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February 1, 2024
First Blog Post
The first post on the Poetry Off the Page blog is out now! It was written by our PhD researcher Claire Palzer and is concerned with the vital role of interviews in poetry performance research. Access it here!
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February 1, 2024
Podcast Trailer
Marie Krebs has produced a Podcast trailer for us, which Spotify has already picked up – for more information on the PoP podcast and to listen to the trailer, visit our Podcast page!
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December 1, 2023
All Borders Blur Conference Report
We are happy to report that our second project conference “All Borders Blur: Mapping Intersections and Genre Crossings in UK Spoken Word Poetries since 1965” successfully took place from 11-12 November at Queen Mary University London. Here you can find the conference report with the cover design by Shefali Banerji.
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September 19, 2023
Job Ad & Conference Update
Today, we have two exciting pieces of news! Firstly, Poetry Off the Page is looking for a new postdoctoral researcher to start asap. Please find all details and a link to the full advert on our ‘jobs’ page. Secondly, we are happy to announce that All Borders Blur is approaching…
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May 26, 2023
Workshop with Spoken Word Poety Ty’rone Haughton
VK Poetry Off the Page, Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik. Spoken word poet Ty’rone Haughton will visit the VK Poetry Off the Page (Julia Lajta-Novak) on 26 May to perform some of his poetry, answer the students’ questions, and engage them in creative activities. Ty’rone (ti-rone) Haughton is a Jamaican…
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May 25, 2023
Interview with PI Julia Lajta-Novak
Our PI Julia Lajta-Novak worked on an article for the University of Vienna’s magazine for scientific communication “Rudolphina”. Access the full German-language text here!
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May 23, 2023
Newsletter #5
Our second newsletter for 2023 is out! Have a look below:
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April 28, 2023
Paul Muldoon Reading
Together with Ass.-Prof. Dr. phil. Dieter Fuchs, M.A. and MMag. Dr. Tamara Radak from the Centre for Irish Studies, the Poetry off the Page team organised a guest lecture by the Pulitzer Prize winner and poet Paul Muldoon. In this lecture, Muldoon read from his published work and spoke about…
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March 15, 2023
Call for Papers
The Call for Papers for our second project conference “All Borders Blur: Mapping Intersections and Genre Crossings in UK Spoken-Word Poetriese Since 1965” has been published. You can find the full-colour CfP here, as well as a text-only version here. For more information as well as contact details, please consult…
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February 27, 2023
Taking the Mic Conference Report
Taking the Mic, our very first project conference, took place in November 2022. It was a day-long event celebrating Black British spoken word Poetry since 1965, co-convened by our very own Dr. Emily Kate Timms and Dr. Deirdre Osborne FRSA of Goldmiths University of London. We are excited to present…
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