@OxLifeWriting

The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing, Wolfson College. A world-leading centre for the research and practice of life-writing. Join us for events, classes, & more.

 Wolfson College, Oxford
oclw.web.ox.ac.uk
Joined October 2011
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Elleke Boehmer@ellekeboehmerJul 15
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@OxLifeWriting A May highlight for me. Interviewing Kit de Waal and then featuring our conversation on @writrsmakewrlds
Writers Make Worlds@writrsmakewrldsJul 15
We're back with a new profile on @KitdeWaal, including a new interview by @ellekeboehmer. Check it out! writersmakeworlds.com/kit-de…

Kit de Waal – writers make worlds

Kit de Waal Overview Born in Birmingham, the child of a Caribbean father and an Irish mother, the novelist and memoirist Kit de Waal made her name with her debut novel, MyRead More...

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Kate Kennedy@DrKKennedyJun 9
Help secure the future of the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing 🤝 . There are many ways you can support us - even through a repost! - find out more here: oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/oclw-15th-… #OCLW #Oxford #LifeWriting #CreativeWriting @WolfsonCollege @OxLifeWriting @UniofOxford @TORCHOxford
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Elleke Boehmer@ellekeboehmerMay 26
Hermione Lee and I, about to launch into some exhilarating conversation about *Southern Imagining* and *Ice Shock*. What an immense privilege to face questions from a master interlocutor who had read the books in such depth. @OxLifeWriting @engfac @WolfsonCollege
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Kate Kennedy@DrKKennedyMay 21
A few weeks ago: doing the morning coffee run, Tuscan style - keeping our writers fuelled on our #writing retreat in glorious #Anghiari. @AvivaDautch, @OxLifeWriting, @WritingOxford #OCLW
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Kate Kennedy@DrKKennedyMay 21
Evening discussions - Sarah Ogilvie on her work on The Dictionary People, the forgotten and eccentric voices who helped shape the Oxford English Dictionary. @AvivaDautch, @WritingOxford, @OxLifeWriting. #OCLW
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Kate Kennedy@DrKKennedyMay 21
Spotted - in Naples airport, apparently!!! - @cellojohnston @OxLifeWriting @HoZ_Books @BloomsburyBooks #OCLW
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St John's College@StJohnsOxMay 20
Some books stay with us for a lifetime. 📚 Honorary Fellow and author @ellekeboehmer shares why Katherine Mansfield’s The Garden Party has meant so much to her, both as a reader and as a writer. #NationalYearOfReading2026 #YearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn2026
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Kate Kennedy@DrKKennedyMay 13
It was such a privilege to be back at @Hatchards to launch Kate McLoughlin’s magisterial 700-page tome with @OxUniPress — Silence: A Literary History. We were anything but silent!!!! 📚✨🎉 Here's a short teaser of our discussion: #Books #BookLaunch #Literature #BookLovers
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Elleke Boehmer@ellekeboehmerMay 1
Elleke Boehmer: Turning the world upside down timeshighereducation.com/dep… via @timeshighered @engfac @WolfsonCollege @OxLifeWriting

Elleke Boehmer: Turning the world upside down

The Oxford professor’s latest monograph, like her latest novel, focuses on the globe’s culturally neglected southern extremes. An ‘exploration of the condition of being secondary’, it is the realis...

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Rhodri Lewis@profrhodrilewisApr 28
Very much looking forward to giving my first talk on matters Kermodian (to the excellent people at @OxLifeWriting) in a couple of weeks' time. oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/event/rhod…
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Elleke Boehmer@ellekeboehmerMar 19
Off to Literary Leicester by train! Couldn’t have asked for better weather. @engfac @OxLifeWriting
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Or Rosenboim@OrRosenboimMar 18
My department in Bologna invites applications for visiting fellowships of 1-2 months in sept-dec 2026, for historians and scholars working on history and memory. Deadline 31 March 2026. More info via link centri.unibo.it/memorylab/en…

Call for applications

MemoryLab is a research centre of the Department of History and Cultures (DISCI) of the University of Bologna. The centre was created within the project "The Territories of Memory", thanks to which...

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Elleke Boehmer@ellekeboehmerMar 13
youtube.com/watch?v=6QBRK7yV… Enjoy!!

Southern Imagining | Elleke Boehmer back already at Love Books

Join Dilip Menon and Elleke Boehmer in conversation about Elleke's ...

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Elleke Boehmer@ellekeboehmerMar 10
Southern Imagining is out at last in the Southern Hemisphere. @WitsUniversity
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Sally Bayley@SallyBayley1Mar 4
Worm in the Bud is out now, order here sandspout.co.uk/books/worm-i…
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Elleke Boehmer@ellekeboehmerMar 2
This was such a fun paper!
The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing@OxLifeWritingMar 2
Writer and critical theorist Professor Nicholas Royle examines the oddness of lived experience, where the familiar suddenly feels strange and reality’s ‘rules’ don’t quite hold. @engfac 📅 10 Feb | ⏰ 17:30 📍 @WolfsonCollege + 💻 Online Open to all! 🔗 buff.ly/NF247Qs
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Elleke Boehmer@ellekeboehmerFeb 27
Replying to @OxLifeWriting
@OxLifeWriting @UniofOxford @engfac
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@IAI_TVFeb 27
The famous image of Earth from space looks neutral—but it was quietly turned to put the north on top. | iai.tv/articles/there-is-no-… Oxford Professor @ellekeboehmer argues that this small adjustment captures a much larger habit of mind, and that it is impossible to view the world from an objective perspective.

There is no objective view of Earth

The famous image of Earth from space looks neutral—but it was quietly turned to put the north on top. Professor Elleke Boehmer argues that this small adjustment captures a much larger habit of mind,...

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Han Au Chua@webbbbbyyyFeb 28
Had the pleasure of listening to Simon Horobin’s ongoing work on Lewis and Tolkien yesterday. Absolutely inspiring research. Very glad to be able to attend @OxLifeWriting’s events again.
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Elleke Boehmer@ellekeboehmerFeb 25
My big bright beautiful blue book’s 1st southern launch. Please feel very welcome. @engfac @OxLifeWriting
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Elleke Boehmer@ellekeboehmerFeb 14
All welcome!! ❄️ Chatting with the illimitable Kate Kennedy about my new novel ICE SHOCK at Hatchard’s Piccadilly this coming Wednesday the 18th. ❄️ Please don’t forget to get your ticket in advance. ellekeboehmerathatchards.eve…
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