October 2013 – David Hurley In Japan

Talking About Books at the First Rakuraku Eigo Event…

October 10, 2013 David Hurley 0

The first Rakuraku Eigo event at イタリア料理バッカ (Italian Ryouri Bakka) on Tuesday 8th October from 3pm to 4:30pm. We chatted about various books over coffee and dessert. Here’s a video report I made of the event: I began by talking about Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley, a historical novel set [Read more…]

13 Writers To Represent “European Literature & Thought”…

October 4, 2013 David Hurley 0

I will be lecturing on Homer, his Iliad, later this morning. It is one of thirteen classes of a fifteen week course ambitiously titled “European Literature and Thought”… With an introductory lecture to talk about the scope and LIMITATIONS of such an absurdly titled course, and a final class in [Read more…]