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Interview conducted by Elizabeth Lindberg Wes Williams is a lecturer in 16th and 17th century French language and literature at St. Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford. His interests are in early modern and Renaissance literature. His first book, Pilgrimage and Narrative in … Continue reading “A Conversation with Wes Williams” →

Francesca Moll meets the academics hoping to heal divisions in modern society using a 16th-century work of speculative fiction. There once was an island that was connected to a larger continent by a small but significant link. But then one … Continue reading “Solving the problems of Brexit with 500-year-old wisdom?” →

Transcript of a talk given by Dr Sara-Louise Cooper at TORCH. It’s very good to be here today at TORCH to respond to the Storming Utopia project. Because a lot of my work looks at what it means to cross … Continue reading “Crossing the Borders of Utopia” →

Benedetto Bordone’s Libro de tutte l’isole del mondo, a geographical encyclopedia of islands, was printed in Venice in 1528. The book pairs maps of the islands of the world with text describing their geography, history, mythology, and toponymy. The book … Continue reading “Island Metropoles, Old and New” →

Storming Utopia is an intergenerational theatre project aimed at bringing some key sixteenth century texts on the idea of utopia and related notions of islands, migrants, cultures and both natural and political storms. The idea for the latest instalment of … Continue reading “Storming Utopia: The Project” →