Monthly Archives: February 2014

Modern Studies Talk – all welcome!

Do come along the next Modern Studies talk on Tuesday 4th March in Humss 125, Whiteknights Campus Dr Matt Bevis’s subject is ‘Eliot Among the Comedians’.

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Notes on Doing a Creative Writing PhD at the University of Reading

Dr Tom Phillips writes: Doing a creative writing Ph.D. hadn’t crossed my mind. Then I went to Albania. Standing outside a bank in the port-city of Durrës while three men in leather jackets aimed Kalashnikovs at my wife and children … Continue reading

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Tony Watkins Annual Lecture

We are delighted to announce that the Tony Watkins Annual Lecture for 2013-14 will be given by Professor Erica Burman of Manchester University on March 4th 2014 at 6 pm in HUMSS 27 on: ‘The child and Fanon: paradigms of subjectification and … Continue reading

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@wethehumanities launches – Monday 24th February

We the Humanities is the first international rotation curation Twitter account for the humanities, featuring a new guest editor every week who will tweet about their work or research in the humanities and other areas of interest.  It has been … Continue reading

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Archives and Texts

Monday 24th February (wk 7) Dr Lucy Pearson (University of Newcastle) ‘We met at a party’: Professional children’s publishing and the ‘lady editor’ 5pm in Humss Room 127, Whiteknights Campus All welcome! http://archivesandtexts.wordpress.com/

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Undergraduate research job opportunity

To Part 2 students: We are offering a paid summer UROP placement working with the archives of the Hogarth Press. For job ad and how to apply see: http://www.reading.ac.uk/internal/urop2012/placements/detail.aspx?id=426  

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Jane Yeh reads her poetry

Please come to hear the excellent Jane Yeh read from her poetry at 6.00 pm on Monday 24th Feb. in Palmer 106. Praise for The Ninjas (Carcanet 2012)  “Funny, clever, and downright charming. . . . This quirky and wise … Continue reading

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Joan Smith on Edith Morley

Edith Morley Lecture: The female role model in 2014 Thursday 6 March, 7.30pm, Great Hall, London Road campus The University is delighted to present the Inaugural Edith Morley Lecture, which will take place on 6 March 2014 to celebrate International … Continue reading

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Nature’s Stories PhD opportunity

The Department of English Literature and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research into the Humanities and Science at the University of Reading are inviting applications for a PhD studentship to study the relationship between zoology and literature through research on the Cole … Continue reading

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PhD opportunity in parish libraries

Are you interested in the books that people read, thought about and collected in our local area hundreds of year ago? A new opportunity to investigate the parish libraries of Abingdon, Henley, Buckland and Didcot has just been announced at … Continue reading

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