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Monthly Archives: October 2016
Lisa Dwan: A Beckett Actor gives The Billie Whitelaw Lecture
Please see the link below for the opening event of Beckett Week: dwan-lecture-2016
Samuel Beckett Summer School, 2016
Will Davies, a PhD student in the Department of English Literature, writes: Over the summer, I spent a week at Trinity College, Dublin, home of the Samuel Beckett Summer School and Beckett’s alma mater. Supported by the generous bursary of … Continue reading
Beckett Week at the University of Reading (2-5 November 2016)
The Beckett at Reading team is happy to announce the following events, which will take place during our ‘Beckett Week’: Lisa Dwan: ‘A Beckett Actor’ – The Billie Whitelaw Lecture (6pm, 2 November 2016) Acclaimed Beckett actress, Lisa … Continue reading
A triumph of Dylanology
Professor Bryan Cheyette writes: There are Bobcats and Dylanologists. Bobcats focus mainly on the concerts, Dylanologists on the lyrics. Bobcats record anorakishly every detail of their idol’s life but Dylanologists focus on just one aspect, as they tend to be … Continue reading
Happy Hallowe’en!
As we approach Hallowe’en, our minds are turning to the more spooky research that goes on here in the Department of English Literature. In this short article, one of our PhD students, Verity Burke, explores the connections between one of … Continue reading
Reading Literature Festival 2016
Reading Literature Festival 2016 4th to 13th November READING’S FIRST LITERATURE FESTIVAL takes place this November. The Festival grew out of Reading Poetry Festival’s three successful years from 2013-15 and brings together many of the most exciting talents in contemporary … Continue reading
Doctors as authors
Guest Talk: Doctors as Authors: The reception of medical fiction in the 1890s professional press On Tuesday, 25th October, at 5pm the Medical Humanities Reading Group is proud to present their first guest speaker of 2016: Alison Moulds, presenting ‘Doctors as Authors: The … Continue reading
The 2016 Tony Watkins Lecture
The Annual Tony Watkins Lecture on Children’s Literature, Culture, Media for 2016: Assistant Professor Helle Strandgaard Jensen from the Department of History, University of Aarhus in Denmark, expert on Scandinavian and transcultural children’s media, will be speaking on: ‘Always Shiny … Continue reading
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Why I’m happy to be called a ‘Fellow’
Professor Grace Ioppolo writes: A few years ago, I was notified that I’d been elected an ‘Ordinary Fellow’ of the Society of Antiquaries of London (https://www.sal.org.uk/). Although my husband Peter Beal had been a ‘Fellow’ there for some time, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Department of English, Department of English Literature, English Department, English Literature, Henslowe-Alleyn Digitistation Project, Manufactures and Commerce, Professor Grace Ioppolo, Reading, Society of Antiquaries of London, The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, University of Reading
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Sharon Millar event
Conor Carville writes: You are invited to a free reading by Sharon Millar on Wed. Oct. 12th at 6.00 pm, in HUMSS G27. Sharon Millar is a Trinidadian writer. She is the winner of the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, … Continue reading