Tag: Seminar
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Every Good Mystery Has A Satisfying Conclusion
“Communism was just a red herring.” Wadsworth – Clue (1985) Our MA programmes were tasked with creating and maintaining a scholarly blog in early October, which would ultimately culminate with this post, a portfolio of sorts tracking the progress of my writing and my development as a scholar of sorts. Now, there is nothing stopping…
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A Little Late Off The Presses
Before Printing Was Discovered, a Century Was Equal to a Thousand Years. Henry David Thoreau The process of printing and publishing books interests me as a reader as much as it does as an academic. The contexts for the publication of works can be almost fascinating as the context works themselves. The seminar presented on…
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Notes on Seminars
“You have degraded what should have been a course of lectures into a series of tales.” Sherlock Holmes I attended 3 seminars this semester, focusing on various topics that interested me or that I had never studied previously. Throughout the 3 seminars, I noted just how different the styles of presenting were, from using a…
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The Post-Colonial Humour of Arun Kolatkar
Kolatkar, in faded t-shirt, five-pocket jeans that he’d keep pulling up, and shod in a sturdy pair of unpolished shoes, retained about him the air of a tramp, albeit a stylish one. Arvind Krishna Mehrotra Being unfamiliar with Arun Kolatkar’s work, this research seminar caught my interest. Dr Narang introduced the works of Kolatkar by…
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Commemoration and Criminals
Mystery is my mistress. I must heed her sweet call. Velma Dinkley The history of Ireland is inextricably linked with colonisation and the features that go with it. As someone who enjoys the context of any piece of writing to enhance the text itself, a seminar on the ways a decade of centenary commemorations should…
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Reflecting on Recognised Writing
In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things – read and write – and wait. Countee Cullen I have found that looking back on my own writing, particularly essays, can be a daunting task that becomes easier the more time has passed since the work was initially written. Attending my first research…