We are delighted to report the release of the latest National College Podcast in collaboration with the English Research Centre and our colleagues in Media Production, an initiative that developed out of the South African Modernism project led by Jade Munslow Ong. The podcast was recorded at Wigan College and explores studying English and related degrees in […]
‘”Make them roll in their graves”: South African Writing, Decolonisation, and the English Literature A-Level’ has just been published in English in Education journal. It was co-written by four colleagues within the School: Dr Hannah Helm (Impact and Engagement Fellow), Dr Emma Barnes (Knowledge Exchange Fellow), Katie Barnes (PhD student) and Prof Jade Munslow Ong. You can […]
We are delighted to announce further details of this book launch taking place this week. UK Book Launch: Jade Munslow Ong and Andrew van der Vlies, eds., Olive Schreiner: Writing Networks and Global Contexts (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2024) 7:00pm-9:00pm Friday 15th March 2024 Event Space, Home MCR All are warmly welcome to attend the UK launch of the co-edited […]
Professor Jade Munslow Ong will host this year’s prestigious Percival Lecture on the South Africa’s relationship with modernism and its modernist writers. The lecture, entitled ‘South Africa’s Modernism, Modernism’s South Africa’ will take place at The Old Fire Station, University of Salford, on 18 April at 6pm, and is organised by Manchester Lit & Phil, […]
South African Modernism is delighted to celebrate a series of new publications An academic article on the making of the film All That is Buried in the journal Media Practice and Education can be found below. The authors were Maire Tracey, Simon Stanton-Sharma, Sanja Nivesjö, Emma Barnes and Jade Munslow Ong. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/25741136.2023.2289095 Here are some […]
The South African Modernism project continues to go from strength to strength with appearing at the Being Human festival and sourcing new University of Salford funding for decolonising the curriculum work. On Saturday 11 November, the team ran their Being Human Festival 2023 event, ‘Make a Zine! (Inspired by DRUM Magazine)’ workshop at the Clifford Whitworth Library on […]
We are delighted to announce the latest English Research Seminar, taking place in person and online on Wednesday 8th November between 2:30 and 3:30 on the University of Salford campus. If you wish to attend as a member of the public, please contact Scott Thurston on S.Thurston@salford.ac.uk. The seminar is also available to online participants. […]
Why not visit the South African Modernism blog for the latest on key project events? See here for an article on the team’s latest visit to SA and their many adventures… And see here for an article about the Karoo Writers Festival Visual Text Workshop!
The South African Modernism team led by Jade Munslow Ong and featuring Hannah Helm, Emma Barnes, Katie Barnes and Sanja Nivesjö have continued their collaborative activities in introducing their research to students in local colleges in Greater Manchester. In recent months the team had the pleasure of collaborating with Burnley College in Lancashire to create […]
The SA Modernism team has been busy as usual, catch up with all the latest news at their blog here. There, amongst many other delights, you can find out about Jade Munslow Ong’s recent appearance on BBC Radio 3 presenting ‘The South African Bloomsberries’ for The Essay, and read the full script of the programme.