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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Professor Grace Ioppolo talks on the BBC World Service
Hot, cold or lukewarm? What I told the BBC World Service about the differences between British and American emotion in literature Grace Ioppolo writes: On Thursday, March 21, I was interviewed by the BBC World Service and asked to comment … Continue reading
The last of our International Women’s Day reports
Dr Madeleine Davies writes: As you might be aware from previous blog posts, to celebrate International Women’s Day this year, Dr Madeleine Davies, Professor Grace Ioppolo, and Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein (all Department of English staff members) were invited to speak … Continue reading
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Tagged Department of English, Department of English Literature, Dr Madeleine Davies, English Department, English Literature, International Women's Day, Professor Grace Ioppolo, Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein, Reading, University of Reading
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Dr Becker’s latest publication
This month sees the publication of Dr Cindy Becker’s latest book, Teaching in Higher Education, written with Professor Pam Denicolo and published as part of the SAGE series Success in Research of which they are editors. This book is designed to walk readers … Continue reading
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Visit Days – thank you to everyone, including our visitors
We have enjoyed the Visit Days – and it seems that our visitors have, too… Mary Morrissey writes: 20th of March saw the last of this year’s department visit days. The visit days are a chance for ‘offer holders’ (those … Continue reading
International Women’s Day talk
Following on from our recent blog post on Karin Lesnik-Oberstein’s talk on 6th March at the Student Union’s Women’s Group ‘International Women’s Day’ event, we are now pleased to share the talk given by Grace Ioppolo: Why women and members of minority … Continue reading
David Brauner talks on Roth at 80
On 18th March, Dr David Brauner made quite a splash when he delivered a conference paper entitled ‘Queering Philip Roth: Homosocial Discourse in the ‘American Trilogy’ at a big international event celebrating the 80th birthday of the author widely regarded … Continue reading
Professor Ioppolo in the press
Today Professor Grace Ioppolo was quoted in the Hackney Citizen in an article by Daniel Baird: It may take another 400 years but Shoreditch and Shakespeare may eventually be coupled in the global consciousness in the same way that his … Continue reading
Feminism today – talks by our colleagues
On Wednesday 6th March the Student Union’s Women’s Group hosted an ‘International Women’s Day’ party. Here is the first of our reports on the talks given by members of the Department of English Literature: Karín talked about the way that feminism is … Continue reading
We are pleased to announce the Beckett 2013 conference
The Minghella Building, University of Reading, 4-7 April 2013 Beckett at Reading 2013 Celebrating 25 years of the Beckett International Foundation Organised by the departments of English Literature, Art, and Film, Theatre and Television In 1988, with the support of … Continue reading
Postgraduates thinking about career options…
ALTERNATIVE CAREERS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF ACADEMIA: A seminar for all postgraduates in the Departments of English Literature and Modern European Languages and European Studies, offering advice and information about alternative careers after a PhD, will be taking place tomorrow … Continue reading