The Science and Literature Reading Group returns in Easter Term, taking as its focus texts first published a century ago in 1919. We will meet at our usual venue, Darwin College, on Monday evenings from 7.30-9pm. All are welcome to join in our friendly and wide-ranging discussions!
29th April: Gardens
- Amy Lowell, ‘Impressionist Picture of a Garden’, and ‘The Garden by Moonlight’
- Saki, ‘The Occasional Garden’
- Virginia Woolf, Kew Gardens
13th May: Cities
- Murray Leinster, ‘The Runaway Skyscraper’
- Hope Mirrlees, Paris: A Poem
20th May: Health
- W.N.P. Barbellion, The Journal of a Disappointed Man
- Edith Wharton, ‘Writing a War Story’
3rd June: Heaven and earth
- Sri Ananda Acharya, selections from Snow-Birds
- May Wedderburn Cannan, ‘Stars’
- Wallace Stevens, ‘The Curtains in the House of the Metaphysician’
- W.B. Yeats, ‘The Phases of the Moon’
In recognition of the International Year of the Periodic Table, we will also be teaming up with AD HOC (Association for the Discussion of the History of Chemistry) for a special seminar on Primo Levi's classic piece of science-writing, The Periodic Table (please note earlier start time and different location).
10th June (5pm, HPS): The Periodic Table
- Primo Levi (1919-87), The Periodic Table (1975): ‘Potassium’, ‘Nitrogen’, ‘Carbon’.
We hope our planned term on AI Narratives will go ahead later in the year.
No comments:
Post a Comment