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Podcast of John Holmes’ latest public event
Dr John Holmes & Lesley Saunders From Microscopes to Cloud Cameras: the Poetry of Science A podcast of this event, at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford, can be found here: http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/events/podcasts/
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The Pre-Raphaelites and science
John Holmes writes: Since the start of October, I’ve been working on an AHRC Research Fellowship on the Pre-Raphaelites and science. Over the project as a whole I am going to be looking at Pre-Raphaelite poetry, painting and art criticism, … Continue reading
From microscopes to cloud cameras
‘From Microscopes to Cloud Cameras: The Poetry of Science’ Dr John Holmes and the poet Lesley Saunders will be appearing next week at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford. John wil be reading some modern and … Continue reading
Dr John Holmes: AHRC Fellowship Science in Culture
I have been working for just over a year now on science and the Pre-Raphaelites, and I’ve just been awarded an AHRC Fellowship under the heading of ‘Science in Culture’ to spend next year working on this project. Critics … Continue reading
Dr John Holmes: Chair of the British Society for Literature and Science
The department is pleased to announce that Dr John Holmes has been elected Chair of the British Society for Literature and Science (http://www.bsls.ac.uk). For a discussion of the subject please see the ‘Literature and Science’ film at: http://www.reading.ac.uk/english-literature/aboutus/Staff/Stafffilms/ell-john-holmes-lit-and-sci.aspx
Science in Culture inter-disciplinary research project
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has awarded funding under its ‘Science in Culture’ initiative for an inter-disciplinary research project at Reading called ‘Cultivating Common Ground: Biology and the Humanities’, led by Professor Nick Battey (Biology), with co-investigators Dr David … Continue reading
Dr John Holmes: new publication
I am delighted to announce the publication of my new book, a collection of essays on Science in Modern Poetry: New Directions, coming out with Liverpool University Press this month. It has been great to work on this project with … Continue reading
English Department in the wider community: Sixth Form Lectures
Our Sixth Form Lectures are a welcome addition to the school calendar of many secondary schools in our area and continue to be a successful element of our engagement with the wider community. This year the programme has, as usual, … Continue reading
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