Professor Camilla Vásquez (University of South Florida)
“Language, Creativity and Humor Online”
Thursday 12 December 3-5pm, in Helikon (A202) Arken
WELCOME!
Category Archives: News
PREMIS 27 November: Richard Dennis
PREMIS, Wednesday 27 November,
16-18 in Aud. Helikon (A202), Arken, to be followed by a book launch for The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History (18-19, Donner)
Richard Dennis, University College London
No Home-Like Place: Delusions of Home in Some Victorian and Edwardian Novels
All are welcome!
The English Department’s Career Day
SPREMI 14 November: Martin Gill
Martin Gill (Associate Professor, English Language and Literature)
“‘Post-civility’ and the public sphere: the Brexit debate in comments to Express online.”
Thursday 14 November, 2019, 3-5pm, in Jöns Budde
Welcome!
SPREMI programme autumn 2019
Programme Autumn 2019
SPREMI meets on Thursdays, every second week, 15-17, in Jöns Budde (except 17 October in Kramer).
Contact Urpo Nikanne if you’d like to present your work at SPREMI next spring.
PREMIS 9 October: Casie Hermansson
You are most welcome to attend the next PREMIS seminar on Wednesday, 9 October (16-18 in Helikon, Arken) when Professor Casie Hermansson (Pittsburg State University, USA) will be speaking with the title “Filming the Children’s Book”.
Welcome!
Subject Moot
Our first Subject Moot meeting this academic year will take place on Wednesday the 2nd of October at 16:15 in Arken Donner (M225).
The agenda will include
- Attendance policy and deadlines
- Events and seminars at the department
The Subject Moot meeting is open for all students, researchers and staff of English Language and Literature. If you would like to suggest topics to discuss, please send you suggestions by email to aino.tuomola@abo.fi. You can also suggest an issue to discuss during the meeting. Do come along!
Introductory lectures Monday 2 September 2019
The new academic year at the department starts with three introductory lectures on Monday 2 September:
- New students: 9-10 in Westermarck (C101)
- ‘Old’ BA students: 11-12 in Helikon (A202)
- MA students: 12-13 in Helikon (A202)
The introduction is an important occasion where you will get a lot of essential information concerning your studies. So do come along!
Doctoral defence, 27 April 2019: Petter Skult
FM Petter Skult from English Language and Literature, Åbo Akademi University, will defend his doctoral thesis on Saturday, 27th April, at 13 in Auditorium Armfelt, Arken (Fabriksgatan 2 / Tehtaankatu 2).
The thesis is entitled: The End of the World as We Know It: Theoretical Perspectives on Apocalyptic Science Fiction.
The opponent is Professor Adam C. Roberts (Royal Holloway, University of London). Custos is Professor Anthony Johnson.
Apart from the lectio praecursoria in Swedish, the defence will take place in English.
The thesis is available at http://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/168350
SPREMI PROGRAMME SPRING 2019
Updated SPREMI spring 2019 programme.
SPREMI meets on Thursdays, every second week, 15-17, in Jöns Budde. Two slots are still available for a presentation this spring. Do not hesitate to contact me or Urpo if you’d like to present work at SPREMI this autumn.
All the best,
Tuija (& Urpo)