Traherne 350 Events
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Thomas Traherne 350
Sunday 20 to Friday 25 October 2024
A week of events in Oxford to commemorate the 350th anniversary of Thomas Traherne's death
Traherne exhibition in Brasenose College Library
Open for 30 minutes before and after events at Brasenose.
Choral Evensong, Brasenose College Chapel
Sun 20 Oct 6.00 to 7.00 p.m. Free & unticketed.
Sung by Brasenose Chapel Choir with a hymn by Thomas Traherne as the anthem.
Preacher: Bishop David Thomson, Chair of the Traherne Association, on ‘The Faith & Spirituality of Thomas Traherne.’
Traherne Creative Translation Workshop, Amersi Room, Brasenose College
Mon 21 Oct 5.00 to 7.00 p.m. Free event, but registration required.
In this collaborative workshop, accessible to everyone with an interest in language, poetry, or translation, we will work together to share and re-imagine a Traherne poem in other languages, and through this experience reflect on the poem and its cultural resonance. You will be able to participate in the workshop regardless of linguistic background or competence. You do not need to be fluent in another language!
The workshop will be led by Charlotte Ryland of The Queen’s College Translation Exchange, with contributions by Gwyneth Lewis, former National Poet of Wales, and Professor Ana Elena González-Treviño (UNAM-UK and KCL), translator of Traherne's Centuries into Spanish. Click here for free registration.
Choral Evensong, Magdalen College Chapel
Weds 23 Oct 6.00 to 6.45 p.m. Free & unticketed.
Sung by Magdalen College Choir, with two recently commissioned settings of Traherne by the internationally-renowned composer Nico Muhly, ‘An Habitation of Thy Love’ and ‘On All Things’. Free and unticketed.
Traherne Poetry in Print Workshop, Bodleian Old Library
Thurs 24 Oct 3.00 to 5.00 p.m. Registration (£5) required.
Participants will have instruction in setting metal type and printing a poem by Thomas Traherne, using the hand-operated presses in the Bodleian Bibliographical Press, within the Old Bodleian Library. You will make a keepsake to take home.
Places are limited. Click here to book.
Traherne Celebratory Event, Brasenose College Ante-Chapel, followed by drinks reception
Fri 25 Oct 5.30 to 6.30 p.m. Free event, but registration required.
With readings from Traherne's works
Mini talks by:
Dr Sarah Apetrei, Campion Hall: 'Traherne and Jesuit spirituality'
Dr Kathryn Murphy, Oriel College: 'Traherne's Real Words'
Dr Julia Smith, The Oxford Traherne: 'Traherne at Brasenose'
Roger Wagner, artist and poet: 'Influencing Art'
Music from Brasenose College Choir, led by Polina Sosnina
Display of artwork by Roger Wagner and Brasenose students.
All welcome. Click here for free registration.
If you would like a downloadable and printable poster of our Traherne 350 events, to display or circulate, please click below:
Traherne 350 Online Symposium Thurs 31 Oct 2.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. (GMT)
International research event. Free, but registration required.
For the full programme, and to register, click here.
Events organized by The Oxford Traherne in collaboration with Brasenose College, Oxford
The Creative Translation Workshop is supported by The Translation Exchange, The Queen's College, Oxford
The Traherne Poetry in Print Workshop is supported by the Centre for the Study of the Book, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford
We are also grateful for the cooperation of Magdalen College, Oxford
Traherne-inspired artwork, based on his poem 'Walking', by Brasenose College students
Other organizations are also arranging commemorative events in places associated with Traherne’s life.
Teddington
The parish of Teddington, Middlesex, where Traherne was buried in St Mary’s church on 10 October 1674, has several events, including a Requiem Eucharist on 10 October, and a Celebration & Commemoration Evening of readings and music on 12 October. Full details can be found here.
Hereford
The Traherne Association’s Jeremy Maule Lecture 2024:
The Rt Revd Dr Rowan Williams, ‘Cosmic Connections: Traherne and a New Climate in Modern Philosophy’, Thursday 10 October, College Hall, Hereford Cathedral. Full details can be found here.
- Left image: detail of Traherne 'Walking' collage, made by students of Brasenose College, Oxford
- Right image: detail of 'Walking' from Poems of Felicity, ed. H. I. Bell (Oxford, 1910), p. 111
