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Tomorrow: How can we write against cultural erasure? Samantha Ellis joins Dr Aviva Dautch to discuss language, family history and the disappearing culture of Iraqi Jews. Tomorrow | 14:00 📍 @WolfsonCollege & Online 🔗 Register: oclw.site.ox.ac.uk/event/wri… @OCHJSnews @OxfordHistory

What did punk offer Jewish women? Dr Rachel Garfield considers why Jewish female artists were drawn to punk, how punk shaped their work, & how their Jewishness might appear as an undercurrent in their work 1 Dec | 14:00 📍@WolfsonCollege & Online Register: surl.lt/atnlfw

Can we ever separate a writer’s life from their work? Hear Prof Peter Boxall in conversation with Prof Dame Hermione Lee in the first Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshop of the new academic year. 📅 30 Oct | 🕠 11:30–13:30 📍 @engfac 🔗 Register: buff.ly/9eNxZWZ

On Tuesday: How can you write against cultural erasure? Samantha Ellis discusses'Chopping Onions on My Heart', her exploration of language, family history and the disappearing culture of Iraqi Jews. 27 Oct | 14:00 📍 @WolfsonCollege & Online 🔗 Register: buff.ly/VqIbf6p

Join us for the launch of Hermione Lee's 'Anita Brookner: Art & Life' Hermione Lee, OCLW’s founding Director, discusses her new biography, Brookner’s life, work and the practice of biography with @DrKKennedy. 3 Nov | 17:30 📍@WolfsonCollege Register: oclw.site.ox.ac.uk/event/ani…

What can a memoir do that other forms of historical narrative can’t? Professor Alison Light explores these questions and more in conversation with Dr Kate Kennedy. @engfac 📅 17 Nov | 🕠 17:30 📍 @WolfsonCollege & Online 🔗 Register: buff.ly/6p3n5jX

Next week: join Lara Feigel and David Dwan (@engfac) to discuss 'Custody: The Secret History of Mothers' and what the writing of women’s lives can reveal about custody, motherhood and care. 📅 20 Oct | 🕠 17:30 📍 @WolfsonCollege 🔗 Register: buff.ly/eqZkMln

How do you get your work noticed? Emma Paterson will discuss visibility, recognition and the relationships that can help writers build a career. For Global Majority & underrepresented writers. 24 Nov | 17:30 | Online Register: buff.ly/sQ9QVwT @engfac

Prof Santanu Das writes that the Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshops are 'one of the cornerstones of the literary community in Oxford', where scholars and writers 'think together, advise and support each other'. Help secure their future: buff.ly/VGoQUdu

What can a word, a recipe or a remembered taste hold onto when a culture is disappearing? Join Samantha Ellis for a seminar on her acclaimed 'Chopping Onions on My Heart'. @OCHJSnews 📅 27 Oct | 🕑 14:00 📍 @WolfsonCollege & Online 🔗 Register: buff.ly/VqIbf6p

Celebrate 15 years of OCLW with the launch of 'Anita Brookner: Art & Life', by our founding Director, Hermione Lee. The launch is free & open to all. Friends & Patrons are invited to a private reception Become a Friend/Patron & Register: oclw.site.ox.ac.uk/event/ani… 3 Nov | 17:30

Can we leave home without leaving the past behind? Professor Alison Light discusses 'Red, Red, Robin' and the possibilities of memoir with Dr Kate Kennedy. @engfac 📅 17 Nov | 🕠 17:30 📍 @WolfsonCollege & Online 🔗 Register: buff.ly/6p3n5jX

What do custody battles reveal about the lives of women and the history of motherhood? Lara Feigel and David Dwan (@engfac) discuss 'Custody', life-writing, care and the institutions that shape family life. 📅 20 Oct | 🕠 17:30 📍 @WolfsonCollege 🔗 buff.ly/eqZkMln

What does a literary agent actually do? When should you approach one? Join literary agent Emma Paterson for a practical masterclass on finding representation, preparing your work and building a writing career. 24 Nov | 17:30 | Online Register: buff.ly/sQ9QVwT @engfac

Join us for the launch of Hermione Lee's 'Anita Brookner: Art & Life' Hermione Lee, OCLW’s founding Director, discusses her new biography, Brookner’s life, work and the practice of biography with @DrKKennedy. 3 Nov | 17:30 📍@WolfsonCollege Register: buff.ly/86RKXjJ

What can life-writing do to preserve a culture across generations? Samantha Ellis discusses 'Chopping Onions on My Heart', family stories and the vanishing language of Iraqi Jews. @OxfordHistory 📅 27 Oct | 🕑 14:00 📍 @WolfsonCollege & Online 🔗 Register: buff.ly/VqIbf6p

What would it mean to put ourselves into history? Prof Alison Light discusses Red, Red, Robin with Dr Kate Kennedy, exploring memoir, memory and the history held within a family life. @engfac 📅 17 Nov | 🕠 17:30 📍 @WolfsonCollege & Online 🔗 Register: buff.ly/6p3n5jX

What can custody battles reveal about the history of motherhood? In conversation with David Dwan (@engfac), Lara Feigel explores what life-writing can tell us about the institutions that shape family life. 📅 20 Oct | 🕠 17:30 📍 @WolfsonCollege 🔗 buff.ly/eqZkMln

Prof Santanu Das writes that the Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshops are 'one of the cornerstones of the literary community in Oxford', where scholars and writers 'think together, advise and support each other'. Help secure their future: buff.ly/VGoQUdu

How can you write authentically about a place you have never been able to visit? Samantha Ellis discusses life-writing, displacement and Iraqi Jewish history in Chopping Onions on My Heart. @OxfordHistory @engfac 27 Oct | 14:00 📍@WolfsonCollege & Online 🔗buff.ly/VqIbf6p