Autumn Postgraduate Welcome Symposium

The Welcome Symposium was hosted by MA Co-Directors Dr Emily Rohrbach and Dr Katharina Herold-Zanker, alongside Creative Writing MA Director Professor Naomi Booth and Postgraduate Research Director (Training and Development) Professor Mark Sandy. The event introduced attendees to some of the diverse research taking place in the Department, bringing together literary studies, medical humanities, and the history of science. The speakers included two PhD researchers—Catherine Dent and Kate Paterson—and Dr Elizabeth Swann.

Read our MA student Ipek Agcaer's summary of the Postgraduate Welcome Symposium on the Department's blog:  https://readdurhamenglish.wordpress.com/2026/11/13/autumn-postgraduate-welcome-symposium-a-summary/