Monthly Archives: May 2013

A helpful hog

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Cindy

Reading University Student Union (RUSU) found a novel way to relieve exam stress amongst students this week by bringing animals from a local farm onto campus. Seeing and stroking the animals is said to be a good way to relieve the … Continue reading →

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Final archives and texts seminar of the academic year

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Cindy

 Dr Billy Smart (Film, Theatre & Television, Reading) will be delivering a paper entitled: ‘The BBC Television Audience Research Reports, 1957-79: Recorded opinions and invisible expectations’ Monday 13th May, 5pm Humss 106, Whiteknights Campus  Refreshments provided. All welcome! Between the 1950s … Continue reading →

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Archives and Texts seminar

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Cindy

Dr Lise Jaillaint (University of British Columbia, Canada), ‘Messy Modernism: Looking for Woolf, Eliot, Joyce and others in Publishers’ Archives’ Wednesday 8th May, 5pm, in Humss 188, Whiteknights Campus As literary scholars, what kind of archival documents do we consider “valuable” … Continue reading →

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Sleeping with books

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Cindy

Nicola Abram writes: Sleeping with Books: My stay at Gladstone’s Library In residence from 3 – 10 April 2013  I was delighted to win a scholarship for a residential stay at Gladstone’s Library in Hawarden, Flintshire, in early April. The … Continue reading →

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