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Theatre and performance to take centre stage in new Edge Hill University exhibition
Handwritten programmes, original photographs and detailed recreations of costumes will all form part of the exhibition, which launches on Thursday 20 April at the University’s Arts Centre. The exhibition, dreamt up by MA Nineteenth-Century Studies student Roy Bayfield, will showcase material from a wide variety of performances including King Lear, Macbeth, and The School for…
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Jack and the Doors of Perception
Edge Hill Creative Writing student, Jack Bennett, has published his first collection of short stories. Find out more.
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Killing Victoria podcast reveals the stories of seven men who tried and failed to kill Queen Victoria
An Edge Hill University historian has played a key role in telling the story of seven men who tried to kill Queen Victoria during her 63-year-long reign. Find out more.
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A Christmas Carol hits differently this year, as thousands of families face levels of cold and hunger that feel terribly Victorian
Laura Eastlake, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Edge Hill University, discusses how A Christmas Carol could be interpreted today in the current cost of living crisis.
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Edge Hill marks Halloween by announcing plans to celebrate 125 years of Dracula
Edge Hill University is celebrating Halloween by announcing their spooktacular plans to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Dracula’s publication which will see students work with Bram Stoker’s descendant.
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Vampire Bites Creative Contest
EHU Nineteen Research Centre are pleased to join forces with Dacre Stoker—Bram Stoker’s great grand-nephew—and Dr Chris McAuley to announce a creative competition for Edge Hill University students. From Victorian villain to modern-day boyfriend material, and from social outcasts to avengers of injustice, the vampire has taken many forms. You are invited to submit your…
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Year 2 students explore the long afterlife of Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Year 2 students Abbie Hope and Katherine Duffy explore the long afterlife of Dracula, what the vampire means for culture today, and some of the events coming up at Edge Hill as we head into the 125th anniversary year of Bram Stoker’s novel.
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Edge Hill’s new partnership will see creative writing students dicing with Dracula
Edge Hill University and Crooked Dice Game Design studio are set to adapt Bram Stoker’s Dracula into a new narrative-driven skirmish game of gothic horror. Edge Hill and Crooked Dice will be working directly with Dacre Stoker, Bram Stoker’s great-grandnephew, and Dr Chris McAuley of Stoker-McAuley Productions, to bring an authentic adaptation of Dracula to the tabletop. 7TV: Dracula will be part of…
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Applications now open for EHU Nineteen and Wilkie Collins Fellowships 2021-22
EHU Nineteen Research Centre and the Wilkie Collins Journal are pleased to announce two new fellowships designed to enable early career researchers to undertake innovative new research in nineteenth-century topics. The fellowships will provide up to £700 towards the cost of research expenses, as well as Visiting Researcher status with EHU Nineteen, access to Edge Hill University research…
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Edge Hill’s new Masters degree will change the way we think about the Victorians
Edge Hill has launched a fascinating new Masters degree in Nineteenth Century Studies that will take students on a journey through the culture, literature, people and history of the nineteenth century. Devised by some of the UK’s leading experts in the literature, history, and cultural heritage of the nineteenth century, the one year Nineteenth Century…
