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17Nov/24
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The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998 – Exhibition Report

17 November 2024EssaysErica Lombard

The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998 – Exhibition Report Zana Mody The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998 (5 October 2024 – 5 January 2025) is currently on display at theRead More…

08Nov/24
A photograph of poet Jackie Kay.

On Being a Writer: An Interview with Jackie Kay (2024)

8 November 2024InterviewsJackie KayErica Lombard

On Being a Writer: An Interview with Jackie Kay (2024) C.J. Griffin and Amrita Shenoy Working across the page, stage, and airwaves, Jackie Kay is one of the most accomplished writers inRead More…

03Nov/24
The cover of Percival Everett's James

<em>James</em> by Percival Everett: book discussion

3 November 2024Book panels, VideosErica Lombard

James by Percival Everett: book discussion The prolific and influential American writer Percival Everett has been shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize with his novel James. James is a rewriting of Mark Twain’s classic The AdventuresRead More…

30Sep/24
Images from the Beyond the Bassline exhibition

Exhibition Report – Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music

30 September 2024EssaysJackie KayErica Lombard

Exhibition Report – Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music Eliza McCarthy The British Library’s 2024 exhibition, Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music (26 April to 26Read More…

21Jul/24
Roger Robinson and Malachi McIntosh, Oxford, 23 May 2024 (Photograph: Clara Park)

Clara Park interviews Roger Robinson

21 July 2024InterviewsRoger RobinsonErica Lombard

Clara Park interviews Roger Robinson Clara Park On 23 May 2024, the poet, writer and performer Roger Robinson gave a reading and talk at Oxford University’s St Hilda’s College entitled, “As ifRead More…

21Jul/24
Roger Robinson and Malachi McIntosh, Oxford, 23 May 2024 (Photograph: Clara Park)

“As if their bodies became AIR”: Roger Robinson in Oxford, 23 May 2024

21 July 2024EssaysRoger RobinsonErica Lombard

“As if their bodies became AIR”: Roger Robinson in Oxford, 23 May 2024 Clara Park On 23 May 2024, the poet, writer and performer Roger Robinson gave a reading and talk atRead More…

19May/24
A colour photograph of the author Leila Aboulela

Interview with Leila Aboulela

19 May 2024Audio, InterviewsLeila AboulelaErica Lombard

Interview with Leila Aboulela Sadia Zulfiqar In this interview with Sadia Zulfiqar, Leila Aboulela reflects on her creative process and her approach to representing Muslim women in her fiction. Cite this: Zulfiqar,Read More…

05May/24
State of Play book cover

Rethinking cultural identity and belonging: East and Southeast Asian Poets writing in and beyond Britain

5 May 2024EssaysJay Gao, Kit Fan, Mary Jean Chan, Monica Youn, Mukahang Limbu, Natalie Linh Bolderston, Sarah Howe, Troy CabidaErica Lombard

Rethinking cultural identity and belonging: East and Southeast Asian Poets writing in and beyond Britain Jennifer Wong Cited in the preface to the State of Play: Poets of East and Southeast AsianRead More…

05Sep/23
Bernardine Evaristo reads at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford

Sustaining the Momentum: Bernardine Evaristo speaks at Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre, 22 June 2023

5 September 2023EssaysBernardine EvaristoErica Lombard

Sustaining the Momentum: Bernardine Evaristo speaks at Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre, 22 June 2023 Ciaran Duncan In a city not short on spaces that can feel intimidating, the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford isRead More…

17May/23
The cover of Nadifa Mohamed's The Fortune Men

“Famous British Justice” on trial in Tiger Bay:  A review of Nadifa Mohamed’s The Fortune Men by Ciaran Duncan

17 May 2023EssaysNadifa MohamedErica Lombard

“Famous British Justice” on trial in Tiger Bay: A review of The Fortune Men Ciaran Duncan “The tireless stoker, the poker shark, the elegant wanderer, the love-starved husband, the soft-hearted father” –Read More…

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Postcolonial Writers Make Worlds (Principal Investigator: Professor Elleke Boehmer, Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Dr Erica Lombard) is an initiative of the University of Oxford Faculty of English Language and Literature, supported by the John Fell Oxford University Press (OUP) Research Fund.

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