Monthly Archives: March 2015

Science in Culture module wins University Award

We are delighted to announce that the new third-year module on Science in Culture, run jointly by English Literature and the School of Biological Sciences, has won a University Collaborative Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning. John Holmes … Continue reading

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Ewan Page Prize awarded to Rachel Birt

The department would like to congratulate one of our students, Rachel Birt, on a well-deserved prize. Rachel writes: On Wednesday 18th March, I received an email out of the blue informing me that I had been selected to win the … Continue reading

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CIRCL conference

At the forthcoming CIRCL conference in Seoul, Korea, on ‘Childhood and Gender’ Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein will give the keynote lecture and other CIRCL members, including Dr Sue Walsh, will be giving lectures. Past PhD students of CIRCL will be coming from Taiwan, … Continue reading

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An exciting dissertation experience…

Lucie Stroud, one of our dissertation students, writes:  A year ago my dissertation was a daunting topic and a journey I was dreading embarking on. Now, just a few terms on, I’ve completed one of the most enjoyable pieces of … Continue reading

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Congratulations to Matthew Sperling!

Dr Matthew Sperling, of our department, has been awarded this year’s Faculty RETF Prize for the best output by an Early Career Researcher. This is for his monograph, based on his recent PhD thesis, on the poetry of Geoffrey Hill: … Continue reading

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY DEBATE

 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY DEBATE:  HAS ‘EQUALITY FOR WOMEN’ BEEN ACHIEVED? WHAT DOES ‘PROGRESS’ MEAN? WHO’S DECIDING?  International Women’s Day Event (9th March, 2015)   Members of the English Department led an evening of talks and debate to celebrate International Women’s … Continue reading

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Oli Ratcliffe – new RUSU President

Everyone in the English department would like to say a huge congratulations to Oli Ratcliffe, 3rd year English Lit and Politics student, who was voted in last week to be next year’s Reading University Student Union President. http://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR625065.aspx Oli, who … Continue reading

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Deryn Rees- Jones in the department

The acclaimed Liverpool-based Anglo-Welsh poet, Deryn Rees-Jones will be reading in the Department of English Literature (HumSS 125, Thurs 19 March, 6 pm) when she visits us to act as a PhD external examiner.  She is the author of The … Continue reading

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EMRC event today

Tessa Storey, English and Italian Regimens Compared:​ The Protestant and the Catholic Body, 1500-1700 Dr Tessa Storey is an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of History at Royal Holloway, University of London. She has worked extensively on courtesan culture, … Continue reading

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A God in Every Stone

Conor Carville writes: You are invited to a reading by the award-winning novelist Kamila Shamsie on Monday 16th March in HumSS 125 at 5.00 pm. The event is free of charge and all are welcome. Kamila Shamsie is the author … Continue reading

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