Cultural Misfits: Gender in Early Twentieth-century Literature Early 20th-century literature and social sciences contested with one another...
Do Romance Novels Reinforce Gender Stereotypes? Professor Catherine Roach considers how contemporary literature is presenting new...
Function, Fashion and Finance: A new sense of architectural purpose for the City? What is the future of the city in the modern world, and, in particular, what is the role of London in the next century?
Science Fiction as a Literary Genre: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture This part of the symposium included the following talks: Introduction...
Why Is Sir Walter Scott Not In Popular Culture Today? A question from the lecture 'Did Sir Walter Scott Invent...
The Stories We Make Up & The Stories That Make Us In a sense, we are all storytellers, from the conversations...
Historical Fiction from Sir Walter Scott to Georgette Heyer and Hilary Mantel Until the 1970s, historical fiction was a scorned genre that...
How the Middle Ages were Built: Exuberance to Crisis, 1300-1408 England's economic success peaked in 1300 amidst a riot of...