Language under stress
ROWAN WILLIAMS
in conversation with
FIONA SAMPSON
The Royal Society of Literature is
pleased to present Rowan Williams in conversation with Fiona Sampson, on Wednesday 20 June.
Born in Wales and educated at both
Cambridge and Oxford, Rowan Williams has been Archbishop of
Canterbury since 2002 – the first Welshman to hold the post. He is
internationally acknowledged as an outstanding teacher and scholar, and has
written extensively on theological, philosophical, literary, ethical and social
issues.
He is also a poet and a translator of
poetry. With award-winning poet Fiona Sampson, the Archbishop
discusses poetic and religious language, both of which operate outside the
usual conventions of description or analysis. Together, they consider the
different kind of ‘pressure’ at work in these two modes.
We
are grateful to ALCS for sponsoring this event.
Venue
This event will take place at the London
School of Economics and Political Science, The Old Theatre, Old Building,
Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE.
The doors will open at 6pm and the discussion will start at 7pm.
Booking details
Tickets are free for Fellows and members, £10 to the public. To
reserve seats, please call Mary Ogbeide Grillon on 020 7845 4676, or
email mary@rslit.org. Tickets can also be purchased online via the website (www.rslit.org).
Royal
Society of Literature, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA
Telephone:
0207 845 4676
Email:
molly@rslit.org
No comments:
Post a Comment