Monthly Archives: February 2016

We the Humanities

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Cindy

This week PhD student Evan Hayles Gledhill is the guest curator on the ‘We the Humanities’ Twitter feed, @wethehumanities . Every week, someone from a different school of humanities based research takes over the account and leads discussions, and shares information … Continue reading →

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All welcome to Archives and Texts seminar

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Cindy

We hope to see you at the next Archives & Texts seminar on Monday 7th March, 1-2.15 in Henley Business School G03. The well-known archivist Fran Baker and Dr Florence Impens from the University of Manchester will be offering ‘A … Continue reading →

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Professional Track Masterclass

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Cindy

Following on from the success of our recent Professional Track masterclass by Kathleen Fearn, from Oxford University Press, we are delighted to announce our next masterclass. This will be led by Mark Pollard, who has worked as Publishing Director for Pickering … Continue reading →

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Airports and the distraction of a good read

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Cindy

Alison Donnell writes: There is nothing very interesting about the fact that I spent last Friday morning in Heathrow airport on the way to Edinburgh for a research seminar or even that I was distracted by the deliberately unremarkable life … Continue reading →

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Archives and Texts Seminar on Monday

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Cindy

The next Archives and Texts Seminar will be held on Monday 22nd February (week 7) URS 2s26, Whiteknights Campus, 1.10pm to 2.30pm Richard Bates (University of Nottingham) ‘How does one become a parenting guru? Exploring the childhood and archives of a … Continue reading →

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CIRCL Seminar

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Cindy

The next CIRCL research seminar will be held on Wednesday, March 2nd at 1 pm in HUMSS 110. Chris Milson will be talking about ideas of the transgender child in the text Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg and … Continue reading →

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Talks by Creative Writers

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Cindy

On 23 February, 7 March and 21 March, the Department of English Literature will be hosting three internationally acclaimed writers, who will read from and discuss their work. These talks are an absolute must for anyone interested in literature, particularly … Continue reading →

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I Am No One

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Cindy

Patrick Flanery writes: On January 28th, I recorded an interview with Mariella Frostrup, for Radio 4’s Open Book, about my new novel I Am No One, which is narrated by an American who, after more than a decade living in … Continue reading →

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Early Modern Research Centre – first event of the term – everyone welcome!

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Cindy

The first EMRC research seminar of the Spring term will take place this week, Wednesday February 10th, at 1pm (Whiteknights Campus, HUMSS G25). Alanna Skuse will be discussing her work on “‘The sympathetic snout’: Rhinoplasty and the unstable body in … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip comes to MERL

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Cindy

Sarah Mills writes: In this episode of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, Rebecca Wilcox explores the Mills & Boon collection in the University of Reading’s Archives. She is taken round by her guide, Judith Watts, who is currently undertaking a PHD … Continue reading →

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