Phillipa Hardman (University of Reading) and Marianne Ailes (University of Bristol) ‘The Legend of Charlemagne in Medieval England’ and Booklaunch.
Richard Blakemore, Chloë Houston, Michelle O’Callaghan,University of Reading Early Modern Travel: A Research Conversation.
Verity Burke (University of Reading), 'Intermedial Interpretations: Nineteenth-Century Museums, Literature and the Displayed Body'
James Grande, Radical tours and rustic harangues: William Cobbett and John Thelwall This talk will explore the radical tradition of rural writing through the work of Cobbett and John Thelwall, focussing on their tours, agricultural experiments, political oratory, and … Continue reading
Susan Edgington (Queen Mary, London) 'Guido of Vigevano's Rules of Health for an Old Man Going on Crusade' Drinks and nibbles to follow in G27L
Naomi Lebens (Special Collections, UMASCS) and Eleanor Crook (Anatomical Artist), 'Anatomy for Artists: the Minnie Jane Hardman Collection and the Medical Body at the Nineteenth-Century Royal Academy of Art' Booking Required: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anatomy-for-artists-tickets-42860473831 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anatomy-for-artists-tickets-42860473831
Anna Maerker (King’s College London), 'Interpreting the Preserved Body: Making intelligible Specimens in Nineteenth-century Anatomy'
‘International Women’s Day Debate and Celebration: ‘Press for Progress’. Dr Madeleine Davies (SLL) organises an ‘International Women’s Day’ event for students every year. This takes the form of talks from senior colleagues at UoR and a student-led debate following the … Continue reading
Victoria Flood (University of Birmingham) 'Fairy Narratives from the Welsh March: Re-localisations of the Melusine Legend' Drinks and nibbles to follow in G27L
Jos Smith, Vibrant localism: the story of Common Ground Jos will introduce the work of Common Ground and explore the group’s relationship to rural England, in which ideas of the local are re-energised through a close engagement with the … Continue reading
