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Category Archives: Academia
Waugh and Trevor-Roper: The Annual Dacre Lecture
Waugh Society member and frequent contributor Milena Borden sends this report of her recent attendance at the annual Dacre Lecture in Oxford: Milena Borden was invited to the recent Dacre lecture and dinner at Oxford, where Waugh was among the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Lectures, Oxford
Tagged Dacre Lecture, Hugh Trevor-Roper
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Reading Dickens in the Jungle, et al.
–An article has been posted on Academia.edu entitled “Reading Dickens in the Jungle: A Handful of Dust and Mr Pip.” This is by Alessandro Vescovi, professor of English at the Università degli Studi di Milano (University of Milan). It previously appeared … Continue reading
Evelyn and Randolph in WWII Yugoslavia
In the new issue of the collected lectures of the British Studies seminar at the Unversity of Texas, there is a lecture entitled “Evelyn Waugh and Randolph Churchill in Yugoslavia”. This is by biographer and literary critic Jeffrey Meyers who … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Lectures, World War II
Tagged Jeffrey Meyers, Randolph Churchill, University of Texas, Yugoslavia
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Labels Reconsidered
A recent issue of the Goldsmiths, University of London literary magazine (GLITS-e-journal) is devoted to “The (Re)Imagined Mediterranean” and contains several articles on that theme. One of them, by post-graduate student Jasmine Bajada from the University of Malta, is entitled: … Continue reading
Brideshead Serial Lecture Available Online
The audio version of the lecture delivered last Friday to the British Studies seminar at the University of Texas is now available online. See previous post. It can be accessed at this link.
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Lectures
Tagged British Studies Seminar, University of Texas
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Mid-November Roundup
–The Oxford journal Cherwell reviews a current production of Hamlet at the Keble College O’Reilly Theatre. The review opens with a quote from Evelyn Waugh: “Would you not see a hundred Hamlets pottering about Broad Street?” Evelyn Waugh’s question is … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Auberon Waugh, Complete Works, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Ambrose McEvoy, Cherwell, Daily Mail, OUPblog, The Oldie, Words on Fire
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Brideshead Anniversary Lecture in Austin
The British Studies Seminar of the University of Texas at Austin will host a lecture on Friday, 15 November on the subject of the serial version of Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. The publication of that version took place 75 … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged British Studies, Town & Country magazine, University of Texas
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Halloween Roundup
–The London Review of Books in its latest issue has published an article by Rosemary Hill on the life and career of Auberon Waugh. This is entitled “Woof, woof” and includes a description of Auberon’s life from the time he … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Collections, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Cecil Beaton, Daniel Mendelsohn, Hillsdale College, London Review of Books, National Portrait Gallery, New Criterion, Rosemary Hill
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Samuel Hynes (1924-2019) R.I.P.
Another veteran American literary scholar and critic died earlier this month at Princeton . This was Samuel Hynes, WWII veteran fighter pilot and retired Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature at Princeton University. He was 95. His best known critical work … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Newspapers, Vile Bodies, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged New York Times, Samuel Hynes
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Waugh’s Birthday Roundup
Evelyn Waugh was born on this date in 1903. This is the 116th anniversary of that event. –The Oxford English Dictionary has declared today’s Word of the Day to be “Brideshead, adj.” While they do not mention the birthday anniversary … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law
Tagged architecture, Bruce Gaston, Fooshya.com, Oxford English Dctionary, Paul Theroux, Philip Eade, Truthdig.com
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