A selection of recordings from the English Graduate Conference, University of Oxford, 1 June 2012. The conference theme was Return to the Political: Literary Aesthetics and the Influence of Political Thought and featured student presentations and a panel discussion on the topic 'What is a Classic?'. The conference concluded with a keynote address from Booker prize winning author Ben Okri.

Latest episodes of the podcast English Graduate Conference 2012

• Book as Object; Panel Discussion for Oxford English Graduate Conference 2013
• What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 3
• What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 2
• What is a Classic? English Graduate Conference 2012 Panel Debate, Talk 1
• Shackled by Language: The Representation and Self-Representation of English-Speaking Black Voices in Black Atlantic Writing
• Rewriting Jane Eyre: The Avenging 'Angel in the House' in Michael Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White
• Olive Schreiner
• 'Some exquisitely-dressed stage favourite': Shakespeare and the suffragettes