Monthly Archives: April 2018

Reminder: Tony Watkins Annual lecture

This annual lecture commemorating the academic work of Tony Watkins will take place on Thursday May 3rd at 6 pm in Edith Morley (formerly HUMSS Building) room  44. The eminent critical psychologist Dr Jan De Vos will speak on ‘Digitalizing childhood: leading … Continue reading

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Debate and doughnuts: Why are some wages more equal than others?

No matter your political agenda, staff and students alike are invited to a two-hour drop-in session to discuss the gender pay gap and issues of equal pay. Find out what your university has to say on: Tuesday 8th May at … Continue reading

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Congratulations

Our current M(Res) in Children’s Literature student Kristy Keller has won second prize in the category ‘First Pages’ at the Swedish ‘Stockholm Writer’s Festival’ with her children’s detective novel Harper Holloway and the Disappearance of Arabella Sent   http://stockholmwritersfestival.com/im-thrilled-chosen/ Many congratulations, … Continue reading

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Our alumna, Bea Fitzgerald, on moving from a degree in English literature to a career in publishing

Are you wondering which careers might follow a degree in English literature? Bea Fitzgerald graduated from the University of Reading with a first-class degree in English literature in 2017, and has recently embarked on a career in publishing. Here, she … Continue reading

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We wish Jean Call a long and happy retirement

We all know that a friendly, professional support team is as vital to a department as dedicated teachers and lively, questioning students. The Department of English Literature at Reading is very fortunate in our support team, and so we are … Continue reading

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Modernist Periodicals Reading Group

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Sarah MacDougall, ‘Rediscovering the Whitechapel Girl’

A free public lecture as part of the exhibition, ‘Colours more than sentences’: Illustrated editions of The Ballad of Reading Gaol.  Clare Winsten (1894-1989) was the sole female member of the ‘Whitechapel Boys’, a group of artists and poets who emerged … Continue reading

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Archives & Texts Seminars: Guest lecture

Dr Rod Rosenquist (Northampton) will speak in “Autobiography, Authorial Celebrity and Sales: Gertrude Stein and Wyndham Lewis in the Archives”       5pm-6pm, Thursday 19th April, Edith Morley building, 257. All welcome

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