Thursday, 8 December, 2022, 4.00-5.00pm, in the Centre for Research Collections Seminar Room, 6th floor, University of Edinburgh Main Library. A one-hour Edinburgh Life-Writing Network research-in-progress panel, proposed and with presentations by Edinburgh doctoral researchers and James Tait Black Biography Prize readers, Aiswarya Jayamohan and Maxime Geervliet, followed by discussion. Aiswarya Jayamohan: “stupid and gauche […]

2-3pm, Thursday, 11 November, 2021 from 2-3pm in the Project Room, 50 George Square. A one-hour research in progress panel on ‘non-normative lives’, proposed and with presentations by Nicole Chen and Charley Matthews, followed by discussion. The talks today link the reading for the JTB Prize into doctoral research projects, with both presentations speaking to […]

Weds 19 February 2020, 12:30-18:00, Project Room, 50 George Square. A one-day life-writing colloquium including a James Tait Black Biography Readers’ Discussion, research-in-progress presentations, and work-in-progress readings, with a visiting talk linked to the English Literature Seminar. Schedule 12:30-13.20    James Tait Black Prize in Biography 2020: Readers’ Discussion (JTB Co-ordinators June Laurenson, Alice Rae and […]

1-2pm, Friday, 23 March, 2018, DHT, LG.06). A one-hour panel on ‘Lives in the Archive’, exploring the place of archives in literature, life-writing, and cultural history, with visiting speakers Alison Light and Dora Osborne. Position papers will be followed by discussion. Chair: Jonathan Wild Alison Light is a writer and currently also Honorary Professorial Fellow in the English Department at […]