Krzysztof Fordoński - Forsterian Professor
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Krzysztof Fordoński - The Forsterian Professor - your first source of information about E. M. Forster, chairman of the IEMFS @emforstersociety.bsky.social editor-in-chief of the Polish Journal of English Studies @pjes-pase.bsky.social
The movie A Room with a View celebrates its 40th anniversary this month! Isn't it a perfect time to watch it yet again? #emforster www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ro...
A Room with a View is the greatest period drama ever made
It may come as surprise to discover that A Room with a View, the celebrated Merchant-Ivory adaption of the E.M. Forster novel, is 40 this month. Yes, as hard as it is to believe, the film starring Hel...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The movie A Room with a View celebrates its 40th anniversary this month! Isn't it a perfect time to watch it yet again? #emforster www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-ro...
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Benjamin Britten in a boat (with E. M. Forster) - BOTD
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Benjamin Britten in a boat (with E. M. Forster) - BOTD
The FB page of the International E. M. Forster Society @emforstersociety.bsky.social has 492 followers at the moment. Can we make it 500 by #emforster 's birthday which we celebrate on January 1st? Have you joined and invited all your friends? www.facebook.com/IEMFS
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November 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The FB page of the International E. M. Forster Society @emforstersociety.bsky.social has 492 followers at the moment. Can we make it 500 by #emforster 's birthday which we celebrate on January 1st? Have you joined and invited all your friends? www.facebook.com/IEMFS
Fascinating article about literary Alexandria in the first half of the 20th century - starting from our own E. M. Forster and his encounter with C. P. Cavafy. www.tovima.gr/print/books-...
Η Αλεξάνδρεια του Φόρστερ, του Ντάρελ και του Καβάφη - ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ
Ο Αλεξανδρινός, οι δύο σπουδαίοι Βρετανοί, η μεταξύ τους αλληλεπίδραση και η εμβληματική «πόλις» των αρχών του 20ού αιώνα
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November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Fascinating article about literary Alexandria in the first half of the 20th century - starting from our own E. M. Forster and his encounter with C. P. Cavafy. www.tovima.gr/print/books-...
The weekend begins with the concept album The Machine Stops by Hawkwind inspired by E. M. Forster's novella from 1909. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The Machine Stops - YouTube
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November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The weekend begins with the concept album The Machine Stops by Hawkwind inspired by E. M. Forster's novella from 1909. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Let's start the week with The Machine Stops - the opera composed by John Lake with the libretto written by Cecile Goding which premiered in July 2022 is now available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVkj...
"The Machine Stops" (Opera)
YouTube video by Dave Olive
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November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Let's start the week with The Machine Stops - the opera composed by John Lake with the libretto written by Cecile Goding which premiered in July 2022 is now available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVkj...
Albert du Aime, better known as William Wharton, the most popular American novelist in Poland in the 1990s, was born on this day in 1925. As I was involved in his fame, I wrote a book about him some years ago. If you don't know him yet, check it out! www.academia.edu/71774564/Ber... #williamwharton
November 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Albert du Aime, better known as William Wharton, the most popular American novelist in Poland in the 1990s, was born on this day in 1925. As I was involved in his fame, I wrote a book about him some years ago. If you don't know him yet, check it out! www.academia.edu/71774564/Ber... #williamwharton
When the conference is over but the plane leaves on Sunday so you have a day to rest.
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When the conference is over but the plane leaves on Sunday so you have a day to rest.
When you are a Forsterian Professor you simply have to choose a room with a view.
October 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
When you are a Forsterian Professor you simply have to choose a room with a view.
My new book "E. M. Forster: A Bibliography of Critical Studies, Translations, and Adaptations" is now with the publisher University of Warsaw Press and should appear as an Open Access e-book by the end of the year! #modwrite #emforster
October 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My new book "E. M. Forster: A Bibliography of Critical Studies, Translations, and Adaptations" is now with the publisher University of Warsaw Press and should appear as an Open Access e-book by the end of the year! #modwrite #emforster
The Machine Stops - jazz suite by the Italian guitar player Tommaso Gambini inspired by E. M. Forster's 1909 novella is back on YouTube - listen to it before it disappears again! #emforster www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The Machine Stops - YouTube
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October 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Machine Stops - jazz suite by the Italian guitar player Tommaso Gambini inspired by E. M. Forster's 1909 novella is back on YouTube - listen to it before it disappears again! #emforster www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Perhaps the worst cover of A Room with a View ever but you may prove me wrong! #emforster
October 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Perhaps the worst cover of A Room with a View ever but you may prove me wrong! #emforster
I dissect the novel "Sex and Vanity" by Kevin Kwan at the E. M. Forster conference in Nancy at the University of Lorraine. Photo: Noe Chapuy IDEA @laboratoireidea.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I dissect the novel "Sex and Vanity" by Kevin Kwan at the E. M. Forster conference in Nancy at the University of Lorraine. Photo: Noe Chapuy IDEA @laboratoireidea.bsky.social
The University of Warsaw is ready to cover the cost so you should expect my bibliographies of E. M. Forster as an Open Access e-book by the end of the year! Some more work for me now so let's #modwrite and, please, watch this space! #emforster
October 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The University of Warsaw is ready to cover the cost so you should expect my bibliographies of E. M. Forster as an Open Access e-book by the end of the year! Some more work for me now so let's #modwrite and, please, watch this space! #emforster
Just one picture from the E. M. Forster conference organised by the IDEA at the University of Lorraine in Nancy. Thanks to the organisers! #emforster
October 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Just one picture from the E. M. Forster conference organised by the IDEA at the University of Lorraine in Nancy. Thanks to the organisers! #emforster
Lost in infinity
October 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Lost in infinity
An absolutely necessary element at an E. M. Forster conference - A Room with a View. This time it is Nancy, not Florence. #emforster
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
An absolutely necessary element at an E. M. Forster conference - A Room with a View. This time it is Nancy, not Florence. #emforster
Visiting our former King, the last Duke of Lorraine Stanisław Leszczyński - in Nancy for a Forsterian conference! #emforster
October 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Visiting our former King, the last Duke of Lorraine Stanisław Leszczyński - in Nancy for a Forsterian conference! #emforster
Who will I meet in Nancy?
[ÉVÉNEMENT 🗓️]
La journée d'études "Questionner la pertinence de E. M. Forster, écrivain britannique (1879-1970), auprès des chercheurs actuels" aura lieu le 10 octobre sur le site Libération de Nancy !
Retrouvez le programme de la journée 👉 shorturl.at/QtjmK
Nos activités 👉 idea.univ-lorraine.fr
La journée d'études "Questionner la pertinence de E. M. Forster, écrivain britannique (1879-1970), auprès des chercheurs actuels" aura lieu le 10 octobre sur le site Libération de Nancy !
Retrouvez le programme de la journée 👉 shorturl.at/QtjmK
Nos activités 👉 idea.univ-lorraine.fr
October 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Who will I meet in Nancy?
Perhaps somebody would like to submit a paper about A Passage to India?
Call for Contributions. Publication and issue: Lea – Quaderni di Lea. Transimperial Encounters: Networks of Cultural and Literary Exchange Between India and Europe, 1870-1947.
Deadline for proposal submissions: 8 June 2026. #essecfp.
👉 essenglish.org/cfp-volumes-...
Deadline for proposal submissions: 8 June 2026. #essecfp.
👉 essenglish.org/cfp-volumes-...
October 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Perhaps somebody would like to submit a paper about A Passage to India?
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September 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Two very positive reviews from the external reviewers! Now waiting for the funding from the University of Warsaw...
September 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Two very positive reviews from the external reviewers! Now waiting for the funding from the University of Warsaw...
My #shelfie for #internationaltranslationday - not too impressive but I am far from done and I have only six out of over fifty movies I have translated. More next year! Promise! #translation #translationday
September 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My #shelfie for #internationaltranslationday - not too impressive but I am far from done and I have only six out of over fifty movies I have translated. More next year! Promise! #translation #translationday
Saint Hieronymus, our saint patron, from the Church Heritage Museum in Vilnius on the International Translation Day. I guess it is time to finish my translation of Where Angels Fear to Tread... #TranslationDay #translation #translators
September 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Saint Hieronymus, our saint patron, from the Church Heritage Museum in Vilnius on the International Translation Day. I guess it is time to finish my translation of Where Angels Fear to Tread... #TranslationDay #translation #translators
Your Forsterian Professor in the Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski Courtyard of the Vilnius University during BaroCon 2025 conference.
September 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Your Forsterian Professor in the Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski Courtyard of the Vilnius University during BaroCon 2025 conference.