George Eliot as Historian Reading Group, Week 7 - Religion II: Faith and the Victorians

8th June 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Hovenden Room, All Souls College

Religion II: Faith and the Victorians
• Middlemarch, Book 7
• (Optional) Bennett, God and Progress, ch. 1

 

The historicist tone of Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-2) has been commented on by readers from Virginia Woolf to Zadie Smith. This reading group seeks to explore the historical richness found in Eliot's study of provincial life.

Tea and biscuits provided! 

George Eliot as Historian Reading Group, Week 6 - Politics II: Reform Bill

1st June 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Hovenden Room, All Souls College

Politics II: Reform Bill
• Middlemarch, Book 6
• (Optional) Eliot, Felix Holt, the Radical

 

The historicist tone of Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-2) has been commented on by readers from Virginia Woolf to Zadie Smith. This reading group seeks to explore the historical richness found in Eliot's study of provincial life.

Tea and biscuits provided! 

George Eliot as Historian Reading Group, Week 5 - Gender and the Family

25th May 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Hovenden Room, All Souls College

Gender and the Family
• Middlemarch, Book 5
• (Optional) Eliot, ‘Margaret Fuller and Mary Wollstonecraft’

 

The historicist tone of Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-2) has been commented on by readers from Virginia Woolf to Zadie Smith. This reading group seeks to explore the historical richness found in Eliot's study of provincial life.

Tea and biscuits provided! 

George Eliot as Historian Reading Group, Week 4 - Science and Progress

18th May 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Hovenden Room, All Souls College

Science and Progress
• Middlemarch, Book 4
• (Optional) Knoepflmacher, Religious Humanism and the Victorian Novel, pp. 27-44

 

The historicist tone of Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-2) has been commented on by readers from Virginia Woolf to Zadie Smith. This reading group seeks to explore the historical richness found in Eliot's study of provincial life.

Tea and biscuits provided! 

George Eliot as Historian Reading Group, Week 3 - Politics I: Inheritance and Society

11th May 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Hovenden Room, All Souls College

Politics I: Inheritance and Society
• Middlemarch, Book 3
• (Optional) Poon, ‘Inheritance and Succession in George Eliot’s Late Fiction’

 

The historicist tone of Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-2) has been commented on by readers from Virginia Woolf to Zadie Smith. This reading group seeks to explore the historical richness found in Eliot's study of provincial life.

Tea and biscuits provided! 

George Eliot as Historian Reading Group, Week 2 - Religion I: Comparative Mythography

4th May 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Hovenden Room, All Souls College

Religion I: Comparative Mythography
• Middlemarch, Book 2
• (Optional) Eliot, ‘A Word for the Germans'

The historicist tone of Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-2) has been commented on by readers from Virginia Woolf to Zadie Smith. This reading group seeks to explore the historical richness found in Eliot's study of provincial life.

Tea and biscuits provided! 

George Eliot as Historian Reading Group, Week 1 - Introduction: Literature and Intellectual History

27th April 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: Hovenden Room, All Souls College

TT1 Introduction: Literature and Intellectual History
• Middlemarch, Prologue & Book 1
• (Optional) C. Kidd, The World of Mr Casaubon, prologue

 

The historicist tone of Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-2) has been commented on by readers from Virginia Woolf to Zadie Smith. This reading group seeks to explore the historical richness found in Eliot's study of provincial life.

Tea and biscuits provided! 
 

All Souls Examination Fellowship General Open Evening

18th May 2026, 5:15 pm - 6:30 pm

Monday 18 May (Trinity Week 4) at 5.15pm in the Hall, All Souls College


This open evening is an opportunity for any potential applicants for learn more about the Fellowship.
Numbers are limited and so we ask that attendees register in advance.

To register your attendance, please complete this form: All Souls Fellowship Exam General Open Evening

 

All Souls Examination Fellowship Open Evening for Gender and Ethnic Diversity

6th May 2026, 5:15 pm - 6:30 pm

Wednesday 6 May (Trinity Week 2) at 5.15pm in the Hall, All Souls College


This open evening is an opportunity for students belonging to gender and ethnic groups that remain underrepresented within academic careers, including women, to learn more about the Fellowship.
Numbers are limited and so we ask that attendees register in advance.

 

To register your attendance, please complete this form: All Souls Exam Fellowship Open Evening for Gender and Ethnic Diversity

 

Sir John Vickers receives IOS Distinguished Fellow award

Sir John Vickers, Professor of Economics and Warden of the College, has received the 2026 Distinguished Fellow Award from the Industrial Organization Society, which recognises excellence in research, education and leadership in the field of industrial organisation.

13th April 2026
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