13 October is English Language Day. Each year the English Project marks this day with a fascinating public lecture.

This year we are welcoming Prof. Jane Hodson, Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Sheffield, whose lecture is titled 'Finding Captain Swing: voice, protest and people in the 1830 riots'.

West Downs Centre Auditorium, University of Winchester, Romsey Road, Winchester, SO22 5FT

Tickets £12, including pre-lecture refreshment.

Find out more about the lecture and book your seat.

Find out more about The English Project's Captain Swing Riots project.

2 Oct. - 16 Nov. 2024: Open Fire, an award-winning immersive exhibition focussing on Amazonian wildfires and climate change.

Find out more about Open Fire.

30 October 2024, Winchester Theatre Royal Café, 19.30 - ca 21.30.

In print since its publication in 1897 and subsequently adapted into numerous stage plays, television shows, operas, graphic novels and films, Bram Stoker's Dracula simply refuses to die.

Timed to coincide with Halloween, this will be an interactive evening of short talks and discussion. Join  academics from across our Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences who will bring their psychological, sociological, philosophical, historical and literary expertise to bear to explore the original text and get under the skin of the world's most infamous vampire.

Tickets £5. Book your tickets here.

A talk by Prof. Markus Wein from the American University of Bulgaria, hosted by the Modern History Research Centre. Further details will be posted on the centre website.