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Monthly Archives: April 2016
History Today article by Kate Macdonald
Last week I had an article published in the monthly history magazine, History Today, on some research that I’d done on a peculiar play that I found in a 1917 magazine called The Strand. The play contains the first cyborg … Continue reading
Universities of the Revolution in The Guardian
Professor Steven Matthews has been quoted in The Guardian online talking about an exhibition with which the department is involved: Universities of the Revolution, Berkshire Record Office, free, 27 April until 29 July
New book announcement
Ethel Carnie Holdsworth’s Helen of Four Gates (1917) This is a new edition of Ethel Carnie Holdsworth’s Helen of Four Gates (1917) – her bestselling second novel, originally published under the pseudonym ‘The Ex-Mill Girl’. As Pamela Fox makes clear … Continue reading
Raymond Wilson Poetry Prize
University of Reading students are invited to explore their creative side by entering the annual Raymond Wilson Poetry Prize. The competition is held in memory of brilliant educationalist Raymond Wilson (1925-1995), former Emeritus Professor of Education at the University. The … Continue reading
Professional Track newsletter
We are delighted to be able to share with you our first Professional Track newsletter.
More time to enjoy the Social Learning Space in HUMSS 106
From next Monday, 25th April, the Social Learning Space for students from the School of Literature and Languages, HUMSS 106, will be open until 8pm every weekday evening. Even more time each week to enjoy learning together!
Our alumna giving an Archives and Texts seminar
We are pleased to announce that Jessica Sage, a Reading English Literature alumna, will be delivering the final Archives and Texts seminar of the year. Jessica Sage (Newcastle, Seven Stories) ‘Edith Morley: Writing the Female Professor’ In 1908, at what … Continue reading
Congratulations to Dr Cindy Becker
We are pleased to announce that our colleague Dr Cindy Becker is part of a team that has been given a University Collaborative Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning 2015/16. The award was given in recognition of the … Continue reading
Posted in Department of English Literature news and events
Tagged David Nutt, Department of English, Department of English Literature, Dr Cindy Becker, Emma Mayhew, English Department, English Literature, GRASS, Reading, University Collaborative Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning 2015/16, University of Reading
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Special Collections exhibition opens
A new exhibition opened earlier this week at the Special Collections Service. It is called ‘Ex Libris: marks of ownership in rare books from the University of Reading Special Collections’, and explores the variety of different ways in which readers … Continue reading
Posted in Department of English Literature news and events
Tagged Department of English, Department of English Literature, Dr Paddy Bullard, English Department, English Literature, Maria Franchini, MERL, Museum of English Rural Life, Reading, University of Reading, University Special Collections
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A production at The Watermill, Newbury
One of our alumnae, Lydia Massey, writes of a production in which she is involved: https://www.watermill.org.uk/box_theatre_company_presents_the_sea#dates-ttab Set in the high Edwardian world of 1907, The Sea is a fascinating blend of wild farce, high comedy, biting social satire and poetic … Continue reading