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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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Tagged British Birds and their Nests, Department of English, Department of English Literature, English Department, English Literature, Ladybird archives, Ladybird books, MERL, Museum of English Rural Life, Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein, Reading, University of 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
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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Tagged Department of English, Department of English Literature, Dr Brian Feltham, Dr Madeleine Davies, Dr Mary Morrissey, Dr Orla Kennedy, English Department, English Literature, International Women's Day, IWD, Professor Clare Furneaux, Professor Rachel McCrindle, Reading, University of Reading
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Medical Humanities Reading Group
The Medical Humanities Reading Group has a Guest Speaker on Tuesday 31st January. Dr Sasha Garwood-Lloyd will be talking about sexuality, starvation and selfhood in Early Modern England. Sasha’s research focuses on female self-starvation during the early modern period, and its precise differentiation from … Continue reading
Pia Tafdrup and Peter Robinson read from their work – all welcome!
Poetry Reading by Pia Tafdrup and Peter Robinson 6 pm Wednesday 15 February HumSS 127 Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading Admission is FREE. All are WELCOME. There will be REFRESHMENTS. As part of her Walking over the Water Tour, which … Continue reading
Melissa Harrison opens the MERL/DEL Visiting Speaker Series
Melissa Harrison is a novelist, photographer and nature writer based in south London. Her first novel, Clay (2013) established her as a leading voice among the new ‘urban naturalists’. Her second, At Hawthorn Time (2015), is a powerful and ambitious … Continue reading
Holocaust books?
With Holocaust Memorial Day fast approaching (January 27), Bryan Cheyette ponders on whether there is too much focus on the Holocaust. He asks this question as the chair of the Jewish Quarterly/Wingate Prize judges with 4 out of 5 books … Continue reading
Our new Head of Department
We are delighted to announce that Professor Peter Stoneley took up his post as Head of Department at the start of this term. Peter has been with the department for twelve years and was most recently Director of Postgraduate Studies … Continue reading
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in school
On 7 December, Dr Rebecca Bullard visited Robert Piggott Junior School in Wargrave to lead a workshop with children in Year 6 (aged 10 and 11) who have been studying William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream this term. Each class … Continue reading
Submissions to the 2017 Creative Arts Anthology
Since 2008, the English Department has published its annual Creative Arts Anthology, bringing together the creative work of contributors from the university, and the Reading creative scene. This year’s Anthology, the tenth edition to date, is no different, and we’re … Continue reading