Monthly Archives: February 2017

EMRC seminar

The next EMRC seminar will be held on   Monday 6 March, 1-2 pm, HUMSS 124 Eva Johanna Holmberg (Helsinki), “Travel and Self-Description in Seventeenth-Century English Culture”

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Postmodernist Biofiction: a one-day conference

Postmodernist Biofiction: a one-day conference in the Department of English Literature at the University of Reading.  Saturday 25 March 2017, HumSS Organisers: Dr Bethany Layne and Dr Madeleine Davies (Department of English Literature) Students and colleagues are warmly invited to attend … Continue reading

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Sounds of the Land

DEL-MERL Visiting Speaker Series, Spring 2017 A series of lunchtime talks organized by the Department of English Literature and the Museum of English Rural Life Steven Matthews ‘Sounds of the Land’ talk at The MERL Tuesday 28 February 2017 12-1pm, at The … Continue reading

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Medical Humanities Reading Group

The Medical Humanities Reading Group welcome you to our upcoming guest speaker event on Tuesday 21st February,  at 5pm, in HumSS 110. How to Have Jazz Hands in an Epidemic: musical theatre as a response to AIDS Emily Garside completed her PhD … Continue reading

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Professor Debra Shostak gives a talk today

D avid Brauner writes: Just a quick reminder that Professor Debra Shostak, who is a Visiting Scholar with us this term, will be giving a research seminar entitled ‘Autumn of a patriarch: Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections’  today (Monday, 20th February) at 12 … Continue reading

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Research seminar

Professor Debra Shostak, who is a Visiting Scholar with us this term, will be speaking on “Autumn of a patriarch: Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections”  on Monday 20th February at 12. The venue is HumSS127.

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A Ladybird Talk at MERL

On Thursday February 23rd at 5:30 pm, Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein will be giving a talk on a Ladybird Book, British Birds and their Nests, for the MERL Book Club. The talk is free and there is no need to book: … Continue reading

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EMRC seminar

The next EMRC seminar will be held on Monday 20 February at 1 pm in HUMSS 124:   Dr. Kathryn Woods (Warwick),   “Sweat and Toil: The Skin and Pores of the Eighteenth-Century Labouring Body”   All welcome  

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International Women’s Day Talk and Debate

Wednesday 8th March, 6-8pm, Palmer 102. Human rights matter to everyone and the principle of equal rights is key to its definition. International Women’s Day is an annual opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women across the world, but it’s … Continue reading

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