Tag Archives: Professor Grace Ioppolo

Come and celebrate the success of two of our graduates!

The School Research Group on Theatre History and Performance Studies is delighted to invite you to a talk by 2009 English literature gradutes Michael Clarkson and Gemma Hurley. Their new play ‘Death Ship 666’ is a parody of ‘Titanic’ and … Continue reading

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Ben Crystal talks on pronunciation

Professor Grace Ioppolo writes: I would like to invite you to a special lecture sponsored by the School of Literature and Languages’ Research Group on Theatre History and Performance Studies.  On November 12th at 5pm in Humms 27, Whiteknights Campus, … Continue reading

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Walking around Shakespeare’s London Theatres

 Professor Grace Ioppolo writes: This is an extremely exciting time to be a theatre historian of the age of Shakespeare. Archaeologists and theatre historians have been recently working together to map the areas around the Southbank of the Thames and … Continue reading

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Talking about English Literature in Beijing and Beyond

Professor Grace Ioppolo writes:  I have just returned from a conference at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, held by the International Association of University Professors of English (IAUPE), which was ‘formed shortly after the Second World War with the idea … Continue reading

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Taking action – and our thanks

Dr Madeleine Davies writes: As a post-script to Ellie Cox’s summary of the Women’s Event held this week, can I add the sincere thanks of Grace, Karin and myself? In particular we would like to thank Ellie Cox and Carys … Continue reading

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Cake and fighting spirit

“We’re moving into a bigger room” was the necessary announcement from the surprised and elated members of the Reading University Women’s Campaign and the speakers: Dr Madeleine Davies, Professor Grace Ioppolo, and Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein. This event on the topic … Continue reading

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Women’s Talks

 Following the huge success of the talk organized to celebrate International Women’s Day in March, Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein, Professor Grace Ioppolo and Dr Madeleine Davies will be speaking at a second event organized by the Student Union Women’s Campaign Group … Continue reading

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Professor Grace Ioppolo talks on the BBC World Service

Hot, cold or lukewarm? What I told the BBC World Service about the differences between British and American emotion in literature Grace Ioppolo writes:  On Thursday, March 21, I was interviewed by the BBC World Service and asked to comment … Continue reading

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The last of our International Women’s Day reports

Dr Madeleine Davies writes: As you might be aware from previous blog posts, to celebrate International Women’s Day this year, Dr Madeleine Davies, Professor Grace Ioppolo, and Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein (all Department of English staff members) were invited to speak … Continue reading

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International Women’s Day talk

Following on from our recent blog post on Karin Lesnik-Oberstein’s talk on 6th March at the Student Union’s Women’s Group ‘International Women’s Day’ event, we are now pleased to share the talk given by Grace Ioppolo: Why women and members of minority … Continue reading

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