On Wednesday, 20 March 2024 at 4.00-6.00PM, the Centre for Transnational & Transcultural Research (CTTR) will be hosting a talk by Professor Robert Morrison, British Academy Global Professor at Bath Spa University.
Professor Morrison is one of the world’s leading experts on the life and works of Thomas De Quincey and will be discussing manuscript research for his forthcoming edition of the De Quincey’s letters with Oxford University Press.
What venue?
IT systems for rooming are still down after the recent cyber event. If you plan to attend, contact ( I.Omari2@wlv.ac.uk ) to send you details when the venue has been confirmed.
Who is this for?
The information will be circulated internally and externally. However, you are best placed to know your PGRs, MA students and even undergraduates who might benefit from attending – please encourage them to come!
Who to contact?
For more information, please do not hesitate to contact I.Omari2@wlv.ac.uk
Brief Biography
Robert Morrison is British Academy Global Professor at Bath Spa University. He is the author of The Regency Revolution (2019), which was shortlisted for the Historical Writers’ Association Crown Award for the best in nonfiction historical writing, and which was named by The Economist as one of its 2019 Books of the Year. His biography of Thomas De Quincey, The English Opium Eater (2009), was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize. Morrison edited De Quincey’s Selected Writings (2019) for Oxford University Press and Jane Austen’s Persuasion (2011) for Harvard University Press.