Monthly Archives: November 2013

CIRCL Seminar

CIRCL PhD student Chris Milson is giving a CIRCL seminar tomorrow (Wednesday 27th November 2013) at 1 pm in HUMSS 106. There is no set topic for Chris’s CIRCL seminar, instead he will be leading a reading, thinking about issues … Continue reading

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The BIG QUESTION

RUSU is holding an event this week at which Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein will be speaking. Entitled ‘The Big Question’, the event asks ‘Do stereotypes cause harm or empower?’ Event details: Thursday 28 November 2013, 2pm – 3pm, Lower 3sixty, RUSU Building    

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Unsilencing subjects

Professor Alison Donnell, who takes up her post as Head of School of Literature and Languages from January, has been researching and writing about Anglophone Caribbean Literature for the past twenty years. Alison was recently asked to write about her intellectual … Continue reading

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Making university count…

We are always pleased to hear about how well our graduates are doing, and we are especially pleased when they tell the world about how much their degree has helped them to succeed. Sophie Longley, one of graduates who is … Continue reading

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Alfred Waterhouse – our local celebrity

John Holmes is giving a talk and a pop-up exhibition on the Victorian architect Alfred Waterhouse on Friday lunchtime at the Museum of English Rural Life. Waterhouse built Foxhills, the Town Hall, Reading School and the main building of MERL … Continue reading

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Come and celebrate the success of two of our graduates!

The School Research Group on Theatre History and Performance Studies is delighted to invite you to a talk by 2009 English literature gradutes Michael Clarkson and Gemma Hurley. Their new play ‘Death Ship 666’ is a parody of ‘Titanic’ and … Continue reading

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Early Modern Research Seminar – open to all

Wednesday 20 November:  ‘The Levellers and civil war radicalism: current research and new directions’ Dr. Elliot Vernon and Dr. Rachel Foxley (Reading) The seminar will be held at 5 pm in HUMSS 124.  

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