Category Archives: Research

What is literature for? – and Why do I do what I do?

Posted on 7th September 2018 by Emma Claire Sweeney

Sara Haslam, Senior Lecturer in English We’ve been asking the first question in my title for this blog post for many years in our department. In modules such as A300 Twentieth-Century Literature: Texts and Debates our teaching materials have explored … Continue reading →

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Scholarship and Research

Posted on 20th June 2018 by Emma Claire Sweeney

Suman Gupta Slightly out of focus The connotations of the word ‘scholarship’ have always been a bit fuzzy, especially in academia. The OED puts it between, on the one hand, ‘learning, erudition; the collective attainments of scholars; the sphere of … Continue reading →

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Reflections on the Imagine! Festival of Ideas and Politics, Belfast, 12-18 March 2018

Posted on 28th March 2018 by Emma Claire Sweeney

Patricia Ferguson I have four days in Belfast and a whirlwind of events, and those are only a dozen chosen from more than eighty on offer, and of those dozen, space available here to discuss only four or five. First … Continue reading →

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Expressive writing workshops in Iraq

Posted on 8th February 2018 by Emma Claire Sweeney

Dealing with the past, imagining the future The effects of war stretch far beyond the battlefield. Many women who have suffered sexual violence in Iraq now find that the process of seeking justice through the legal system inflicts new trauma … Continue reading →

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