Directors & Board

Directors

Prof Nicola Wilson
Professor in Book and Publishing Studies
Department of English Literature

 

 

Dr Sophie Heywood
Associate Professor
Department of Languages and Cultures

 

 

Prof Daniela La Penna
Professor of Modern Italian Culture
Department of Languages and Cultures

 

 

Prof Sue Walker
Professor of Typography
Department of Typography & Graphic Communication

 

 

Dr Marrisa Joseph
Associate Professor in Organization Studies and Business History
Henley Business School

 

 

Management Board

Dr Ruth Blacksell
Associate Professor
Department of Typography & Graphic Communication

 

 

Prof Michelle O’Callaghan
Department of English Literature

 

 

Dr Rob Banham
Head of the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication

 

 

Dr Ellen Pilsworth
Associate Professor in German and Translation Studies
Department of Languages and Cultures

 

 

Dr Borna Izadpanah
Lecturer in Typography & Graphic Communication
Department of Typography & Graphic Communication

 

Danni Corfield
Archivist (Academic Engagement), Archive Services

 

 

Cristina De Luca
PhD Representative
Department of Languages and Cultures

 

 

Dr Emma Minns
Assistant Curator
Department of Typography & Graphic Communication

Partners

We are pleased to work with national and international organisations including Penguin Random House and Hachette UK, Alberto and Arnoldo Monadori Foundation, Benedetto Croce Foundation, DLA Marbach, InTRu at University of Tours, the British Museum, the British Library, and two local-to-Reading independent publishers, Two Rivers Press and Holland House.