New: Virginia Woolf Season

Starts 24 October 2020. We study all 12 of Woolf's major books in order of publication. Live online lectures and seminars.

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Saturday 5 December 2020, 6.00 pm: Virginia Woolf, Leonard Woolf, and Politics, with Peter Jones

Saturday 12 December 2020, 10.00: am Jacob’s Room (1922), with Alison Hennegan

Saturday 12 December 2020, 6.00 pm: Jacob’s Room (1922), with Alison Hennegan

Saturday 9 January 2021, 6.00 pm: Mrs Dalloway (1925) 1: Women in Mrs Dalloway, with Trudi Tate

Sunday 10 January 2021, 10.00 am: Mrs Dalloway (1925) 1: Women in Mrs Dalloway, with Trudi Tate

Saturday 16 January 2021, 6.00 pm Mrs Dalloway (1925) 2: The Landscape of Memory, with Karina Jakubowicz

Saturday 30 January 2021, 6.00 pm: Mrs Dalloway (1925) 2: Dressing Mrs Dalloway, with Claire Nicholson

Saturday 13 February 2021, 6.00 pm: To the Lighthouse (1927) 1: Art, with Claudia Tobin

Sunday 14 February 2021, 10.00 am: To the Lighthouse (1927) 2: Gardens, with Trudi Tate

Sunday 21 February 2021, 6.00 pm: To the Lighthouse (1927) 2: Gardens, with Trudi Tate

Saturday 27 February 2021, 6.00 pm: Orlando (1928): Writing Vita, Writing Life, with Karina Jakubowicz

Saturday 6 March 2021, 6.00 pm A Room of One’s Own (1929) 1: Androgyny, with Alison Hennegan

Sunday 14 March 2021, 10.00 am A Room of One’s Own (1929) 2: Women, with Trudi Tate

Saturday 3 April 2021, 6.00 pm The Waves (1931) 1: Percival with Ellie Mitchell

Sunday 4 April 2021, 10.00 am The Waves (1931) 2: Friendship with Trudi Tate

Saturday 10 April 2021 6.00 pm Flush: A Biography (1933), with Alison Hennegan

Sunday 11 April 2021, 10.00 am The Waves (1931) 3: Gardens with Karina Jakubowicz

Online Study Sessions

Live online lecture, followed by a seminar. The sessions take place via Zoom. Each Online Study Session focuses on a single work or author; a rare chance to study literature in depth with leading scholars.

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November 2020

Saturday 28 November 2020, 6.00 pm: Shakespeare, King Lear, with Adrian Poole

December 2020

Sunday 13 December 2020, 10.00 am: Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber (repeat), with Karina Jakubowicz

Saturday 26 December 2020, 6.00 pm: Writing about Home: Contemporary Refugee Writers, with Trudi Tate. Income from this session will be shared with 2 UK refugee charities.

January 2021

Saturday 23 January 2021, 6.00 pm: Toni Morrison, Beloved, with Kasia Boddy and Trudi Tate

February 2021

Saturday 6 February 2021, 6.00 pm: Katherine Mansfield: Stories in Music, with Claire Davison

March 2021

Saturday 27 March 2021: Shakespeare, Hamlet, with Adrian Poole

CAMcard holders are welcome to book at the student price.