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Monthly Archives: May 2016
Chloe Houston writes for the Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies
Dr Chloe Houston recently posted to the blog for the Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies, hosted by the University of Sheffield. The post can be found here. … Continue reading
David Brauner gives a keynote address at the American Literature Symposium at the University of Cambridge
David writes: This weekend I found myself in surroundings that were both familiar and strange: familiar, because as an undergraduate at Pembroke College in the late 1980s I’d spent many hours on the Sidgwick site in Cambridge, attending lectures and … Continue reading
The Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra coincidence
Dr Mark Hutchings writes: The events held in the UK and across the globe to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare’s death are being mirrored in Spain and the Hispanic world: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, author of Don Quixote, … Continue reading
Congratulations!
Many congratulations to CIRCL PhD student Krissie West! Krissie passed her PhD viva on 10-05-2016 with her thesis”To be boy eternal”: Locating the Child in the Literature and Criticism of Ralph Waldo Emerson. External Examiner: Professor Peter Buse (Kingston University), … Continue reading
My Welcome Week Experience
Becky reflects on her enjoyable Welcome Week and gives you an idea of what to expect in yours. Welcome Week at the University of Reading was one of the busiest weeks of my university career, packed with meeting new people, attending … Continue reading
Celebrating 400 years of William Shakespeare and Philip Henslowe (who’s he?)
Professor Grace Ioppolo writes: Those of you who were in one of my Shakespeare modules this year or follow me on Twitter @ProfShakespeare know that I never stopped talking about the amazing celebrations in 2016 that mark the 400th anniversary … Continue reading
Where to go for help and advice at University
Final year student Chloe takes us though the many places to go for guidance at Reading and assures us that ‘everyone is in the same boat’. Beginning university is a big milestone. A change in studies and often a change in … Continue reading
How to use a reading list: Advice for applicants
One of the first things that we will send you before your course starts is a reading list, so we thought this might be a good chance to say something about what a reading list is for. The reading list … Continue reading
A Warm Welcome from the Professional Track Team!
The Professional Track is a unique professional development scheme that is open to all students who do degrees in English Language, English Literature or Modern Languages. Since the scheme’s launch in September 2015, already we have had well over 150 students … Continue reading