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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Dr Claire Battershill’s new publication
We are very pleased to announce the publication of Claire’s latest endeavour: Circus The book can be found at the Random House website: A dazzling collection of award-winning stories with the emotional punch, sharp wit, and disarming charm of Rebecca … Continue reading
The Last Taboo a talking point
Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein writes: The only book on women and body hair, The Last Taboo: Women and Body Hair (Manchester University Press, 2007, paperback reprint 2011) continues to lead the media to our department where I edited and introduced the … Continue reading
Professor George Levine talks on ‘Science and Religion: From Herschel to Gould’
We are delighted to announce that George Levine, Emeritus Professor of English at Rutgers University, will be coming to speak at Reading this Wednesday (30th April) at 2 p.m. in the Harborne Lecture Theatre. Professor Levine is one of the … Continue reading
Reading academic revives 80 year-old Beckett work
Dr Mark Nixon has been the inspiration behind the first new Samuel Beckett text to be published in almost 20 years. Dr Mark Nixon, one of the world’s leading Beckett scholars, has brought to life ‘Echo’s Bones’ 80 years after … Continue reading
Happy 450th Birthday to William Shakespeare!
Professor Grace Ioppolo writes: Since 2011, I have been one of the two academic representatives to the User Advisory Group at The National Archives, Kew (known as TNA), which is the official archive, or library, of the UK government. As … Continue reading
Matthew Sperling’s recent work includes…
Matthew Sperling writes: 1) My first scholarly monograph, Visionary Philology: Geoffrey Hill and the Study of Words, was published by Oxford University Press at the end of March. 2) In the April issue of Apollo: The International Art Magazine you … Continue reading
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Another departmental publication
We are pleased to announce the publication of Dr Cindy Becker’s latest book, Presenting your Research, published by SAGE. ‘This is an admirably comprehensive, concise, and above all, practical, step-by-step guide to the process of giving an academic presentation. … Continue reading
Nineteenth-Century British Literature Then and Now: Reading with Hindsight
We are delighted to announce the publication of Simon Dentith’s latest book: Nineteenth-Century British Literature Then and Now: Reading with Hindsight For more information: Nineteenth-Century British Literature Then and Now ‘Simon Dentith’s rewarding and critically stimulating book constitutes a major landmark … Continue reading
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Conference Report: Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting in New York.
Mary Morrissey writes: As soon as term ended, I had two intense days finishing off my paper for the Renaissance Society of America’s annual conference, this year in New York. I was invited to take part in a panel celebrating … Continue reading