Smith & Waugh Talk About Satire: Literature Lecturers Launch New Podcast!
Spinning out of the ongoing ‘Satire: Births, Deaths and Legacies’ project, a new monthly podcast sees Drs Adam J Smith and Jo Waugh talk about the form, function, future and history of British satire.
Satire: Deaths, Births, Legacies
Satire is both an urgent topic and one with a long history. Journalists, and satirists themselves, regularly make the claim that “satire is dead” in a world of “fake news”, or news that seems too incredible or too unpalatable to be true. Yet satire continues to emerge, in forms both professional and amateur, elitist and popular.
Satire: Deaths, Births, Legacies looks to draw together researchers and practitioners working on projects which variously historicize, problematize, theorize, teach, and perform satire and satirical material. This project seeks to contribute meaningfully to what is becoming a national conversation about the form, function, and future of satire.
Smith & Waugh Talk About Satire
In their new podcast, Jo and Adam will be joined by a range of guests, including scholars and practitioners of satire.
The first episode, ‘What even is satire?’, comes out today, and you can listen on the project website or via Soundcloud. Adam and Jo start by talking about the biggest question of all. What is satire? What did it used to be, and what is it now in the age of Twitter, Trump and Brexit?
Forthcoming Episodes
Keep an ear out for the monthly episodes coming out between now and July:
Episode 2. Satire and Celebrity
Jo and Adam are joined by Gráinne O’Hare (Newcastle University) and Katie Snow (University of Exeter) to talk about the relationship between satire and celebrity and consider the position of the woman as satirist and the subject of satire.
Release date: 14/3/2019
Episode 3. Satire and the Novel
What is the difference between a satirical novel and a novel with satire in it? Adam and Jo are joined by Dr Helen Williams (Northumbria University) to talk about one of the best known satirical novels of all time: Laurence Sterne’s The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent.
Release date: 11/4/2019
Episode 4. Satire and the Image
Do you need words to do satire? If a picture can say a thousand words, how much satire can it do? Adam and Jo are joined by Wendy McGlashan (University of Aberdeen) to talk about eighteenth-century print-maker, miniaturist and satire merchant, John Kay.
Release date: 9/5/2019
Episode 5. Satire and Laughter
Should satire make us laugh? Is satire always funny? Why do we laugh at things anyway? Adam and Jo are joined by Dr Kate Davison (University of Sheffield) to talk about the social history of laughter, and the various satires of the eighteenth-century tavern keeper Ned Ward.
Release date: 6/6/2019
Episode 6. Finale: Satire and the Future
It’s a big satirepalloza as Adam and Jo talk to both returning guests and (some very special surprise guests!) about what the future holds for satire.
Let Adam and Jo know what you think either on Twitter (@SatireNoMore) or by email (SatireNoMore@gmail.com).
Release date: 4/7/2019
Dissertation Corner with Anna Simmonds: ‘The Girl’ in Recent Crime Fiction
In the week’s installment of Dissertation Corner, we hear from Anna Simmonds about her project on the figure of ‘the girl’ in recent crime fiction!
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Dissertation Corner with Rebecca Scott: Moral Panic and 20th-Century Horror
In this week’s instalment of Dissertation Corner, Rebecca Scott tells us all about her project on moral panic and 20th-Century horror movie!
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LGBT History Month at YSJU: God’s Own Country, Special Screening (25 Feb)
Don’t miss a very special screening of God’s Own Country, introduced by our very own Saffron Vickers Walkling.
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Assertive Politics, Nudity and Humour: Don’t Miss The SLAP Festival!
SLAP is now an annual festival that comes to York and offers some very hard hitting, funny, transgressive, contemporary, queer performance and cabaret that explores gender, identity and performance. It this it with assertive politics, nudity and humour!
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Finding Value in Classics: A Review of ‘Hadestown’
By Adam Kirkbride
Blog Staffer Adam Kirkbride catches Hadestown at the National Theatre before it strikes off for the bright likes of Broadway!
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Scott Trust Bursary: MA Funding Applications Now Open!
Applications are now open for the Scott Trust Bursary to study one of the following MAs:
- City University, London (MA in Newspaper Journalism)
- Goldsmiths College, University of London (MA in Journalism)
- The University of Sheffield (MA in Journalism)
This is open to all students with a right to work in the UK who have a 2:1 or above, in any subject. The bursary covers fees and includes £6,000 living costs, as well as 6 weeks work experience at the Guardian. There is also the possibility of a 1-year full time contract with the Guardian on completion of the course.
Book your tickets NOW for ‘Lost in a Sea of Glass and Tin’
Our Theatre colleague, Associate Professor Dr Claire Hind, will be taking to the stage alongside Gary Winters to deliver a response to David Lynch’s concept of the ‘eye of the duck.’ This will be unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before, so book your ticket before they sell out!
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Dissertation Corner with Charlotte Stevenson: Representing 1950s New York
In this week’s Dissertation Corner we speak to Charlotte Stevenson about her project on representations of 1950s New York!
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Dissertation Corner with Sally Reid: On Oscar Wilde and Evelyn Waugh
Dissertation Corner returns! And for our first instalment of 2019, we’ve been talking to Sally Reid about her project about the relationship between biography and interpretation in the legacies of Oscar Wilde and Evelyn Waugh.
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Your Guide to LGBT History Month at YSJU: Events and Activities
Founded in 1994, LGBT History Month is a month-long annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of gay and related civil rights movements. LGBT History Month 2019 will be marked at YSJU by a wide range of events. Details below!
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ChitChait@YSJ – The First Spoken Word Night at YSJ Spark! This Friday!
Student Opportunity: The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award (Worth £1000!)
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Watch Free Films from Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2018!
The minds behind Aesthetica Short Film Festival have create a freely accessible archive of films to be used by students!
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