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Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South: regional prejudice in the mid-Victorian novel
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Hammond, M. Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South: regional prejudice in the mid-Victorian novel

Gaskell's 1855 novel North and South represents an important departure from her earlier works, which presented mid-century Northern industrial cities as grim centres of poverty, suffering, class prejudice and vice. In North and South, Gaskell's view... Read More about Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South: regional prejudice in the mid-Victorian novel.

The emotions of war in Romantic Poetry
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Csengei, I. The emotions of war in Romantic Poetry

In Canto III of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Harold, Byron's restless unsociable hero visits the field of Waterloo. In 1815 this was a sight of carnage: over forty thousand were killed in the battle that brought victory for Britain and Europe. This tal... Read More about The emotions of war in Romantic Poetry.

Victorian sympathy and the birth of empathy
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Burdett, C. Victorian sympathy and the birth of empathy

Sympathy was enormously important for the Victorians. It was a central aspect of novels - where a narrator helps us look inside characters' minds and hearts. The novelist who did most to underline the moral work of the novel in this respect was Georg... Read More about Victorian sympathy and the birth of empathy.

Writing happiness: literature and contentment c.1900-1945
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Martin, K. Writing happiness: literature and contentment c.1900-1945

What is happiness? Can we measure it? How far does it depend on chance circumstances? How far is it something that we can create for ourselves? This talk will explore how literary texts offer answers to questions about well-being that continue to res... Read More about Writing happiness: literature and contentment c.1900-1945.

Rural Englands: perceptions of country life and work in the Nineteenth Century
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Sloan, B. Rural Englands: perceptions of country life and work in the Nineteenth Century

What do we imagine rural life and work were like in the nineteenth century? How did they change in the period, and what impact did this have? Where do we get our ideas from? This talk will draw on contemporary literature, journals and social commenta... Read More about Rural Englands: perceptions of country life and work in the Nineteenth Century.

A Pageant of Great Women
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Hamilton, C., & Birch, A. A Pageant of Great Women

A Pageant of Great Women by Cicely Hamilton, a women's suffrage play first performed in 1909, was produced by Dr Anna Birch for the University of Hull on 7 May 2011 as part of Professor Katharine Cockin's Pageants and Pioneers project. The performanc... Read More about A Pageant of Great Women.

Macroeconomic policy coordination in the global economy : VAR and BVAR-DSGE analyses
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Bhattarai, K., & Mallick, S. Macroeconomic policy coordination in the global economy : VAR and BVAR-DSGE analyses

Impulse response and variance decomposition estimations are similar in traditional VAR (1) and BVAR-DSGE models but the later model can provide theoretical and structural reasons behind those estimations. In the context of growth competition and spil... Read More about Macroeconomic policy coordination in the global economy : VAR and BVAR-DSGE analyses.

Open access week 2016 podcast: Open access and early career researchers
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Abt, G., & Fogarty, M. Open access week 2016 podcast: Open access and early career researchers

In this podcast, Drs. Grant Abt and Mark Fogarty discuss open access as a movement and its impact on researchers, particularly those who are still early career.

Dr Mary Murdoch (1864-1916) and the 'Heart of Hull' : Campaigning for women's suffrage, education and health care
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Cockin, K. Dr Mary Murdoch (1864-1916) and the 'Heart of Hull' : Campaigning for women's suffrage, education and health care

Abstract: Dr Mary Murdoch, the first female GP in Hull, was a highly respected and controversial campaigner for improvements in the health care of women and children. This talk will examine some aspects of Murdoch’s life and work in the wider context... Read More about Dr Mary Murdoch (1864-1916) and the 'Heart of Hull' : Campaigning for women's suffrage, education and health care.

Edward Gordon Craig, Edith Craig (and the Bach inheritance)
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Cockin, K. Edward Gordon Craig, Edith Craig (and the Bach inheritance)

Professor Katharine Cockin, Department of English, University of Hull, 'Edward Gordon Craig, Edith Craig (and the Bach Inheritance)' An invited talk given on 31 July 2016 at the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage as part of the 'Craig: 50 Years On' even... Read More about Edward Gordon Craig, Edith Craig (and the Bach inheritance).

Programme for "Celebrating suffragettes, international women's day event, 7 March 2017, 4-6pm, Middleton Hall, University of Hull
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Programme for "Celebrating suffragettes, international women's day event, 7 March 2017, 4-6pm, Middleton Hall, University of Hull

Description of event: Celebrating Suffragettes, International Women's Day event, 7 March 2017, 4-6pm, Middleton Hall, University of Hull. Professor Katharine Cockin, 'Celebrating Suffragettes: Edith Craig and Ethel Myth, Collaborators in Women's Suff... Read More about Programme for "Celebrating suffragettes, international women's day event, 7 March 2017, 4-6pm, Middleton Hall, University of Hull.

Art in scientific visualization of terrain data
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Visvalingam, M. Art in scientific visualization of terrain data

This is a record of an invited exhibition on pioneering research on non-photorealistic animation posted by Mahes Visvalingam at the Royal Institution (UK) to accompany the Friday Evening Discourses on : Where Art Meets Science by Lord Puttnam of Enig... Read More about Art in scientific visualization of terrain data.

Rupert Brooke - The Great Lover
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Rupert Brooke - The Great Lover

Novelist Jill Dawson leads us on the journey of her re-creation of Rupert Brooke's life. Her novel The Great Lover follows Rupert Brooke from summer love in Cambridge, through romance in Tahiti, to his extinction in the First World War. The poet come... Read More about Rupert Brooke - The Great Lover.

Conor O'Callaghan and Robert Gray
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Conor O'Callaghan and Robert Gray

One captures Ireland, the other Australia - a unique and lively gathering as two wondrous poets meet. Conor O'Callaghan was born in Newry in 1968 and is the author of three collections of poetry, The History of Rain, Seatown and Fiction. He has been... Read More about Conor O'Callaghan and Robert Gray.

The Faber New Poets
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The Faber New Poets

The Faber New Poets - Four young-blood poets read from their first published works, winners in top poetry publisher Faber's drive to find and promote the most vibrant new poetic talent. Fiona Benson is an Anglo-Scottish writer currently living in Exe... Read More about The Faber New Poets.

Our Very Own - Cliff Forshaw and David Wheatley
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Our Very Own - Cliff Forshaw and David Wheatley

We're delighted to bring you the Hull launch of books by two of our own Larkin Centre team - the poets Cliff Forshaw and David Wheatley. Cliff will be reading from his new collection Wake (winner of Flarestack Poets Pamphlets Competition, 2009). Davi... Read More about Our Very Own - Cliff Forshaw and David Wheatley.

Emma Thompson and the Nanny McPhee Tales
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Emma Thompson and the Nanny McPhee Tales

The actor and writer, Emma Thompson, comes to Hull for the first annual children’s writing events. Emma stars as the returning Nanny McPhee in the film Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, and also wrote the script. With a character based on the Nurse Mati... Read More about Emma Thompson and the Nanny McPhee Tales.

Old City : New Rumours - Book launch event
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Old City : New Rumours - Book launch event

Many of the best poets now publishing have some kind of association with Hull. To celebrate Larkin 25, Ian Gregson and Carol Rumens have assembled an anthology which brings together poems by an impressive number of these writers. We celebrate continu... Read More about Old City : New Rumours - Book launch event.

The poetry and the prose - Graham Mort
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The poetry and the prose - Graham Mort

Graham Mort has established himself as one of our finest poets. To that award-winning side of his writing life, he now brings his first short-story collection, Touch, which includes his Bridport International Short Story Prizewinner. Poetry, short st... Read More about The poetry and the prose - Graham Mort.

'What will I do if it doesn't work?' : consumers, cross-border shopping, and the law
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'What will I do if it doesn't work?' : consumers, cross-border shopping, and the law

Inaugural lecture given at the University of Hull on 21 February 2011