Book Katherine Mansfield Course 2027

Katherine Mansfield: Place and Displacement
Live online course, 18 March to 22 April 2027

Join us for a new course on the short stories of Katherine Mansfield. She grew up in New Zealand, with a period at school in London. As a young adult she moved to live permanently in Europe, especially England, France, and Germany. Mansfield wrote very powerfully about the places in which she lived, and she also has an acute sense of social ‘place’: in the family, in one’s class, in language. She explores how people fit (or not) into their ‘place’ of gender or sexuality, and how they cope with displacement.

These lectures will explore various meanings of place in her writing and the many ways in which people can feel placed, or displaced, in their lives.

Six live online lectures and seminars. Thursdays, 18 March to 22 April 2027

Course fees (include VAT 20%)

£320 full price
£290 students and seniors on a low income
£290 CAMcard holders
£290 Members of the Katherine Mansfield Society

Lecture topics

Gerri Kimber, Before the Voyage: Katherine Mansfield in New Zealand
Kate Eliot, Shelter in Place: Katherine Mansfield and Refuge
Ellie Mitchell, Katherine Mansfield: Displaced Bodies
Claire Davison, Meanwhile … Elsewhere: Displacement in Mansfield’s stories
Trudi Tate, Katherine Mansfield and Home
Alison Hennegan, Katherine Mansfield and Displaced Persons