The ‘Cultures in Contact’ Research Forum brings academics from across the UK and overseas to the University of Surrey to present and discuss their research.

It provides a valuable opportunity for us to welcome scholars whose work connects with our own research strengths across literature, communication, theory, and creative writing.

The Research Forum is open to interested parties including staff and postgraduate students.

The format is usually a formal lecture (50 minutes) followed by questions and discussion. Wine and non-alcoholic refreshments will be provided.

The Research Forum is coordinated by Dr Beth Palmer. 

For information please get in touch with Dr Kate Houlden.

Seminars: 2011-12

All seminars will take place in room 55AC05, unless otherwise stated.

SEMESTER 1

28th October, 2pm  

Professor Jenny Hartley, University of Roehampton

'Editing Dickens's Letters'

2nd November, 4pm

Professor Andrew Hadfield, University of Sussex

'Edmund Spenser's Bourgeois Irish Marriage'

7th December, 4pm

Dr Kate Houlden, University of Surrey

'Same-Sex Desire in Post-War Literature of the Anglophone Caribbean'

AND

Dr David Ashford, University of Surrey

'The Egoists: Recovering the Modernism of Self-Interest'

SEMESTER 2

Wednesday 15th February, 4pm

Professor Michèle Barrett, Queen Mary, University of London, ‘Virginia Woolf: Researcher’

Wednesday 29th February, 4pm

Professor Jane Aaron, University of Glamorgan, ‘Building Up A Research Culture’

Monday 19th March, 5pm

Professor Galya Diment, University of Washington, ‘Samuel Koteliansky: A Journey from the Pale of Settlement to the Heart of Bloomsbury’

Wednesday 28th March, 4pm

Professor Robert Hampson, Royal Holloway, 'Joseph Conrad: Postcolonialism and Imperialism’