News & Upcoming Events

4th week events (14-18 May)

An audio recording of the first lecture in the new postgraduate lecture series is now available. Tom Cutterham's lecture gives an interpretation of the American founding, from revolution to constitution, offering readings of major sources from Common Sense to the Federalist Papers.

The poet reads from and discusses his work

Postgraduate Americanists from the RAI will be offering fresh historical insights into the problems of US history from the perspective of their own research in a new lecture series at the Examination Schools on Mondays and Wednesdays in Trinity Term. The series offers innovative thematic and conceptual approaches to the history of the Unites States from the Revolution to the present day.

The full programme is as follows:

Colbeck Castle: Differentiating Colonialisms in the Americas

Dr. Louis Nelson (RAI Postdoctoral Visiting Research Fellow, University of Virginia)

We have pleasure in announcing our Trinity programme of events and seminars, which is now available to view and download from http://www.rai.ox.ac.uk/termcard.

We look forward to your participation in the life of the Institute this term.

Writing What You Don't Know: A Fresh Look at Authenticity in Fiction

Part of the Esmond Harmsworth Lecture for Arts and Letters 2012

Bouncing Across the Plank: Politics, History, and Literary Imagination

The RAI website is relaunching today with a new design. We hope it will be a more user-friendly, dynamic site that will provide a better 'shop window' on the web for the RAI's many and various activities and communities.

We'd also like to extend our thanks to everyone who has helped with the redevelopment of the website over the past few months. Your comments, insights, opinions, time and hard work have been greatly appreciated.

Feedback on the new site is very welcome. Please take a look around and let us know what you think!

The Rothermere American Institute invites applications from current graduate members of Oxford University for election to:
A one-year graduate studentship to the value of £12,000 per annum, for a fourth-year graduate student working in the field of American Literature.