Monthly Archives: November 2014

Newsletter item: The New Frontier

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Cindy

Maddy Glenn (Editor-in-Chief) writes: At the beginning of my second term in my first year at the University of Reading, I gathered a group of friends to help me build an independent magazine, called The New Frontier, that aimed to … Continue reading →

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Newsletter item: my poetry lecture

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Cindy

Hannah Evans writes: Poetry Lecture If I had to describe the experience of my first poetry lecture with John Holmes in three words, they would be reassuring, inspiring and engaging. It was especially satisfying to see that an established professor … Continue reading →

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Archives and Texts event

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Cindy

Monday 24 November (wk 9) 5-6pm, Museum of English Rural Life Dr David Sutton (Head of GLAM, Reading) ‘Diasporic Literary Archives’  ALL WELCOME! Please note that this seminar takes place in MERL, where there will be an accompanying pop-up exhibition with … Continue reading →

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CIRCL in action…

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Cindy

Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein writes: Bielefeld Institute of Advanced Study Workshop on ‘Transformation of Childhood in Contemporary Britain’ Dr Jess Sage and Professor Karín Lesnik-Oberstein from the Department’s Graduate Centre for International Research in Childhood: Literature, Culture, Media (CIRCL), gave presentations … Continue reading →

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A recent University Teaching and Learning blog entry from our department

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Cindy

Flipped learning in a team-based situation with a dash of TEL by Dr Cindy Becker Posted on October 24, 2014 by Engage in Teaching & Learning This is my new recipe for extending the academic year and helping to welcome … Continue reading →

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EMRC seminar

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Cindy

Wednesday 12th November: Dr Hannah Newton (University of Reading), The Sick Child in Early Modern England, 1580-1720 (co-hosted as part of the ‘Annual Research Theme’ in History) 1.15pm  HUMMS 127

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The Land of Smiles

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Cindy

One of our dynamic students, Hope Mcgoldrick, writes: Over the Summer I was extremely lucky to participate in the Teach English in Thailand programme run by the British Council where I was placed in a school in the South of … Continue reading →

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