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May 7, 2026
Teaching Resource Available Now
Together with a group of student teachers at the University of Vienna in the winter term of 2025/2026, our PhD researcher Claire Palzer developed teaching materials for incorporating spoken word poetry in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom at upper secondary level. These resources are now available for…
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December 23, 2025
Newsletter #11
Our second newsletter of 2025 is out now – access it here:
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July 19, 2025
Event Report: Past, Present, and Future of Poetry Off the Page (24 April 2025, Dublin)
by ELISE BROUWER and ROSS EVANS On Thursday the 24th of April 2025, the Poetry Off the Page project, in collaboration with Boundless and Bare and University College Dublin, held an event in UCD’s FitzGerald Debating Chamber. The event, titled ‘Poetry Off the Page: Past, Present, Future’, aimed to create a public space to consider how…
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July 18, 2025
Poetry Off the Page Special Collection: Call for Papers
The Call for Papers for our special collection ‘Poetry Off the Page: International Advances in Poetry Performance Research’ is out now.
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July 10, 2025
Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe: Conference Report
The conference report for our third project conference, which was titled ‘Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe: Advances in Poetry Performance Research’ and took place 13-14 June 2025 in Vienna, is now available. It was authored by PoP team members and organisers Shefali Banerji and Rachel Bolle-Debessay.
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June 12, 2025
Project Bibliography: Out Now!
For all the spoken word and poetry performance researchers out there: The Poetry Off the Page project bibliography is now available via our website. It was compiled and edited by postdoctoral researcher Rachel Bolle-Debessay and student assistant Purva Dua. Header image by Iñaki del Olmo on Unsplash.
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June 12, 2025
Podcast Episode 4
Our fourth podcast episode is out now! In this one, our postdoctoral researcher Rachel Bolle-Debessay examines the role of ‘bass’ in dub poetry. Listen now on our website and on Spotify!
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May 13, 2025
Newsletter #10
Our first newsletter of 2025 is out now! Access it here:
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April 29, 2025
Poetry Off the Page: Rhythm, Free Verse and Translation in Context (15 May 2025, University of Vienna)
Guest lecture by Prof. Richard Andrews at the Department of English and American Studies, University of Vienna Join us for a guest lecture and Q&A with Prof. Richard Andrews, on the theme of “Poetry off the Page: Rhythm, Free Verse and Translation in Context”. Richard Andrews is Professor Emeritus of…
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