling author Naomi Wolf doesn’t just comment on the world’s most pervasive problems, she aims to solve them. At age 23, Dr. Wolf published , her landmark international bestseller that challenged the cosmetics industry and the marketing of unrealistic beauty standards. Considered one of the most important books of the 20th century by the New York Times, the book launched a new wave of feminism and is still taught on campuses around the world. Naomi Wolf completed a D.Phil. in English Literature from the University of Oxford in 2015 and taught Victorian Studies as a Visiting Professor at SUNY Stony Brook. She was a research fellow at the Barnard Center for Research on Women and at the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford. She taught English Literature at George Washington University as a visiting lecturer. She’s lectured widely on the themes in Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalization of Love at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, at Balliol College, Oxford, and to the undergraduates in the English Faculty at the University of Oxford. She spoke about the themes in Outrages for the first LGBTQ Colloquium at Rhodes House. Naomi Wolf is a former Rhodes Scholar and a Yale graduate. She’s written eight nonfiction bestsellers, about women’s issues and about civil liberties, and is the CEO of DailyClout.io, a news site which explains US state and Federal legislation. She holds an honorary doctorate from Sweet Briar College. She and her family live in New York City. Website Link: h Get A Free Copy of Outrages by Emailing: naomi@dailyclout.io Until 1857, the State did not link the idea of homosexuality to deviancy. In the same year, the concept of the obscene was coined. New York Times best-selling author Naomi Wolf’s Outrages is the story, brilliantly told, of why this two-pronged State repression took hold — first in England and spreading quickly to America — and why it was attached so dramatically, for the first time, to homosexual men. Before 1857, it wasn’t homosexuality that was a crime, but the act of sodomy. But in a single stroke, not only did love between men become illegal, but anything referring to this love alsowas ruled obscene, unprintable, unspeakable. Wolf paints the dramatic ways this played out among a bohemian group of sexual dissidents, including American poet Walt Whitman and closeted English critic John Addington Symonds, as, decades before the infamous 1895 trial of Oscar Wilde, dire prison terms became the government’s penalty for homosexuality. Most powerfully, Wolf recounts how a dying Symonds helped write the book on sexual inversion that created our modern understanding of homosexuality. And she argues that his secret memoir, mined here fully for the first time, stands as the first gay rights manifesto in the West. Naomi Wolf Quotes Peaceful, lawful protest – if it is effective – is innately disruptive of ‘business as usual.’ That is why it is effective. The press doesn’t stop publishing, by the way, in a fascist escalation; it simply watches what it says. That too can be an incremental process, and the pace at which the free press polices itself depends on how journalists are targeted. To live in a culture in which women are routinely naked where men aren’t is to learn inequality in little ways all day long. So even if we agree that sexual imagery is in fact a language, it is clearly one that is already heavily edited to protect men’s sexual – and hence social – confidence while undermining that of women. A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience. A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem. Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth, and that is not speaking. The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don’t lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.  

The themes raised by Matthew Reynolds' Likenesses: Translation, Illustration, Interpretation will be discussed by Dr Jason Gaiger (Ruskin School), Dr Adriana Jacobs (Oriental Studies) and Dr Nick Halmi (English). Translation, illustration and interpretation have at least two things in common. They all begin when sense is made in the act of reading: that is where illustrative images and explanatory words begin to form. And they all ask to be understood in relation to the works from which they have arisen: reading them is a matter of reading readings. Likenesses explores this palimpsestic realm, with examples from Dante to the contemporary sculptor Rachel Whiteread. The complexities that emerge are different from Empsonian ambiguity or de Man's unknowable infinity of signification: here, meaning dawns and fades as the hologrammic text is filled out and flattened by successive encounters. Likenesses follows on from the argument of Reynolds's The Poetry of Translation (2011), extending it through other translations and beyond into a wide range of layered texts. Browning emerges as a key figure because his poems laminate languages, places, times and modes of utterance with such compelling energy. There are also substantial, innovative accounts of Dryden, Stubbs, Goya, Turner, Tennyson, Ungaretti and many more. Matthew Reynolds teaches at Oxford where he is a Fellow of St Anne's College and The Times lecturer in the English Faculty. It has been said of him that 'the best critics, like the best poets (in Browning's words) impart the gift of seeing to the rest: Reynolds has this gift of seeing and imparting' (TLS). His earlier books are The Poetry of Translation, The Realms of Verse 1830-1870, the novels The World Was All Before Them and Designs for a Happy Home(/i), and editions of Dante in English and of Manzoni.

“How I Manage My Classroom: A Balancing Act” By Karen E. B. Elliott, English Faculty (1997-the present)   I always find it interesting how classes formulate—not according to a schedule, or what a student desires to take to graduate, or even what “track” they’ve chosen.  Whenever my classes meet, within the first few weeks of school, each section becomes their own entity—their individual personalities come together and sort-of become “one” being.  What I love about this is that each section, therefore, has different needs…even though I might be teaching all the seniors the same text. I love it because each class/section will look at a text differently depending on their individual and collective personalities, and as a result, I get to “see” a text in a new way with each group.  Consequently, what has resonated most with myself is the three categories of how students learn: Sequential, Global and Exploratory. I have realized that I do all three in one hour…which either means that I’m confused, or perhaps by default, I have learned over the years that the students do best with a balance.  Often I will begin class with grammar, historical lecture, or a pop quiz which helps with my Sequential learners who tend to “respond to logic, order and sequence and work best with information that is presented methodically” (Willis 57).  After this, I will often put students into groups—randomly chosen, and never the same kids together—to spend some time reflecting on specific topics/questions regarding the text, but at the same time giving them space to “enjoy discovery [and] frees them to experiment, create [different theories]…and explore their [literary] environment rather than be restricted by overly structured lessons”; however, little do these Exploratory learners realize, things are actually structured by myself, but they get the “interpersonal” engagement with their peers, which actually helps them focus and eventually present their ideas to the larger group (Willis 58).  Next, I’ll have everyone come to “Discussion Group.” Someone turns off the classroom lights, and someone else turns on lamps as we gather together in different chairs, sit on the carpet with cozy pillows, someone boldly likes sitting in my desk chair, and if others like, they can even stay at a table as long as we come together to discuss what they’ve done in group work. This is great for all types of learners because they are moving around, recharging, and they are used to the cues. Here, however, at “Discussion Group,” the Global learners have it—here, they get to “connect a new general topic to something more concrete” (58). Here, we make connections from the literature to the practical, and make things more applicable/personal.   What is always challenging, however, is when one particular “Learning Group” dominates a class.  This is like ordering a prime rib but getting scallops wrapped in bacon. Both are great, but sometimes they don’t always go together because someone’s allergic to fish.  As a teacher, however, this is what’s on the menu. This is your class. Own it. Know that nothing is a coincidence and that God has more faith in you than you might have in yourself.  If He thinks you can create the balance, then you can.   Willis, Judy. Brain-Friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom.  ACSD: Alexandria VA, 2007.  

“As a Christian Teacher, ‘Life is a Highway’” Karen E. B. Elliott, English Faculty (1997-present)   On more than one occasion, I will have a frustrated student sigh and boldly ask, “Mrs. Elliott, why do we have to read this?”  It’s a fair question, so instead of getting defensive because they’ve just attacked one of the so-called greatest works of literature and it’s also a personal favorite (which might be why we’re reading it), I ask the entire class, “All right, why do we read this? Why should we?”  After that, a great conversation inevitably ensues; however, if I let it, things start to evolve. For each student it gets personal. Naturally, questions create controversy, and controversy is not always fun—especially at a Christian school.  As an English teacher, this is where the fun begins and where class size is always an issue—the more students, the more questions—and I’ve got Milton and that other Shakespeare play to finish before midterm exams?!  Classroom management suddenly feels like “whack-a-mole” and I can’t get them to remember the difference between denotation and connotation. This is when it gets challenging and frustrating at an Evangelical, international, inter-dominational Christian school.  I have to cover all this, and lead them to Christ! And yet, Christ is exactly the only reason I am here.  My subject is just a medium.  It is through my passion for literature which Christ (in spite of my sinful self) works through me and somehow draws students toward Him.  And I don’t know why we are surprised when God does this through secular works written by people who don’t believe in Him, at least not publicly. Yet, we are all made in the image of God, and many authors unknowingly further our relationship to the One who has forgiven them, too, even if they have no inkling that they need forgiveness…even if a few of their ideas are, quite frankly, unforgivable.  Am I any different? And yet, God uses even me to help a particular student with serious questions—ones that will eventually determine their eternal life. I am a marked woman.  I have been asked to boldly and with great difficulty and elegance keep one foot in the world, but the other one under-no-circumstances not of it. Teaching literature at a well-known, high-standard, Christian school in Boston-proper is nothing short of challenging.  I must be careful. As an intellectual and Evangelical in the classroom, I feel as though I’m driving along the Pacific Highway. I’m so close to the rising paganistic-atheistic edge, that if I let my intellect or ego get the best of me, I teeter into the abyss and end up over my head in the eternal waters; however, if I trust in God, which is so difficult to do most of the time, I’ve got my best foot anchored to His side, and the journey is beautiful and He shows me the world in His proper perspective. This is what I hope to do with my students as we peer into the world, become aware of the jagged edges, the seductive and engulfing waters below, and how to help each other face the challenges it takes to journey in this beautiful but dark world where most of the time, the guardrails are few and far between. When I review literary terms with my AP class, we often revisit “irony.”  It’s not what happens is unexpected or the opposite. Irony is what was intended becomes the opposite. And ironically, many of my students are brought to Christ through much of the literature that we explore in class.  It’s through some of the most famous authors who unknowingly draw us unto the One who led them to inkwell or typewriter that reinforce my beloved students’ beliefs that there is absolute Truth and an all-knowing God who loves them, and asks much of them, but will, and has already, journeyed the worst road possible.

A podcast about a song about the parallels of fake news today and satire in the 18th Century based on research by Prof Abigail Williams at the University of Oxford It might seem like fake news is an exclusively modern experience but it turns out there are many parallels to be drawn between the explosion of printed works in the 18th Century and the internet in more modern times. This is an interview explores the research behind a song that explores some early examples of 'fake news' and how this was interpreted. Theliterature, fake news, parody, Satire song was written by Jonny Berliner in collaboration with Prof. Abigail Williams in the English Faculty at the University of Oxford. Read more about Abigail's research: http://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-abigail-williams.

The research behind a song about how Victorians saw the conversation between the gut and mood, featuring an interview with researcher Dr Emilie Taylor-Brown at the University of Oxford We often use language to describe emotions with words related to food, and you often hear people linking mood with food, but getting hangry is far from a modern thing; Victorians had already made these connections. This interview explores this gut:brain conversation from the perspective of Victorian literature. The song was written by Jonny Berliner in collaboration with Dr Emilie Taylor-Brown who works in the English Faculty at the University of Oxford, as part of the 'Diseases of Modern Life' project. To learn more about the research visit: https://www.diseasesofmodernlife.org/ and follow on Twitter @diseasesmodlife and @DrETaylorBrown.

A song about the parallels of fake news today and satire in the 18th Century based on research by Prof Abigail Williams at the University of Oxford It might seem like fake news is an exclusively modern experience but it turns out there are many parallels to be drawn between the explosion of printed works in the 18th Century and the internet in more modern times. This song explores some early examples of 'fake news' and how this was interpreted. This song was written by Jonny Berliner in collaboration with Prof. Abigail Williams in the English Faculty at the University of Oxford. Read more about Abigail's research: http://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-abigail-williams.

A song about how Victorians saw the conversation between the gut and mood, based on research by Dr Emilie Taylor-Brown at the University of Oxford We often use language to describe emotions with words related to food, and you often hear people linking mood with food, but getting hangry is far from a modern thing; Victorians had already made these connections. This song explores this gut:brain conversation from the perspective of Victorian literature. This song was written by Jonny Berliner in collaboration with Dr Emilie Taylor-Brown who works in the English Faculty at the University of Oxford, as part of the 'Diseases of Modern Life' project. To learn more about the research visit: https://www.diseasesofmodernlife.org/ and follow on Twitter @diseasesmodlife and @DrETaylorBrown.

In a programme first broadcast in 2017, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Northamptonshire poet John Clare who, according to one of Melvyn's guests Jonathan Bate, was 'the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced'. Clare worked in a tavern, as a gardener and as a farm labourer in the early 19th century and achieved his first literary success with Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery. He was praised for his descriptions of rural England and his childhood there, and his reaction to the changes he saw in the Agricultural Revolution with its enclosures, displacement and altered, disrupted landscape. Despite poor mental health and, from middle age onwards, many years in asylums, John Clare continued to write and he is now seen as one of the great poets of his age. With Sir Jonathan Bate Provost of Worcester College, University of Oxford Mina Gorji Senior Lecturer in the English Faculty and fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge and Simon Kövesi Professor of English Literature at Oxford Brookes University Producer: Simon Tillotson.

In a programme first broadcast in 2017, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Northamptonshire poet John Clare who, according to one of Melvyn's guests Jonathan Bate, was 'the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced'. Clare worked in a tavern, as a gardener and as a farm labourer in the early 19th century and achieved his first literary success with Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery. He was praised for his descriptions of rural England and his childhood there, and his reaction to the changes he saw in the Agricultural Revolution with its enclosures, displacement and altered, disrupted landscape. Despite poor mental health and, from middle age onwards, many years in asylums, John Clare continued to write and he is now seen as one of the great poets of his age. With Sir Jonathan Bate Provost of Worcester College, University of Oxford Mina Gorji Senior Lecturer in the English Faculty and fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge and Simon Kövesi Professor of English Literature at Oxford Brookes University Producer: Simon Tillotson.

Thom Caraway, Ph.D., and Casey Andrews, Ph.D., present their latest research projects. Caraway's lecture, "Poesis: The Language of Creation," explores theopoetics and contemporary poetry of witness. Andrews' lecture, "Writing Against War: Literature as Peace Activism," discusses the work of Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley and others who wrote peace-activist fiction in the 1930s.

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Stuart Lee and Margaret Kean explore the digital afterlives of these celebrated storytellers The city of Oxford has been home to some of the world’s greatest writers and has inspired countless stories for all ages. This discussion celebrates Oxford as a place of stories and storytelling, and examines how Oxford tales have been re-shaped across different digital media. Robert Douglas-Fairhurst (Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford) examines the character of Lewis Carroll and the creation of 'Alice in Wonderland'. Stuart Lee (Member of the English Faculty and Merton College, University of Oxford) traces how Tolkien's Middle-earth and especially ‘The Lord of the Rings’ have been reimagined through a range of digital technologies, from games to films. Margaret Kean (Helen Gardner Fellow in English, St Hilda's College, University of Oxford) discusses how Philip Pullman plays with the idea of communication across different media in ‘His Dark Materials’.

Stuart Lee traces how Tolkien's Middle-earth and especially 'The Lord of the Rings' have been reimagined through a range of digital technologies, from games to films One of Oxford’s best-loved authors is J.R.R. Tolkien, whose work as Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford was deeply tied to his work as a fantasy writer. Stuart Lee (Member of the English Faculty and Merton College, University of Oxford) traces how Tolkien's Middle-earth and especially 'The Lord of the Rings' have been reimagined through a range of digital technologies, from games to films. This talk was part of an event exploring the work of celebrated Oxford storytellers Lewis Carroll, J.R.R. Tolkien and Philip Pullman and how their stories have been reimagined using a range of digital media. Watch the full discussion here: https://youtu.be/aPKENNrUmfI.

A librarian, literary scholar, museum director and digital commentator explore how the digital age has shaped, and will continue to shape, the human experience and the humanities The TORCH Humanities and the Digital Age series will explore the relationship between Humanities and the digital. It will consider digital’s at once disruptive and creative potential, and imagine future territory to be prospected. Underpinning this is perhaps the most important question of all: What does it mean to be human in the digital age? How might it reshape the way we create meaning and values? In this opening event we bring together a panel of experts from across the Humanities and the cultural sector to examine how the digital age has shaped, and will continue to shape, the human experience and the Humanities. We are joined by Tom Chatfield (author and broadcaster), Chris Fletcher (Professorial Fellow at Exeter College, Member of the English Faculty and Keeper of Special Collections at the Bodleian Library) Diane Lees (Director-General of Imperial War Museum Group) and Emma Smith (Fellow and Tutor in English, University of Oxford). The discussion is chaired by Dame Lynne Brindley (Master, Pembroke College).

Short presentation by Dr Martyn Harry (Music) followed by discussion. This seminar launched the Languages of Criticism project which brings together experts in literature, film, visual art and music to pursue a comparative investigation of criticism’s practices, their intellectual basis, and the potential for re-grounding and enriching them. We used examples from a variety of art forms to initiate questions regarding the creative possibilities of criticism. Among those present were Céline Sabiron, Ben Morgan, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Emma Ben Ayoun, Bryony Skelton, James Bond, Kamile Vaupsaite, Ellen Jones, Giovanni Mezzano, Xiaofan Amy Li, G. Lawson Conquer, Mia Cuthbertson, Junting Huang, Rafe Hampson, Joseph Jenner, Gail Trimble, Scott Newman, Julia Bray, James Grant, Robert Chard, Simon Palfrey, Philippe Roussin, Laurent Châtel, Emily Troscianko, Natasha Ryan, Charlie Louth, David Bowe, Lucy Russell, Jane Hiddleston, Marie Isabel Matthews-Schlinzly, Anita Paz, Harriet Wragg, Benedict Morrison, Kate Leadbetter, Katerina Virvidaki, Sarah Leyla Puells A, Thomas Toles, Lianjiang Yu, Carole Bourne-Taylor Andrew Klevan, University Lecturer in Film Studies, played a clip from The Magnificent Ambersons, read out a passage of criticism about it, and then explained why he felt the passage of criticism had value, paying attention especially to its style. Matthew Reynolds, a lecturer in the English Faculty, explored the borderline between perception and invention in literary criticism, discussing in particular Keats’s ‘On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer’ and a passages by Ali Smith and William Empson. Jason Gaiger, Head of the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, conducted a thought experiment in which works from Tate Modern were given away to people to keep in their homes. He asked what role criticism can play when a work’s context and situation are more significant than its intrinsic qualities. Martyn Harry, composer and lecturer in the Music Faculty, explored how pieces of music can themselves function as works of criticism Discussion probed many of the arguments made in the talks and raised new points, such as the relation between criticism and translation, and between criticism and commentary, and the different practices that might be thought of as criticism in different cultures.

Short presentation by Dr Jason Gaiger (Ruskin School) followed by discussion. This seminar launched the Languages of Criticism project which brings together experts in literature, film, visual art and music to pursue a comparative investigation of criticism’s practices, their intellectual basis, and the potential for re-grounding and enriching them. We used examples from a variety of art forms to initiate questions regarding the creative possibilities of criticism. Among those present were Céline Sabiron, Ben Morgan, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Emma Ben Ayoun, Bryony Skelton, James Bond, Kamile Vaupsaite, Ellen Jones, Giovanni Mezzano, Xiaofan Amy Li, G. Lawson Conquer, Mia Cuthbertson, Junting Huang, Rafe Hampson, Joseph Jenner, Gail Trimble, Scott Newman, Julia Bray, James Grant, Robert Chard, Simon Palfrey, Philippe Roussin, Laurent Châtel, Emily Troscianko, Natasha Ryan, Charlie Louth, David Bowe, Lucy Russell, Jane Hiddleston, Marie Isabel Matthews-Schlinzly, Anita Paz, Harriet Wragg, Benedict Morrison, Kate Leadbetter, Katerina Virvidaki, Sarah Leyla Puells A, Thomas Toles, Lianjiang Yu, Carole Bourne-Taylor Andrew Klevan, University Lecturer in Film Studies, played a clip from The Magnificent Ambersons, read out a passage of criticism about it, and then explained why he felt the passage of criticism had value, paying attention especially to its style. Matthew Reynolds, a lecturer in the English Faculty, explored the borderline between perception and invention in literary criticism, discussing in particular Keats’s ‘On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer’ and a passages by Ali Smith and William Empson. Jason Gaiger, Head of the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, conducted a thought experiment in which works from Tate Modern were given away to people to keep in their homes. He asked what role criticism can play when a work’s context and situation are more significant than its intrinsic qualities. Martyn Harry, composer and lecturer in the Music Faculty, explored how pieces of music can themselves function as works of criticism Discussion probed many of the arguments made in the talks and raised new points, such as the relation between criticism and translation, and between criticism and commentary, and the different practices that might be thought of as criticism in different cultures.

Short presentation by Andrew Klevan, followed by discussion. This seminar launched the Languages of Criticism project which brings together experts in literature, film, visual art and music to pursue a comparative investigation of criticism’s practices, their intellectual basis, and the potential for re-grounding and enriching them. We used examples from a variety of art forms to initiate questions regarding the creative possibilities of criticism. Among those present were Céline Sabiron, Ben Morgan, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Emma Ben Ayoun, Bryony Skelton, James Bond, Kamile Vaupsaite, Ellen Jones, Giovanni Mezzano, Xiaofan Amy Li, G. Lawson Conquer, Mia Cuthbertson, Junting Huang, Rafe Hampson, Joseph Jenner, Gail Trimble, Scott Newman, Julia Bray, James Grant, Robert Chard, Simon Palfrey, Philippe Roussin, Laurent Châtel, Emily Troscianko, Natasha Ryan, Charlie Louth, David Bowe, Lucy Russell, Jane Hiddleston, Marie Isabel Matthews-Schlinzly, Anita Paz, Harriet Wragg, Benedict Morrison, Kate Leadbetter, Katerina Virvidaki, Sarah Leyla Puells A, Thomas Toles, Lianjiang Yu, Carole Bourne-Taylor Andrew Klevan, University Lecturer in Film Studies, played a clip from The Magnificent Ambersons, read out a passage of criticism about it, and then explained why he felt the passage of criticism had value, paying attention especially to its style. Matthew Reynolds, a lecturer in the English Faculty, explored the borderline between perception and invention in literary criticism, discussing in particular Keats’s ‘On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer’ and a passages by Ali Smith and William Empson. Jason Gaiger, Head of the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, conducted a thought experiment in which works from Tate Modern were given away to people to keep in their homes. He asked what role criticism can play when a work’s context and situation are more significant than its intrinsic qualities. Martyn Harry, composer and lecturer in the Music Faculty, explored how pieces of music can themselves function as works of criticism Discussion probed many of the arguments made in the talks and raised new points, such as the relation between criticism and translation, and between criticism and commentary, and the different practices that might be thought of as criticism in different cultures.

Michael Whitworth, English Faculty, Oxford University, gives a lecture at the English Faculty Open day around Victorian literature.

Alexander Bubb, DPhil Candidate, English Faculty, Oxford, gives a talk for The Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar series.

Lecture delivered by Dr Stuart D Lee, 24/1/08, English Faculty, University of Oxford on Anglo-Saxon society in relation to the literature.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Christopher Marlowe. In the prologue to The Jew of Malta Christopher Marlowe has Machiavel say:"I count religion but a childish toy, And hold there is no sin but ignorance. Birds of the air will tell of murders past! I am ashamed to hear such fooleries.Many will talk of title to a crown. What right had Caesar to the empire? Might first made kings, and laws were then most sure When, like the Draco's, they were writ in blood."A forger, a brawler, a spy, a homosexual and accused of atheism but above all a playwright and poet, Christopher Marlowe was the most celebrated writer of his generation, bringing Tamburlaine, Faustus and The Jew of Malta to the stage and far outshining William Shakespeare during his lifetime. Then came his mysterious death at 29, days before he was due to appear on trial accused of heresy. Was he stabbed in an argument over a bill? Was he assassinated? And how does his work measure up to Shakespeare, a man who paid generous tribute and some say stole some of his best lines? Was Marlowe assassinated by the Elizabethan state? How subversive was his literary work? And had he lived as long as his contemporary Shakespeare, how would he have compared?With Katherine Duncan-Jones, Senior Research Fellow in the English Faculty of Oxford University; Jonathan Bate, Professor of English Literature, University of Warwick; Emma Smith, Lecturer in English, Oxford University.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Christopher Marlowe. In the prologue to The Jew of Malta Christopher Marlowe has Machiavel say:"I count religion but a childish toy, And hold there is no sin but ignorance. Birds of the air will tell of murders past! I am ashamed to hear such fooleries.Many will talk of title to a crown. What right had Caesar to the empire? Might first made kings, and laws were then most sure When, like the Draco's, they were writ in blood."A forger, a brawler, a spy, a homosexual and accused of atheism but above all a playwright and poet, Christopher Marlowe was the most celebrated writer of his generation, bringing Tamburlaine, Faustus and The Jew of Malta to the stage and far outshining William Shakespeare during his lifetime. Then came his mysterious death at 29, days before he was due to appear on trial accused of heresy. Was he stabbed in an argument over a bill? Was he assassinated? And how does his work measure up to Shakespeare, a man who paid generous tribute and some say stole some of his best lines? Was Marlowe assassinated by the Elizabethan state? How subversive was his literary work? And had he lived as long as his contemporary Shakespeare, how would he have compared?With Katherine Duncan-Jones, Senior Research Fellow in the English Faculty of Oxford University; Jonathan Bate, Professor of English Literature, University of Warwick; Emma Smith, Lecturer in English, Oxford University.