Speaker - Janine Barchas In the nineteenth century, inexpensive editions of Jane Austen's novels were made available to Britain's working classes. They were …
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.
Facts, Censorship, and Spin: Covering the Pacific War from Australia, 1942
Speaker - Michael J. Birkner, Gettysburg College This lecture is about journalists based in Australia practicing their craft in 1942, when the prospect of a …
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Political Leadership in Macbeth and Coriolanus
Speaker - Gwyn Daniel OXFORD In many of his plays, Shakespeare deals with profound political questions that have continuing relevance for the contemporary …
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