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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Department of English Literature Public Reading
Our newly-appointed Professor of Creative Writing Patrick Flanery will read on campus next week. The event will take place in HUMSS G27 at 6.00 pm on Tuesday 2nd December and will be followed by a drinks reception. Patrick Flanery is … Continue reading
Confessional comics daunt and inspire one of our colleagues
David Brauner writes: Over the years I have given many conference papers on many different subjects in many different locations to many different audiences. However, the paper I gave on 12th November at the ‘Graphic Details: Communities of Experience’ symposium held at JW3, … Continue reading
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Tagged Department of English, Department of English Literature, English Department, English Literature, Graphic Details: Essays on Confessional Comics by Jewish Women, Professor David Brauner, Reading, Sarah Lightman, University of Reading
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Early Modern Women’s Writing – a new publication
November sees the publication of a collection of essays, Material Cultures of Early Modern Women’s Writing, edited by Patricia Pender and Ros Smith and sponsored by the Early Modern Women’s Research Network. Many of these essays arise out of papers delivered at … Continue reading
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Tagged Department of English, Department of English Literature, Early Modern Women's Research Network, English Department, English Literature, Material Cultures of Early Modern Women's Writing, Patricia Pender, Professsor Michelle O'Callaghan, Reading, Ros Smith, University of Reading
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EMRC seminar this week – all welcome!
Wednesday 26th November: Dr Chloe Houston (University of Reading): ‘Too Good to be True: Reforming Utopia in Thomas Nicholls’ A pleasant Dialogue… (1579) and Thomas Lupton’s Sivqila (1580)’. 1.15 pm HUMSS 127, Whiteknights Campus
Even more good news…
After all the undergraduate newsletter items on this blog recently, it is nice to hear that the good news does not finish when our students graduate. A recent graduate wrote to us with her news… Siobhan Connelly (President of AIESEC … Continue reading
Newsletter item: the UROP scheme
Sophie Mckenna writes: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) Part Two students are eligible to apply for the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme, in which you work with university staff on a research project over the summer break. I worked with the … Continue reading
Newsletter item: Academic placements
Lucy Nicholson writes: A short synopsis of Academic placements The English department at Reading provides an excellent range of academic placements through a wide selection of modules. The ‘academic’ part means that you complete a placement through one of your … Continue reading
Newsletter item: My RED award
My RED Award Experience by Arianna Chatzidakis Although the RED Award may sound like a lot of work, it’s actually super easy and fun to complete! I am currently in the process of doing it for the second time. Yes, fifty … Continue reading
Newsletter item: Studying English Literature with a Language
Joanna Ford writes about: Studying English Literature with a Language Although I started my journey at Reading University as a single honours English Literature student, I am writing now as fourth year – having changed my degree programme at … Continue reading
Newsletter item: Communications at Work
Oliver Ratcliffe writes: Communications at Work So how does English Literature at Reading interlace with a possible career? Prior to coming to Reading my knowledge of studying Literature was fairly confined within the realms of Shakespeare, Chaucer, Hardy and many … Continue reading