Dementia Day-to-Day launch

6-7pm, Wednesday 18 November in the Senate Chamber, Trent Building, University Park All are invited to the […]

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Tags: blog, dementia, health, IDEA, Improving Dementia Education and Awareness, Institute of Mental Health, School of English, wellbeing

Dementia Day-to-Day launch

Dementia Day-to-Day is a new joint initiative led by the Institute of Mental Health and the School of English. It takes the form of a series of blogs – mainly online diaries and reflective pieces – integrated into the existing IDEA website. We’ve assembled a panel of authors from all walks of life, each with their own experience of, and interest in, dementia to explore the subject of ageing and wellbeing from as many angles as possible.

Tags: blog, dementia, health, IDEA, Improving Dementia Education and Awareness, Institute of Mental Health, School of English, wellbeing

“My name is…” James Bond, masculinity and the Mother Land

Dr Nathan Waddell, School of English, discusses masculinity in the James Bond spy thriller series – with a look at Skyfall (2012) and new film Spectre (2015). For more background to the lecture, read Dr Waddell’s blog post ‘James Bond’s ghosts’. Part of the Popular Culture Lecture Series.

Tags: film, James Bond, lecture, Nathan Waddell, Popular Culture Lecture Series, School of English

AncientBiotics – a medieval remedy for modern day superbugs?

A one thousand year old Anglo-Saxon remedy for eye infections which originates from a manuscript in […]

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Tags: arts, Christina Lee, health, history, medicine, MRSA, Old English, School of English, science, superbugs

Popular culture, from Doctor Who to zombies

What can zombies and Doctor Who tell us about genetics or vegan ethics? Find out at […]

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Tags: Catherine Johnson, Doctor Who, Kate Stewart, Keith Bound, Lynn Fotheringham, Mathieu Donner, Nathan Waddell, Popular Culture Lecture Series, School of Biosciences, School of Cultures Language and Area Studies, School of English, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sean May, Stephen Hodkinson, Susannah Lydon, Timo Schrader

More please: A feast for Dickens scholars

A new online linguistics tool will help researchers and students study the language used in novels […]

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Tags: Arts and Humanities Research Council, Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics, CLiC, CLiC 1.0, Dickens, Nottingham Potential Summer School, Professor Michaela Mahlberg, Professor Peter Stockwell, School of English

The continuing need for lesbian and gay literature

Professor Gregory Woods, poet and academic, presents ‘The continuing need for lesbian and gay literature’. With an introduction from Dr Abigail Ward, School of English. Free lecture for LGBT History Month, all welcome.

Tags: Abigail Ward, Gregory Woods, LGBT, LGBT History Month, literature, poetry, School of English

I am your forefather: Star Wars and/as medieval dystopia

Christina Lee and Nathan Waddell, School of English, present the lecture ‘I am your forefather: Star Wars and/as medieval dystopia’. Part of the Popular Culture Lecture Series. Art by Chawakarn Khongprasert.

Tags: Christina Lee, Nathan Waddell, Popular Culture Lecture Series, School of English, science fiction

Free online course – ‘How to Read a Mind’

Led by Professor Peter Stockwell from the School of English, this MOOC offers an introduction to […]

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Tags: course, fiction, How to Read a Mind, language, literature, MOOC, Peter Stockwell, School of English, study

Young Soul Rebels

Film screening for Black History Month, open to University staff and students. Introduction and Q&A with […]

Tags: Abigail Ward, Black History Month, equality and diversity, film screening, School of English