Monthly Archives: October 2015

Evan Hayles Gledhill on the BBC

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Cindy

Evan Hayles Gledhill could be found chatting on BBC radio Berkshire about the Gothic this week, just in time for Halloween. It is about an hour into this link on iPlayer: Here’s the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p034rmls  

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Reading Poetry Festival children’s event

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Cindy

As part of the Reading Poetry Festival we ran a children’s workshop on Tuesday 20 October. It was attended by a total of 60 Year 2 & 3 children from Shinfield Infant School and Manor Primary School.   Dr Neil Cocks … Continue reading →

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Medical Humanities Reading Group – all welcome – Halloween biscuits on offer!

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Cindy
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Kei Miller to give a lecture tonight

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Cindy

All members of staff and students are encouraged to come along to the London Road Campus this evening, Friday 23 October, to hear the wonderful Jamaican writer Kei Miller give a public lecture titled ‘In Praise of Volume’, and to read from his prize-winning … Continue reading →

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Black History Month events

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Cindy

  As well as this local event, Reading University Students’ Union is also hosting several events in celebration of Black History Month 2015. All staff members and students are warmly invited to attend: Monday 26th October 5pm – 6pm :: … Continue reading →

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Beckett conference

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Cindy

The registration for the Beckett at Reading Postgraduate Group conference ‘Beckett and Europe’ is open. UoR staff and students are all very welcome and receive a reduced rate. The conference will take place on the 28th and 29th of October … Continue reading →

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Gender and Sexuality Research Network

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Cindy

The Gender and Sexuality Research Network invites you to the first seminar of the year, which will take place this Thursday, 22nd of October, 1-2pm in the Graduate School G09. No registration needed; all welcome! This session will be led by Chris Foye of Real Estate Planning: “Why … Continue reading →

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Early Modern Research Centre

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Cindy

Research Seminar   Wednesday 21st October, 1pm, HUMSS 127   Dr Paddy Bullard (University of Reading) ”John Evelyn as Modern Architect and Ancient Gardener: ‘Lessons of Perpetual Practice’”

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Gerald Finzi Memorial Lecture and Reading Poetry Festival 2015

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Cindy

Forward Prize-winning poet Kei Miller will be giving the annual Gerald Finzi Memorial Lecture in the Lecture Theatre of Building L22, London Road Campus, at 6:30pm onFriday 23 October 2015. His talk will be ‘In Praise of Volume’, which will reinscribe the idea of … Continue reading →

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On Becoming the 2017 Sam Wanamaker Fellow at the Globe

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Cindy

Grace Ioppolo writes: The Department of English Literature has had a pioneering relationship with Shakespeare’s Globe (http://www.shakespearesglobe.com) ever since Sam Wanamaker (http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/about-us/history-of-the-globe/rebuilding-the-globe) began to dream of rebuilding Shakespeare’s famous theatre in modern London. This is because one of Sam’s closest … Continue reading →

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