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Monthly Archives: March 2016
Lord Byron and the Hebrew Melodies
Bryan Cheyette writes: A few weeks ago, during a busy term, I was asked to appear on a Michael Rosen radio programme about Byron’s Hebrew Melodies. This is a little known volume and was set to music by a … Continue reading
Happy 99th birthday to the Hogarth Press!
Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s publishing house, established in March 1917, is 99 years old this week. The Woolfs set up the Hogarth Press in their own home – part hobby, part creative and artistic enterprise – during the pressures of … Continue reading
TalkRadio and litter
Dr Cindy Becker could be heard earlier today in conversation with Jon Holmes on national talkRadio in a lighthearted interview discussing the role of litter in literature.
Mojisola Adebayo gives a talk on Monday – open event!
Distinguished playwright, actor, poet and theatre director Mojisola Adebayo will give a talk on and reading of her work, including her recently published Mojisola Adebayo: Plays One, on Monday 21 March, 6-7pm in HumSS G27, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus. … Continue reading
CIRCL seminar – all welcome!
A reminder that there will be a CIRCL Research Seminar on Wednesday March 16th at 1 pm in HUMSS 110. by Dr Stefan Neubert and Katarina Schneider from the University of Cologne, Germany, on: ‘Interest, Discipline and Power in Dilthey … Continue reading
Congratulations!
Many congratulations to CIRCL PhD student Chris Milson for passing his viva successfully on 11-03-2016 with his thesis ‘On Translation: Reading, Representation, and the Desire to Know’! External examiner: Dr Hannah Anglin-Jaffe from the University of Exeter, and internal examiner: … Continue reading
Tim Stretton on Jacobean law and drama
Early Modern Research Centre Spring Term Seminar Series Wednesday 9th March 2016 1pm – 2.30pm, HUMSS G25, Whiteknights Campus ‘Contract and Conjugality in Jacobean Law and Drama’ Tim Stretton Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, Cardiff University
Edith Morley inspires us on International Women’s Day
One of the earliest members of Reading’s English Department will be the focus for our celebrations on International Women’s Day this year. Edith Morley became the first woman appointed to a professorship in a British university-level institution in 1908, but … Continue reading
Fear, Horror and Terror
Evan Hayles-Gledhill writes: When I was contemplating returning to postgraduate study, to test whether it was what I really wanted, I decided to meet some other students and academics. The conference I went to for this was Monsters and the … Continue reading