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Category Archives: Academia
Conference to Consider War Correspondents Between the Wars
A conference will be convened on 9-10 May at the University of Angers, France, to consider the history of war correspondents reporting during the period between the two world wars. The title of the conference is “Correspondants de guerre: aire … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Conferences, Newspapers, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged George Steer, University of Angers, War Correspondents
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New Study of Decline and Fall Published
A new article discussing class structure in Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall has been published and posted by the Journal of English Literature and Cultural Studies. This is a peer-reviewed academic journal affiliated with the Eurasian Applied Linguistics Society in … Continue reading
Winter Evelyn Waugh Studies
The Winter 2018 issue (No. 49.3) of Evelyn Waugh Studies has been published. The contents are described below. A copy is posted on the EW Society website: ARTICLES Jacqueline Condon, “The Mystery of Grace: Brideshead Revisited as a Chestertonian Detective … Continue reading
Academic Roundup: Vagabond-language and decadent arcadias
The following articles appeared in academic journals during 2018 and were not previously mentioned in our postings. Abstracts or excerpts from introductory materials are provided as available: –Helena M. Tomko, “A Good Laugh is Hard to Find: From destructive satire … Continue reading
Roundup: Lenten Love and Lots of Books
–In the Church Life Journal published by University of Notre Dame, Patrick Tomassi has written an essay on the themes of love in Brideshead Revisited and their particular relevance to the observance of Lent. Here is a summary: Sorting out … Continue reading
Some Waugh-Themed Entertainments
–Merton College, Oxford and the Lennox Berkeley Society have announced an afternoon program of lecture and music: “To celebrate Lennox Berkeley’s four years as an undergraduate at Merton (1922–6), and to mark the thirtieth anniversary of his death.” This will … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Oxford, Theater
Tagged Brideshead Obliterated, Dixon Place, Elise LeBreton, Lennox Berkeley Society, Selina Hastings, The Scarlet Woman
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Lecture on Tom Burns at LSE
LSE has announced a lecture next Thursday (21 February) on the subject of Tom Burns’ WWII espionage career in Spain. His connection with Evelyn Waugh is mentioned in the announcement: In 1940, Tom Burns, a young British Catholic publisher and friend … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Edmund Campion, Lectures, London, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged London School of Economics, Tom Burns
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Details Released of Waugh Event at Chipping Campden Festival
The Chipping Campden Literary Festival to be held in May has released more details of its event entitled “Scoop: We Need to Talk About Evelyn”. This is scheduled for Friday, 10 May at 830pm in the Chipping Campden School Hall. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Festivals, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Chipping Campden Literary Festival, Duncan McLaren, Martin Stannard
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Evening Standard’s Waugh Twofer
The Evening Standard reviews a book by David Kynaston and Francis Green of UCL entitled Engines of Privilege: Britain’s Private Education Problem. According to the review by Ann McElvoy: What interests these two centre-Left writers is the degree of insulation that … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Auberon Waugh, Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged Evening Standard, Public Schools
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