Monthly Archives: April 2016

History Today article by Kate Macdonald

Last week I had an article published in the monthly history magazine, History Today, on some research that I’d done on a peculiar play that I found in a 1917 magazine called The Strand. The play contains the first cyborg … Continue reading

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Universities of the Revolution in The Guardian

Professor Steven Matthews has been quoted in The Guardian online talking about an exhibition with which the department is involved: Universities of the Revolution, Berkshire Record Office, free, 27 April until 29 July

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New book announcement

Ethel Carnie Holdsworth’s Helen of Four Gates (1917) This is a new edition of Ethel Carnie Holdsworth’s Helen of Four Gates (1917) – her bestselling second novel, originally published under the pseudonym ‘The Ex-Mill Girl’. As Pamela Fox makes clear … Continue reading

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Raymond Wilson Poetry Prize

University of Reading students are invited to explore their creative side by entering the annual Raymond Wilson Poetry Prize. The competition is held in memory of brilliant educationalist Raymond Wilson (1925-1995), former Emeritus Professor of Education at the University. The … Continue reading

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Professional Track newsletter

We are delighted to be able to share with you our first Professional Track newsletter.

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More time to enjoy the Social Learning Space in HUMSS 106

From next Monday, 25th April, the Social Learning Space for students from the School of Literature and Languages, HUMSS 106, will be open until 8pm every weekday evening. Even more time each week to enjoy learning together!  

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Our alumna giving an Archives and Texts seminar

We are pleased to announce that Jessica Sage, a Reading English Literature alumna, will be delivering the final Archives and Texts seminar of the year. Jessica Sage (Newcastle, Seven Stories) ‘Edith Morley: Writing the Female Professor’ In 1908, at what … Continue reading

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Congratulations to Dr Cindy Becker

We are pleased to announce that our colleague Dr Cindy Becker is part of a team that has been given a University Collaborative Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning 2015/16. The award was given in recognition of the … Continue reading

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Special Collections exhibition opens

A new exhibition opened earlier this week at the Special Collections Service. It is called ‘Ex Libris: marks of ownership in rare books from the University of Reading Special Collections’, and explores the variety of different ways in which readers … Continue reading

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A production at The Watermill, Newbury

One of our alumnae, Lydia Massey, writes of a production in which she is involved:   https://www.watermill.org.uk/box_theatre_company_presents_the_sea#dates-ttab   Set in the high Edwardian world of 1907, The Sea is a fascinating blend of wild farce, high comedy, biting social satire and poetic … Continue reading

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