DURHAM BOOK FESTIVAL
Thom Brooks Professor Thom Brooks, Dean of Durham Law School and author of Becoming British, will discuss immigration and citizenship in a debate chaired by Dr Susan Frenk, Principal of St Aidan’s College; Professor Alec Ryrie, from the Department of Theology and Religion, will discuss his prize-winning book Being Protestant in Reformation Britain with Dr Margaret Masson, Principal of St Chad’s College; and Professor Charles Fernyhough, from the Department of Psychology and editor of Others, which celebrates how books and writing can help us to see the world as others see it, will discuss this new anthology and its themes with Durham-based poet Gillian Allnutt and author and journalist Will Storr.
Robert Webb chance to see, handle and discuss texts and documents relating to witchcraft from the archives and special collections of the University’s Palace Green Library.
Saturday 18 November 2017. The discussion will be chaired by Professor Annalisa Cipollone, from the School of Modern Languages and Cultures.
Palace Green Library will host many of the Festival events and there will be two relating to upcoming Library exhibitions. Professor Michael O’Neill and Dr Jason Harding, both from the Department of English Studies, will discuss the influence of the medieval poet Dante Alighieri ahead of the exhibition Hell, Heaven and Hope: A Journey through life and the afterlife with Dante, which opens on
Dr Jamie Tehrani, from the Department of Anthropology, will chair a discussion on the power of fairy tales, ahead of the exhibition Between Worlds: Folklore and Fairy Tales, which runs from Saturday 14 October, 2017 to Sunday 25 February, 2018. Caroline Dower, Head of the University’s Counselling Service, will chair a debate on life writing in graphic novels and free copies of David Almond’s Half a Creature from the Sea will be distributed to staff and students as part of The Big Read initiative.
Durham University is a dedicated supporter of Durham Book Festival and the 2017 programme sees a bumper year for the University.
Also involved are Professor Nicole Westmarland, Professor Stephen Regan, Professor Tom McLeish, Professor Jo Fox, Professor Caroline Harman, Dr Fadia Faqir, Dr Pete Edwards, Dr Alex Barber, Dr Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough and Dr Keith Bartlett.
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Dr Sarah Price, Head of Heritage Collections Education Team, will lead Inside the Archives: Witchcraft for Muggles, a
For full listings and to buy tickets, please visit www.durhambookfestival.com
Sept | Oct 2017
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