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"Ellmann’s 'Joyce' fixed the image of a generation.” Join Zachary Leader & Hermione Lee to discuss the power of literary biography. 🗓 11/11/2025, 17:30, Wolfson College 🔗 https://t.co/pQyjqzejGD @engfac

Lucy Hughes-Hallett speaks with Hermione Lee at Wolfson College on writing lives from myth, scandal & power. 🕠 17:30 📍 Wolfson College 🎟️ Register: https://t.co/6eopeIx6M9 @engfac @oxhistory #LifeWriting #OxfordEvents

Join Harvard's Susan Kahn as she traces the fascinating life of Rudolphina Menzel, a Jewish scientist & canine pioneer. All welcome! 🗓️ 11 Nov | 🕒 14:00–15:30 | 📍 Wolfson College Register: https://t.co/JpZV6UYjm2 @OxfordLawFac @OxfordHistory @ochjsnews

From the conclusion of this year’s ‘On Life-Writing’ series: @drkkennedy and Hermione Lee answered the enduring question facing biographers—‘How Close is Too Close?’. @WolfsonCollege @engfac

Had a wonderful conversation with Sarah Dowd on @HistoryFFSPod! - exploring music, memory, and the missing cello that connects generations. 🎻 Out now via website, Spotify, Apple Music! 🎧 👉 Listen, follow, rate, review: https://t.co/4cWzECnlFH #HistoryFFS #MusicAndMemory

Tonight: Is there a specifically ‘maritime closet’? Join Santanu Das as he explores the history and writing of queer lives at sea. 21 Oct, 17:30. All welcome! Registration: https://t.co/F86nDVcpse @engfac @oxfordhistory

Tomorrow: join us for Counter-Narratives, Illness, and Life-Writing – a full-day hybrid workshop exploring illness, memory, and narrative practice. 📅 20 Oct | 🕚 11:00 📍 Wolfson College & Online 🔗 https://t.co/lepSYo9BBb @OxfordModLangs @OxfordHistory @engfac

TONIGHT: From biography & memoir to blogs & stories: What counts as life-writing today? Hermione Lee & Kate Kennedy in conversation. 20 Oct, 5:30, Wolfson College. All welcome! https://t.co/NedWOwx6E1 @DrKKennedy @engfac

“Wooden-walled Gomorrahs": Santanu Das on the myth & reality of queer life at sea. Tue 21 Oct, 17:30–19:00, Leonard Wolfson Auditorium. Free and open to all. https://t.co/F86nDVcpse @oxhistory @engfac

From biography & memoir to blogs & stories: What counts as life-writing today? Hermione Lee & Kate Kennedy in conversation. Tomorrow, 20 Oct, 5:30, Wolfson College. All welcome! https://t.co/NedWOwx6E1 @DrKKennedy @engfac

What made Ellmann's 'James Joyce' “the greatest literary biography of the 20th century”? Zachary Leader & Hermione Lee explore Ellmann’s masterwork. 📅 11 Nov | 🕠 17:30 | 📍 Wolfson College 🔗 https://t.co/pQyjqzejGD @engfac

Science, memoir, and political history—Susan Kahn’s seminar on the life and complex legacy of Rudolphina Menzel has it all. 11 Nov | 14:00 | Wolfson College | All welcome! Register: https://t.co/JpZV6UYjm2 @OxfordLawFac @OxfordHistory @ochjsnews

How can we do justice to the life of someone who was truly larger than life? Join Lucy Hughes-Hallett & Hermione Lee as they probe such questions and more on 28 Oct, 17:30 at Wolfson College. Register now: https://t.co/6eopeIx6M9 @engfac @oxhistory

What is life-writing? Hermione Lee & Kate Kennedy in conversation — Mon 20 Oct 2025, 5:30–7:00pm, Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College. https://t.co/NedWOwx6E1 @DrKKennedy @engfac

From tattoos to trials, and from testimonials to literary texts, Santanu Das explores the queer history of the 'maritime closet'. Free and open to all! 21 Oct, 17:30. Register: https://t.co/FvYlvOBGdu @engfac @oxfordhistory

The 'Counter-Narratives, Illness, and Life-Writing' workshop explores how life-writing can shape and counter prevailing illness narratives. 📅 21 Oct | 🕚 11:00 📍 Wolfson College & Online 🔗 https://t.co/lepSYo9BBb All welcome. @OxfordModLangs @OxfordHistory @engfac

Tonight: Join us for the launch of Yosef Wosk's 'New Life Joke Shop'. 17:30–19:00, Wolfson College & Zoom. All welcome! https://t.co/sDSY2XjCTu @engfac

Power, scandal & assassination—Lucy Hughes-Hallett explores 'The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham' on 28 Oct, 17:30 at Wolfson College Register now: https://t.co/6eopeIx6M9 @engfac @oxhistory

What does canine psychology have to do with the history of Zionist 'nation building'? Join us on 11 Nov 14:00 at Wolfson College for Susan Kahn's seminar on the life and legacy of cynologist, Rudolphina Menzel. https://t.co/JpZV6UYjm2 @OxfordLawFac @OxfordHistory @ochjsnews

Tonight: join Vona Groarke, Ireland’s Professor of Poetry, & Kate Kennedy as they discuss Vona's award-winning ‘Hereafter’ — 5:30pm at Wolfson College. All welcome! https://t.co/LUfXdVuYas @engfac