Tag Archives: Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY DEBATE

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Cindy

 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY DEBATE:  HAS ‘EQUALITY FOR WOMEN’ BEEN ACHIEVED? WHAT DOES ‘PROGRESS’ MEAN? WHO’S DECIDING?  International Women’s Day Event (9th March, 2015)   Members of the English Department led an evening of talks and debate to celebrate International Women’s … Continue reading →

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Outstanding Personal Tutor Excellence Award

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Cindy

Over the past few weeks, RUSU has been running the RUSU Excellence awards. These are teaching awards which aim to recognise members of University of Reading staff who the students believe have gone above and beyond their expectations, tirelessly working … Continue reading →

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Emerson in 140 characters?

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Cindy

Professor Karín Lesnik-Oberstein, Director of the Graduate Centre for International Research in Childhood: Literature, Culture, Media (CIRCL) and the MA (Res.) in Children’s Literature, writes: CIRCL are delighted to announce that CIRCL PhD student Krissie West, working on American Transcendentalism … Continue reading →

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CIRCL in action…

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Cindy

Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein writes: Bielefeld Institute of Advanced Study Workshop on ‘Transformation of Childhood in Contemporary Britain’ Dr Jess Sage and Professor Karín Lesnik-Oberstein from the Department’s Graduate Centre for International Research in Childhood: Literature, Culture, Media (CIRCL), gave presentations … Continue reading →

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Swapping children

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Cindy

A piece by Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein commenting on the case in South Africa on two babies swapped at birth has been published in the Guardian’s ‘Comment for Free’ online publication. Professor Lesnik-Oberstein was invited to write the piece as a result … Continue reading →

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The Last Taboo a talking point

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Cindy

Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein writes: The only book on women and body hair, The Last Taboo: Women and Body Hair (Manchester University Press, 2007, paperback reprint 2011) continues to lead the media to our department where I edited and introduced the … Continue reading →

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Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein on Children’s Literature, Literature and Neuroscience

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Cindy

Professor Karín Lesnik-Oberstein will be speaking at the Oxford Children’s Literature Colloquium (CLOC) on Friday February 7th at 4 pm at St Cross College in Oxford on ‘Children’s Literature, Literature and Neuroscience: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’. If you … Continue reading →

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Depsychologizing/deneurologizing modern subjectivity?

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Cindy

Karin Lesnik-Oberstein writes: On January 8th I will be giving a paper critiquing neuroscience at the University of Ghent in Belgium: “Depsychologizing/deneurologizing modern subjectivity? / One-day symposium & Book launch”  http://www.criticalphilosophy.ugent.be/event/depsychologizingdeneurologizing-modern-subjectivity-2 My paper at the event will be about how … Continue reading →

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The BIG QUESTION

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Cindy

RUSU is holding an event this week at which Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein will be speaking. Entitled ‘The Big Question’, the event asks ‘Do stereotypes cause harm or empower?’ Event details: Thursday 28 November 2013, 2pm – 3pm, Lower 3sixty, RUSU Building    

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Neuroscience and literature

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Cindy

Professor Karín Lesnik-Oberstein writes: My research in the past few years has primarily been concerned with critiquing ideas of neuroscience (brain scans) in relation to literature and children’s literature. Many Humanities scholars have recently been very excited by the idea … Continue reading →

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