Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Don’t mention the apocalypse: reframing climate discussions In our Q&A, Dr Kaley Kramer (Head of English, History, and Creative Writing) talks about embedding the nature-focussed Ego-to-Eco project into a new student module, finding new ways to discuss the climate emergency, and the importance of using storytelling to explore the relationship between the human and more-than-human worlds.
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This Halifax Road, carafes of wine, and complex noun phrases: A mixed (white plastic carrier) bag of stylistic patterns in witness statement Thursday 9 November 2023, 17:30-18:30 Hosted by the Stylistics Research Group at Sheffield Hallam University and featuring Patricia Canning (Assistant Professor in Humanities at Northumbria University). This talk uses stylistic analysis to examine police-authored witness statements following the Hillsborough Football […]
Read moreDr Jodie Clark, a Senior Lecturer in English Language at Sheffield Hallam University, shares her tested strategies to help teachers overcome their sense of imposter syndrome around grammar. Her conversation with host Paul Hazzard includes grammar shaming, linguistic intuition (and how to access it), the relationship between grammar and writing, and the different ways that grammar has been defined and […]
Read moreDr Harriet Earle recently spoke to BBC Radio Sheffield (listen back from 2:04:50) and BBC Radio Scotland (listen back from 54:20) about the Beano comics and their diverse changes ahead of the 85th anniversary. Dr Harriet Earle is a Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Sheffield Hallam University. Dr Earle’s research focuses on representations of conflict and trauma […]
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