Tag Archives: Dr John Holmes

John Holmes in Italian

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Cindy

John Holmes has been invited to give a talk on Approaches and Methods in the Study of Literature and Science at the University of Ferrara today.       To read more about his talk (in Italian!), click here:   … Continue reading →

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Podcast of John Holmes’ latest public event

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Cindy

Dr John Holmes & Lesley Saunders From Microscopes to Cloud Cameras: the Poetry of Science   A podcast of this event, at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford, can be found here:   http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/events/podcasts/  

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The Pre-Raphaelites and science

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Cindy

John Holmes writes: Since the start of October, I’ve been working on an AHRC Research Fellowship on the Pre-Raphaelites and science. Over the project as a whole I am going to be looking at Pre-Raphaelite poetry, painting and art criticism, … Continue reading →

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Simon Dentith and John Holmes publish…

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Cindy

A recent book, which came out of a conference on epic in Poitiers in France in 2010, contains essays from both Dr John Holmes and Professor Simon Dentith. The book is The Epic Expands: Rereading & Widening the Epic Corpus, ed. by … Continue reading →

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From microscopes to cloud cameras

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Cindy

‘From Microscopes to Cloud Cameras: The Poetry of Science’     Dr John Holmes and the poet Lesley Saunders will be appearing next week at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford. John wil be reading some modern and … Continue reading →

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Dr John Holmes: AHRC Fellowship Science in Culture

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Cindy

  I have been working for just over a year now on science and the Pre-Raphaelites, and I’ve just been awarded an AHRC Fellowship under the heading of ‘Science in Culture’ to spend next year working on this project. Critics … Continue reading →

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Dr John Holmes: Chair of the British Society for Literature and Science

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Cindy

  The department is pleased to announce that Dr John Holmes has been elected Chair of the British Society for Literature and Science (http://www.bsls.ac.uk). For a discussion of the subject please see the ‘Literature and Science’ film at: http://www.reading.ac.uk/english-literature/aboutus/Staff/Stafffilms/ell-john-holmes-lit-and-sci.aspx

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Science in Culture inter-disciplinary research project

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Cindy

The Arts and Humanities Research Council has awarded funding under its ‘Science in Culture’ initiative for an inter-disciplinary research project at Reading called ‘Cultivating Common Ground: Biology and the Humanities’, led by Professor Nick Battey (Biology), with co-investigators Dr David … Continue reading →

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Dr John Holmes: new publication

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Cindy

I am delighted to announce the publication of my new book, a collection of essays on Science in Modern Poetry: New Directions, coming out with Liverpool University Press this month. It has been great to work on this project with … Continue reading →

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English Department in the wider community: Sixth Form Lectures

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

Our Sixth Form Lectures are a welcome addition to the school calendar of many secondary schools in our area and continue to be a successful element of our engagement with the wider community. This year the programme has, as usual, … Continue reading →

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