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Elleke Boehmer

Elleke Boehmer, FRSL, FRHistS is Professor of World Literature in English at the University of Oxford, and a Professorial Governing… more

Elleke Boehmer
H-index: 29
Art 25%
Political science 21%

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This looks great! New novel?! Many, many congratulations Elleke
You are ‘staggering’ with style and cool!
Thanks to the conference organisers and @bodleian.ox.ac.uk for facilitating this work, esp while I stagger through the first months of maternity leave.

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‘Five musicians from the Vienna Philharmonic are thought to have taken their instruments to the camps or ghettos, where they played music before they were liquidated. Then there was silence.’

Thomas Laqueuer on Kate Kennedy’s ‘Cello: A Journey through Silence to Sound’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thomas Laqueur · A Different Life: Can cellos remember?
Cellists and violinists in particular are haunted by the musicians who played their instruments before them and those...
www.lrb.co.uk

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Thanks to the conference organisers and @bodleian.ox.ac.uk for facilitating this work, esp while I stagger through the first months of maternity leave.

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Joyous to give my 1st keynote @ the postgrad forum of @gapsnet.bsky.social, sharing research on #SouthAfrican & #British women writers

Despite the terrors of British HE, this event proved how doctoral research (inc at @bristolunienglish.bsky.social) can illuminate new paths for postcolonial studies

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Travel writing meets memoir & cultural critique: join us for the the launch of Yosef Wosk's New Life Joke Shop. 16 Oct, 17:30–19:00. All welcome! shorturl.at/Doymd
@engfac.bsky.social

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In memoir, where does truth end and storytelling begin? Kate Kennedy and Elleke Boehmer explore this question and more 13 Oct, Wolfson. buff.ly/WLdDnBr
#Truth #Narrative @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

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Wonderful news. And well deserved. Was privileged to be in discussion with Karen Jennings about Crooked Seeds at Books 📚 on the Bay earlier this year!

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From biography & memoir to blogs & stories: What counts as life-writing today? Hermione Lee & Kate Kennedy respond. 20 Oct, 5:30–7:00pm, Wolfson. buff.ly/knPw900
@engfac.bsky.social

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It's National Poetry Day! If you're looking for inspiration, our chat with @lauratheis.bsky.social, author of POEMS FROM A WITCH'S POCKET, is now over on Youtube! #nationalpoetryday ✍️

buff.ly/X8LjNT5

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More about ICE SHOCK and see the new UK Valley Press cover: spot the differences!

www.ellekeboehmer.com/ice-shock/

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