Centre for Poetry and Poetics / Agnes Lehoczky

The Centre for Poetry and Poetics and Creative Writing brings together those fascinated by contemporary writing in and out of Sheffield, including academics, writers, publishers, students, and readers. The Centre for Poetry and Poetics and Creative Writing brings together those fascinated by poetry both in and out of Sheffield, including academics, poets, publishers, students, and readers. It comprises faculty from the University of Sheffield, alongside Sheffield based poets, presses and other affiliates. Its outlook is, however, cosmopolitan, its interests’ eclectic, and its attitude idiosyncratic. The centre is unique in the country for its ability to draw on experts in the history of poetry and its forms, from the twelfth century to the present day, from cognitive poetics to the material history of cheap print, from translation to creative writing through editorial theory. It is one of the contentions of this centre that poetry is research, whether in its understanding of the continuity of form and content, the inseparability of knowledge from its making, or its reflection on performance as inquiry for reader, speaker, and listener. We will therefore make and promote writing, symposia, conversations, and readings welcome to all. The Centre's Director is Dr Agnes Lehoczky.