Reading Interdisciplinary Research Network for the Study of Political History & Politics in America This is a one day conference to mark the launch of the new reading Interdisciplinary research […]
Forum - Language teaching and learning Discussions on issues related to language teaching and learning with the aim to bring together language practitioners at ISLI and CeLM members who do research on language acquisition, identify research agendas from the language teaching and learning perspective, link theory to practice and foster collaboration within CeLM.
Art, Performance and the Housing Crisis Professor Jen Harvie (QMUL) The conditions of the United Kingdom's housing crisis are becoming painfully familiar. From 1980 until 2000, two million state-owned homes were sold off. Between 1997 and 2010, the number of households in England waiting for social housing rose by 81 per cent. Since 2001, the […]
n 1957, the Report of the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution chaired by Lord Wolfenden, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading, recommended the decriminalization of consensual homosexual behaviour between men over the age of 21. Although the recommendations were not implemented for a further decade, this was a partial but significant step on path […]
THE INAUGURAL WOLFENDEN LECTURE LGBT equality: past, present and future Thursday 4 May - 7.00pm | doors at 6.30pm Van Emden Theatre, Edith Morley We are delighted to welcome guest […]
The Fate of the West The Decline and Revival of the World's Most Successful Political Idea Bill Emmott, former editor of the Economist  Free entry. No reservation necessary. The idea […]
This one day colloquium will bring together academic and heritage sector practitioners to discuss how digital visualisation is used to present historical architecture and landscapes to the public. Topics to be discussed include: Heritage practice and historical authenticity, including case studies on historical buildings, landscapes and interiors Education and digital reconstruction, including visualisations for MOOCS […]
Linking Formal Instruction with Second Language Processing: A Meta-analysis of Processing Instruction Research (1993-2016) By Michael J. Leeser, Florida State University (USA) Almost 25 years ago, VanPatten and Cadierno (1993) argued that most language instruction was product oriented and did not take into account the underlying processes involved in second language acquisition. Since the publication […]
The Beckett International Foundation at the University of Reading is pleased to announce that the next Beckett Research Seminar will take place on Saturday, May 20th, 2017, 10am-4pm. The event will be held in the Conference Room of Special Collections, University of Reading, the Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road, Reading. As in previous […]