Tag Archives: Archives and Texts

Archives and Texts

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Cindy

We are pleased to see the return of the Archives and Texts seminar series, which will be running throughout the term. The first of these will be on Monday 21st October (wk 3) Dr Erica Brown (English, Sheffield Hallam) will be talking … Continue reading →

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Black History Month

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Cindy

Reading Borough Council has just published its programme of events for Black History Month 2013. Two of the events are being run by our department (and INSET day for teachers and an Archives & Texts talk by Nicola Abram). Full details of … Continue reading →

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Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece acquired by the university

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Cindy

The University is delighted to announce that it has acquired the working manuscript of Samuel Beckett’s first major work, Murphy, at the cost of £962,500, at an auction at Sotheby’s in London today. The hand-written manuscript, which has been in … Continue reading →

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Final archives and texts seminar of the academic year

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Cindy

 Dr Billy Smart (Film, Theatre & Television, Reading) will be delivering a paper entitled: ‘The BBC Television Audience Research Reports, 1957-79: Recorded opinions and invisible expectations’ Monday 13th May, 5pm Humss 106, Whiteknights Campus  Refreshments provided. All welcome! Between the 1950s … Continue reading →

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Archives and Texts seminar

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Cindy

Dr Lise Jaillaint (University of British Columbia, Canada), ‘Messy Modernism: Looking for Woolf, Eliot, Joyce and others in Publishers’ Archives’ Wednesday 8th May, 5pm, in Humss 188, Whiteknights Campus As literary scholars, what kind of archival documents do we consider “valuable” … Continue reading →

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Archives and Texts: seminar with Dr Alison Martin on ‘Translating Nature’

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Cindy

Dr Alison Martin (Modern Languages and European Studies, Reading) Translating Nature: Helen Maria Williams and Alexander von Humboldt’s Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du nouveau continent  Monday 11th March, 5pm in Humss 124, Whiteknights Campus Helen Maria Williams’ English translation (1814-29) … Continue reading →

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Oscar Wilde, Archives and Texts

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Cindy

Archives and Texts seminar Monday 25 February (Week 7), 5 pm, Humss 124, Whiteknights Campus  Professor Josephine Guy (English, Nottingham) ‘The Textual Condition of Oscar Wilde’s Society Comedies: Re-Reading C19 Play-texts’ With the exception of Joseph Donohue’s 1995 ‘reconstructive’ edition … Continue reading →

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Archives and Texts seminar – all welcome

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Cindy

Dr Nicola Wilson and Dr Sophie Heywood announce:   Archives and Texts seminar Monday 11th March, 5pm, in Humss 124, Whiteknights Campus   Dr Chris Burke, Typography, Reading ‘From hieroglyphics to Isotype: reconstructing Otto Neurath’s “visual autobiography” from the Isotype … Continue reading →

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Literary Mondays return – all welcome

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Cindy

Dr Natalie Pollard, British Academy Research Fellow, writes:   Here is the Spring Term’s programme of MONDAY LITERARY SEMINARS.       The first seminar will take place this Monday (28th Jan) and the series runs weekly until the final Monday … Continue reading →

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Lewis Carroll’s Alice

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Cindy

  Monday 28th January: Archives and Texts seminar   Dr Kiera Vaclavik (Queen Mary University of London) Lewis Carroll’s Alice in the Archive All are welcome, and there will be refreshments! 5pm in Humss 125, Whiteknights Campus For further information, … Continue reading →

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