Tag Archives: Dr Nicola Wilson

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 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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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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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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Archives and Texts

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Cindy

  A reminder that Dr Wim Van Mierlo will be giving a paper at 5 today in Humss 125, Whiteknights Campus, called ‘Tracking Creativity in the Archive: Understanding Literary Manuscripts’.   This is based on the book he is writing at the moment with … Continue reading →

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Nicola Wilson curates a new exhibition in the main library

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Cindy

  Authors, Publishers and Readers, 1880-1940   How did the novel as a form change between 1880 and 1940? What was the impact of the growth of the reading public and the circulating library market on authors and the publishing … Continue reading →

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Literary Monday Seminars

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Cindy

    Join us for Literary Mondays!   Archives and Texts We are delighted to be able to announce this term’s Archives and Texts seminar series, being run as part of our Literary Monday seminars. We look forward to a … Continue reading →

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Lise Jailant writes about our symposium

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Cindy

    Lise Jaillant, PhD candidate in English at the University of British Columbia, writes: I attended a one-day symposium earlier this year at the University of Reading (Authors, Publishers and Readers: Selling and Distributing Literary Cultures, 1880-1940). It was … Continue reading →

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Authors, Publishers and Readers: a new exhibition

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Cindy

Exhibition announcement       Authors, Publishers and Readers: Selling and distributing literary cultures, 1880-1940 12 March – 30 March, normal museum opening times (Museum of English Rural Life) Staircase hall display   The display focuses on the changing literary … Continue reading →

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