Category: News

  • Science and poetry: new review by Peter Middleton

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    Peter Middleton has written an extended review of Brian Walpert’s Resistance to Science in Modern Poetry, now available on the Reviews pages.

  • Symposium: Biomedical Sciences and the Maternal Body

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    One day free symposium organised by the Postgraduate Contemporary Women’s Writing Network with kind support from The British Society for Literature and Science. When engaging new audiences in contemporary women’s writing, an increasing awareness of the importance of interdisciplinary methods has served to draw attention to the ways in which literary expertise can be used…

  • David H. Levy lecturing on astronomy and poetry at the University of Sussex

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    The world famous astronomer David H. Levy will be giving a talk on ‘Poetry of the Night: Reading the Sky in English Poetry’ at the University of Sussex on 12th November 2014 from 17.00-18.30. The event is open and all are welcome. To read more about it, click on the link below: David H. Levy on astronomy and…

  • Call for reviews for the Oxonian Review

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    Reviews needed for Literature and Science Special Issue of the Oxonian Review:  The Oxonian Review is looking for short reviews (1000-2,000 words) of recently published work or essays (also 1000-2,000 words) on new developments in the field for our special issue on Literature and Science, which will be published on 8 December 2014. If you are interested in…

  • ‘People Power’ Event on Victorian Citizen Science

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    A ‘museum late’ at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford: this event will showcase the dynamic world of citizen science. Through short talks, quizzes and interactive sessions, visitors can discover how members of the public participate in science today, how they have done so in the past, and how citizen science is changing…

  • Reading and Reception Seminar – Science and Literature Series

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    University College London is launching a new series of Science and Literature talks this term with the following talk: Tuesday, 4th November, 5.30-7.30 pm Reading and Reception Seminar – Science and Literature Series G24, Foster Court, University College London, Malet Place, WC1 Prof Sally Shuttleworth (Oxford) ‘Animal instinct and whispering machines: Science in the Victorian periodical’

  • KCL seminars

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    The Department of English at King’s College London is running a series of research seminars on literature and science this term. For details, click on the link below: Dept research seminar 201415

  • Teaching Literature and Science: A Symposium 8th November, 2014

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    There are still some places left for non-presenting delegates. To register please visit http://teachingliteratureandscience.wordpress.com/

  • Gillian Beer lecture in London, UK

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    For those not going to the NAVSA conference in London, Ontario, you can hear Professor Gillian Beer’s lecture ‘ “Are you animal – or vegetable – or mineral” Alice and Others’ in London, UK, on 16 October, at QMUL: click here for more information.

  • Oxford Literature and Science seminars

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    There will be three sessions of the Oxford Literature and Science seminar this coming term. All are welcome. Monday 20 October, 2pm (St Cross Building SCR): Jay Labinger (California Institute of Technology), “Metaphoric vs. Literal Uses of Science: Entropy as Time’s (Double-Headed) Arrow in Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia and other Recent Literature.” Friday 14 November, 2pm (St Cross…

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