Speaker - Peter Stansky William Morris was a poet and artist as well as the foremost figure in the Arts and Crafts movement. He succeeded in reviving some of …
British Studies Lecture Series
The British Studies program at the University of Texas at Austin was created in 1975. For more than thirty years the program has sponsored public lectures in English literature, history, and government, and has conducted a weekly seminar called the Faculty Seminar on British Studies that includes faculty members, graduate students, undergraduates, and members of the Austin community.
She Moves in Mysterious Ways: Jane Eyre’s Journeys
Speaker - John Farrell It is sometimes overlooked that Jane Eyre is a classic Bildungsroman that narrates Jane's formative years and …
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Britain as a Superpower, 1945-1957
Speaker - Derek Leebaert The British Empire remained a superpower at least until 1957. But the re-elected Eisenhower administration then proclaimed ‘a …