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This project aims to recognize and analyse the intellectual legacy of British and Irish authors in the European cultural tradition. It examines the ways in which selected British and Irish writers in various humanistic disciplines have been translated, published, reviewed and discussed in Europe over the last few centuries. The project is being published under the title 'The Athlone Critical Traditions: The Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe', an open-ended, multi-volume series published by Continuum. Publications are listed from 2003 to the present and deal with the reception of several authors, including: Laurence Sterne; James Joyce; Walter Pater; Ossian and James Macpherson; D. H. Lawence; Sir Walter Scott; Jane Austen; Coleridge; Charles Darwin; Shelley; Byron; H. G. Wells; Jonathan Swift; David Hume; Yeats; and Henry James

Brycchan Carey is an academic and author specialising in the history and culture of slavery and abolition in the British Empire. This site offers pages dedicated to black British writers before 1850, in particular Ignatius Sancho, Olaudah Equiano, and Ottobah Cugoano, as well as resources for the study of slavery, abolition, and emancipation, British Abolitionists, and e-texts of otherwise difficult-to-obtain texts, such as eighteenth-century poems about slavery. You will also find images and opinions about Cornwall, Brycchan's childhood home, and Gamlingay, Brycchan's current home. Brycchan's most recent book, on the birth of American antislavery, is From Peace to Freedom.

A website devoted to the study of children's literature in Italy hosted by the Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere - Sezione di Anglistica. This website stems from the work of a group of Italian scholars and friends who have been addressing the subject of children's literature from within the field of English Studies, albeit from a wide range of methodological perspectives (cultural and gender studies, visual studies, film studies...). First launched in 2007 under the aegis of the British Consulate-General, Milan, the British Council and the International Research Society on Children's Literature, nowadays the website is active once again thanks to the cooperation of the Universities of Foggia, Padua, Salerno, Venice and Milan.

The home of unique films of leading British theatre productions for schools, colleges and universities.We make the best of British theatre accessible to every learner. We use the latest technologies to inspire and engage viewers of all ages and abilities with a front-row seat experience. Our exclusive behind-the-scenes documentaries and written teaching and learning resources aid deeper understanding of productions and texts.Use our service to enrich students' cultural experience and support learning in English, Drama and Theatre Studies.

This website was dedicated to British Gothic drama and its various manifestations between 1768 - the year of composition of the first Gothic tragedy, Horace Walpole's The Mysterious Mother- and the later, pre-Victorian, culture of the 1820s and 30s. The materials made available here range from critical bibliographies to links to internet resources and teaching and study aids, and are offered as a starting-point for all those readers who wish to explore Gothic drama and theatre in order to rediscover a cultural phenomenon which, although now relatively unfamiliar to contemporary readers, was as notorious, shocking and frightening as the better-known Gothic romance. This website is no longer updated.

The website of the British organisation, Women in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies (WISPS), provides information about their aims, conferences, seminars, and members. The organization is a group of women colleagues working within all areas of Luso-Hispanism, such as feminist theory, history, cultural memory, literature, linguistics, cultural and textual theory, audio and film studies, performance studies, anthropology, geography, queer theory and theatre studies

The People's History of Classics began life as an AHRC-funded research project based at King's College, London called Classics and Class in Britain 1789-1917. Our primary aim was to present and amplify the many lost voices of British working-class men and women who engaged with ancient Greek and Roman culture throughout the period. We wanted to show the richness and diversity of the responses to ancient Greece and Rome among those who are often thought to have been excluded from it. By presenting their stories now, via the Archive of Encounters, we hope that their example may inspire a more inclusive atmosphere for participation in classical culture across society today.

Though translation is a vital part of any vibrant literary culture, no practical guide to the process of translating foreign works into English and preparing them for publication has yet been made available to prospective translators, editors, or readers. In February 2008, editors and translators from the US and UK came together at the British Council in London to discuss "best practices" for translation of literary works into English. This volume comprises the results of that meeting, a collection of summaries, suggestions, and instructions from the leading literary translators and publishers. It is intended as an introduction, the first in an ongoing series of documents to be published by Dalkey Archive Press that will address the challenges faced by translators, publishers, reviewers, and readers of literary translations.

The website TheatreHistory.com features information about a wide range of theatrical traditions in Europe, North America and Asia. The site offers an index of topics relating to the theatre history of different cultures. There are resources on Irish theatre, British theatre, Russian theatre, Spanish theatre and many more. There is a good cross-section of information about contemporary theatre, as well as pages devoted to ancient Greek and Roman and medieval theatre. There is also general information about the origins and development of the theatre. Under each topic, users can access information on playwrights and dramatic practice. Topics include biographies of key figures in the history of drama, synopses of plays and contextual studies about relationships between drama and society.

Created by Lisa L. Moore, Associate Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies, this website brings together literary and historical materials that document painting, poetry and garden design in English culture from 1700 to 1832.

London's Screen Archives is the regional network of organisations in London with moving image collections. We aim to preserve and care for the amazing screen heritage of this great film city so that it can be enjoyed by everyone. This site showcases films made in or about London from the earliest days of cinematography to the present. The films are looked after by a wide range of archives, libraries and museums in London