The prestigious Annual TS Eliot Lecture has been presented by the TS Eliot Society (UK) since 2009. It has been given by many leading Eliot scholars, and generously hosted by a series of Colleges. The Lecture is open to students, members of the public and to TS Eliot Society members, who have booking privileges.
Chronicle
Oxford, 2023
2009 – Frank Kermode
Michaelhouse Centre, Cambridge
2010 – Malcolm Guite
Magdalene College, Cambridge
2011 – Alexandra Harris
Magdalene College, Cambridge
2012 – Jeremy Noel-Tod
The Long Song of J Alfred Prufrock
Magdalene College, Cambridge
2013 – Rowan Williams
Eliot’s Christian Society and the current political crisis
Clare College, Cambridge
2014 – Jewel Spears Brooker
TS Eliot and the Ecstasy of Assent
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Cambridge, 2018
2015 – Mark Ford
TS Eliot in 2015
Magdalene College, Cambridge
2016 – Sarah Kennedy
Eliot’s Ghost Women
Newnham College, Cambridge
2017 – Ron Schuchard
The man and woman who suffer in The Waste Land
Newnham College, Cambridge
2018 – Christopher Ricks
The Imperfections of Humanity: TS Eliot and a Shakespearean Hero
Pembroke College, Cambridge
London, 2022
2019 – Hannah Sullivan
TS Eliot and the Art of Abandonment
Merton College, Oxford
2021 – Seamus Perry
TS Eliot’s Liberalism
Merton College, Oxford
2022 – John Haffenden
Vivien Eliot – Woman and Writer
University College, London
2023 – Lyndall Gordon
TS Eliot’s Secrecy: Disguise and the
Hidden Drama of Emily Hale
Merton College, Oxford
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