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School of English, Communication & Philosophy news

New Masters in Philosophy

17 April 2019

A new-look postgraduate degree opens for 2019 entry

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Postgraduate student scoops interdisciplinary award

9 April 2019

English Literature PhD candidate has won the Breaking Boundaries People’s Choice Award

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Navigating illness through visual metaphor

4 February 2019

New book explores how we use visual metaphor to help us understand the illness experience

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Romance in the Middle Ages

29 January 2019

English Literature scholar co-edits two new collections looking afresh at landmark medieval works

The future for Corpus Linguistics

21 December 2018

International experts gather to discuss future directions in a first for Wales

Cardiff ScienceHumanities enters next stage of development

7 December 2018

Wellcome Trust grant enables focus on Populations, Energies and Healthy Futures

Spooktacular success of Cardiff FrankenFest

14 November 2018

Special series explores universal themes on bicentenary of gothic classic Frankenstein

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Cardiff academic shortlisted for T.S. Eliot Prize

24 October 2018

Poet shortlisted for most prestigious prize in British poetry

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Fiction Fiesta gets poetical

17 October 2018

Leading poets from home and overseas perform at free extravaganza

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Aliens, Monsters & Wizards

17 October 2018

Fantasy and science fiction twist for Cardiff BookTalk this autumn

Frankentein's monster

Halloween fun

17 October 2018

Celebrating 200 years of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at Cardiff FrankenFest

Rethinking Existentialism

26 September 2018

New book from Professor of Philosophy

Actor James Ashton from the Quiet Hands company

Little-recognised crime under the spotlight

25 September 2018

Latest theatre from Creative Writing’s Tim Rhys puts Mate Crime centre stage at the Senedd

“We shall be monsters”

21 September 2018

Celebrating Frankenstein bicentenary with public events and international collaboration

International Adventure Writing Prize nomination

13 September 2018

Multi-award-winning writer shortlisted for latest novel

Making language count

12 September 2018

Major international conference returns to birthplace

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Switching on the light bulb at Edinburgh Fringe

15 August 2018

World-famous festival gets a philosophical take with Stand-Up Philosophy

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Eisteddfod 2018

6 August 2018

School encourages reflection from legendary Medieval epics to the contemporary collection of the modern Welsh language

Ted Hughes poet

Poetry in the Making

25 July 2018

20 years after Birthday Letters, 8th International Ted Hughes Conference comes to Wales

Thomas Tyrrell (left) at the Terry Hetherington Young Writers Awards 2017

Celebrating Terry Hetherington Young Writers Award

2 July 2018

PhD student accepts commendation for poetry ahead of graduation