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VIDEO: Professor Neil Wynn on American Literature
Further to Neil’s posts last week, in this video Dr Christian O’Connell talks to him about American literature, the GCSE syllabus, and why students should read as widely as possible.
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Tom Wilkinson on Tewkesbury Abbey
We’re proud and excited about the news that a former student of ours, Tom Wilkinson, has just received a prestigious award for work he conducted as part of his dissertation here at Gloucestershire. Tom’s dissertation, which I had the pleasure…
Maya Angelou and African American Literature
Having just written about the value of American literature, I heard the sad news today of the death of Maya Angelou, one of the writers I listed as a “must read” for potential and existing students of history –…
Don’t Axe American Literature – or Any Literature!
Like many “cultural warriors” (thank you Mr. Gove for that great title!) and an American historian to boot, I was saddened to read the stories – since denied – that the Secretary of Education, Michael Gove, had axed American literature…
Professor Wynn Meets with Dilton Marsh History Society
On Wednesday 21st May, I visited Dilton Marsh, Westbury, in Wiltshire to talk about Black GIs in Britain during World War II. I had previously supported the society’s successful application for a Heritage Lottery fund grant of £17,600 to support a…
The Impact of Race on Music – Race in the Americas Seminar, University of Sunderland, May 9th 2014
On Friday 9th May I attended this seminar to present a paper on Paul Oliver’s Conversation with the Blues (1965), and the role of oral history and photography in developing the iconography of the blues during the 1960s blues revival.…
The Use of Riches
For historians of the Reformation, bank holidays seem often to include some sort of visit to a church. Sure enough, this weekend just gone found me in Cirencester, a town I had somehow neglected to visit despite having lived for…
The Value of Old News
Here’s one summer day-trip planned for us already: British Library to unveil £33m newspaper reading room State-of-the-art facility will store more than three centuries of newspapers and magazines dating back to the English civil war. The Newsroom, offering more than…
Summer Term Begins!
And so, according to our timetable, the summer term begins on Monday April 28. Looking outside at the weather, you could have fooled me! But, nevertheless, welcome back to all our students (and especially to level 6 students, for their…