Category Archives: Academia

Plashy fen and leprechaun-flavoured wine

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh scored a twofer in last week’s Telegraph with citations relating to both nature and food writing. On March 30, Waugh’s parody of nature writing in Scoop is cited by Robert Macfarlane in an interview as an example of what that … Continue reading →

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Major Study of Waugh’s War Trilogy Published

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Jeffrey Manley

Two well-known Waugh scholars have collaborated on a detailed study of Waugh’s War Trilogy. Their long-awaited work, In the Picture: The Facts Behind the Fiction in Evelyn Waugh’s “Sword of Honor,” was recently published by Editions Rodopi B.V. (Amsterdam and New … Continue reading →

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Lecture by Dr. Lisa Colletta at the American University of Rome, “Travelers, Exile, and Expats: British Novelists in Hollywood”

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

On November 13 at 7:00 p.m., at the American University of Rome, Dr. Lisa Colletta will give her inaugural lecture as a full professor at AUR. Based upon her 2013 book exploring the same subject, her lecture “Travelers, Exile, and … Continue reading →

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Complete Works Project Launches New Website

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project at the University of Leicester has launched a new website. Its Resources page is particularly useful. The project blog can be found here.

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Entire Back-catalogue of Evelyn Waugh Newsletter/Studies Now Available Online

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

In a major development in the field of Evelyn Waugh scholarship, the entire back-catalogue of the Evelyn Waugh Newsletter/Studies has been made available through the University of Leicester Special Collections Online. The Evelyn Waugh Studies Collection comprises searchable complete runs … Continue reading →

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Speakers announced for 2015 Evelyn Waugh conference at University of Leicester

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

From the University of Leicester’s news page: Acclaimed writers Selina Hastings, William Boyd and Paula Byrne are set to speak at a major conference on the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project – which is being co-led by the University … Continue reading →

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Public lecture on EW by Alexander Waugh: Durham University, March 19, 7 p.m.

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Alexander Waugh, grandson of Evelyn and son of Auberon, will give a public lecture, A Word or Two About Evelyn Waugh, at 7 p.m. tomorrow, March 19, at Durham University. Additional details at the link above. Audio recordings of past … Continue reading →

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Applicants sought for funded Oxford DPhil (PhD) in connection with the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

From the announcement by the Faculty of English, University of Oxford: Applicants are sought for a three year, fully funded Studentship (including both fees and living costs) to work towards a DPhil (PhD) in the Faculty of English, University of … Continue reading →

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