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Tobias W. Harris
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Researcher into the avant-garde, modernity and technology with a particular focus on Irish literature. Host of the podcast at radiomyles.com
It was amazing to say a few words on Friday at an absolutely packed launch for Joseph LaBine's first collection of Niall Montgomery's poetry, Terminal I: Arrivals, which is available now from Flat Singles Press! Truly a belated launch for a seminar Irish poet.
June 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The second panel of our online follow-up conference on Huxley and O'Nolan features Eoin McGloin, Bryan Counter and Cristian Horgos.

The event is free, online via MS Teams, and happens next Monday 19 May - 1430 - 1830 GMT. Sign up right now to secure your spot 👇

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May 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The first panel of our online follow-up conference on Huxley and O'Nolan features Patrick Armstrong and Harun Šiljak!

The event is free, online via MS Teams, and happens next Monday 19 May - 1430 - 1830 GMT. Sign up right now to secure your spot 👇

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May 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The keynote speaker on 19 May is the brilliant Joe LaBine!

His address is titled: "Newspaperist, Novelist: Aldous Huxley, Flann O’Brien and The Generative ‘column’" and I can't wait!

It's online and free! Sign up right now to secure your spot 👇

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May 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Announcing 'The weak heads of the dead', 1430 - 1830 GMT, 19 May 2025

We'll be looking at newspapers, technology, theories of mind and the work of art Aldous Huxley and Brian O'Nolan! Joseph LaBine keynotes.

Attendance is free. Just sign-up using this form: forms.office.com/e/sdABz0YNwL
April 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today is the day that my book is FINALLY AVAILABLE! Please order for your libraries and reach out to me if you'd like to review it!
February 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Today is the day that my book is FINALLY AVAILABLE! Please order for your libraries and reach out to me if you'd like to review it!
February 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The final session of the #BraveNewWorlds colloquium will bring us together for papers by two huge figures, chaired by Dr. Eleni Loukopoulou, author of Up to Maughty London: Joyce's Cultural Capital in the Imperial Metropolis (2017)!
February 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The final session of the #BraveNewWorlds colloquium will bring us together for papers by two huge figures, chaired by Dr. Eleni Loukopoulou, author of Up to Maughty London: Joyce's Cultural Capital in the Imperial Metropolis (2017)!
February 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
On Saturday morning at #BraveNewWorlds we'll witness a panel with some truly remarkable material on the ties that connect O'Nolan and Huxley in an era of mass media and censorship 🗞️

#zurichevents #aldoushuxley #flannobrien
February 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Eek! I am extremely excited to share the first panel for #BraveNewWorlds. Friday morning will see us explore intoxication, sedation and the experience of time across the work of Huxley and O'Nolan in this most pharmacologically exciting set of papers! 💊

#aldoushuxley #zurichevents #flannobrien
January 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Travelling and weaving together these texts, with a dollop of Derrida, as I work on my paper for #BraveNewWorlds, 'Subversive Refunctioning: Writing as Pharmakon in Huxley and O'Nolan'
January 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
😵‍💫 It now befalls me to announce my OWN featured session at #BraveNewWorlds! 🤭

In Zurich on 8 February I, Tobias W. Harris, will present:

🤖 "Subversive refunctioning: Writing as pharmakon in Huxley and O’Nolan” ✍️

#aldoushuxley #flannobrien #zurichevents
January 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🤯 It's time to announce the next featured speaker in Zürich for Brave New Worlds!💥

On 7 February David Dunaway will present:

💌 "Huxley, Heard and O’Brien: Literary Correspondence” 🕰 

#aldoushuxley #flannobrien #zurichevents
January 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🤫 Hush now! in Zürich for Brave New Worlds on 8 February, Chiara Sciarrino will present:

🎼 "Music, Counterpoint, and Narrative Complexity in Aldous Huxley’s Point Counter Point and Flann O’Brien’s At Swim-Two-Birds” 👏

#aldoushuxley #flannobrien #zurichevents
January 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🥁 Drum roll please!

I'm absolutely jazzed to declare that at, Zürich for Brave New Worlds, Dr Paul Fagan will present

☄️ "Apocalyptic Time in Brian O’Nolan and Aldous Huxley" 🤯

#aldoushuxley #flannobrien #zurichevents
January 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's time to announce the keynote on 8 February in Zürich for Brave New Worlds!

Professor Emeritus Dana Sawyer will present:

∞ "The Perennial Philosophy Reloaded: the Deep Relevance of Aldous Huxley's spirituality for today's world.” 🦋

#aldoushuxley #flannobrien #zurichevents
January 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🤯 I'm overwhelmed with excitement to announce the session title of our opening keynote on 7 February in Zürich for Brave New Worlds:

Maebh Long presents:

💉 ‘my patent Valetudinarian’s Vademecum’: Medical Anxieties in Brian O’Nolan and Aldous Huxley💥

#aldoushuxley #flannobrien #zurichevents
January 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🎁 Just before we hit Christmas, I'm EXCITED to gift you the full draft schedule for our "Brave New Worlds" workshop in Zürich next year! 🎁

An unprecedented exploration of the dialogue btw Huxley & O'Nolan 🤯

Open to all! Infos and tickets available right here 👇
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December 23, 2024 at 2:57 PM