He Doesn’t Talk Politics Anymore
Mar31

He Doesn’t Talk Politics Anymore

Thursday 18th May 2017 6pm-7.25pm B04, 43 Gordon Square How does fiction imagine worlds different from the one we know? Can works of fiction foster political change in the world beyond the book? Professor Martin Paul Eve, author of Pynchon and Philosophy (2014) and Literature Against Criticism (2017), explores these issues in a lecture, followed by Q&A and responses from Dr Joseph Brooker and Dr Catherine Flay (Birkbeck). This event forms part of Arts Week 2017. To book a free place at this event, click here.   Image from Barack Obama, used under a CC BY-NC-SA 2.0...

Read More
Will 2017 be 1984?
Mar31

Will 2017 be 1984?

Wednesday 17th May 2017 6-7:25pm G01, 43 Gordon Square George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eight-Four (1949) was conceived as a warning, not a prophecy. But are we now in Orwell’s dystopia? Decide with our panel of experts from Birkbeck’s Departments of Politics and of English & Humanities, who will reexamine Orwell's novel and its meaning in the brave new world of 2017. Speakers include Dr Ben Worthy and Dr Caroline Edwards of the Centre for Contemporary Literature. This event forms part of Arts Week 2017. To book your free place at this event, click here.     Image by Jason Llagan, used under a CC BY-ND 2.0...

Read More
The Contemporary: an exhibition
Mar31

The Contemporary: an exhibition

Tuesday 16th May 2017 6-8pm G03, 43 Gordon Square What does the contemporary mean today? This special exhibition uses creative work to reflect upon this question, and the definition of the contemporary in life and culture. Join students from Birkbeck’s MA Contemporary Literature and Culture to interact with art, film, and artefacts exploring these issues. This event forms part of Arts Week 2017 at Birkbeck. To book your free place at this event, please click here.   Image by...

Read More
What Goes Around: Fifty Years of The Third Policeman
Mar31

What Goes Around: Fifty Years of The Third Policeman

Tuesday 16th May 2017 6-7:25pm Waterstone's, Gower Street 2017 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Flann O’Brien’s remarkable novel The Third Policeman. This workshop explores the bizarre landscape and weird science of Flann O'Brien's masterpiece, and considers its significance in Irish and world literary history. The workshop, which forms part of Arts Week 2017, will be led by Tobias Harris, a postgraduate researcher into Flann O'Brien's work who is based in the Department of English & Humanities at Birkbeck. To book your free place at this event, click here.   Image by Keira Morgan, used under a CC BY-NC...

Read More
A Country Road, A Tree
Mar31

A Country Road, A Tree

Tuesday 16th May 2017 4pm-5pm Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square Novelist Jo Baker joins us to read from her latest novel, A Country Road, A Tree (2016). The story of Samuel Beckett's wartime experiences, the book was chosen as one of the fiction highlights of 2016 by The Guardian and New Statesman. Jo Baker has previously been celebrated for her international best-seller Longbourn (2012). At this event, which forms part of Birkbeck's Arts Week 2017, she will be in conversation with Dr Peter Fifield of the Department of English & Humanities. To book your free place at this event, click here.   Image from Wikimedia...

Read More