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Archives and Texts Seminar

Professor Carolyn Steedman, University of Warwick, will give a paper entitled: Text or Archive? The Diaries (1800-1815) of Joseph Woolley, Framework Knitter   Monday 27th April 5.15-6.30pm, Special Collections, Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) All welcome! Co-organisers: Dr Nicola Wilson … Continue reading

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Archives and Texts Seminar

Dr Daniel Starza Smith (Oxford) ‘The Curious History of the Conway papers’ <https://archivesandtexts.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/dr-daniel-starza-smith-oxford-the-curious-history-of-the-conway-papers/> by slheywood<https://archivesandtexts.wordpress.com/author/slheywood/> The Conway Papers were amassed between 1550 and 1700 by a family of statesman, soldiers, authors and collectors, including two secretaries of state – but … Continue reading

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Archives and Texts Seminar Series

Dr Nicola Wilson (English), Dr Sophie Heywood and Dr Alison Martin (Modern Languages) write: We are delighted to announce this term’s programme for Archives & Texts. Please do come along. We have some excellent external speakers lined up and it … Continue reading

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Final archives and texts seminar of the academic year

 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’

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

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

  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 seminar

The Week 3 Summer Term Archives and Texts Seminar features Dr Rosa Maria Medina Granda who will be delivering a paper entitled: ‘Intercomprehension between related languages: reading Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince and its translations into several Spanish languages’ … Continue reading

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