Xunchang Cheng is a multilingual typeface designer, researcher, documentary director and exhibitions curator. His current research primarily focuses on exploring the evolution of Chinese typeforms up to the 20th century…Read More >
Billy Kahora – CBCP Visiting Research Fellow
Dr Billy Kahora is a writer from Kenya and a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Bristol. He has written a non-fiction novella titled The True Story Of…Read More >
Laurence Talairach – CBCP Visiting Research Fellow
Laurence Talairach is a Professor of Victorian Literature at the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès and an associate researcher at the Alexandre-Koyré Center for the History of Science and Technology (Paris)….Read More >
Where the Translators Hide (in the Victorian Periodicals for Children)
By Dr Aleksandra Wieczorkiewicz, CBCP Visiting Research Fellow 2022–23 “The old schoolroom at No. — Eccleston Square […] wide, low room at the very top of one of the tallest…Read More >
Abeera Zishan
PhD project: Reading Urdu on the internet: Lahori Nastaʿlīq as a case study for enabling digital parity across global scripts Funding: SWWDTP2-funded Supervisors: Prof Gerry Leonidas (University of Reading) and…Read More >
Cristina De Luca
PhD project: How do inter-firm circulation agreements affect authors’ reception in the publishing field? The Einaudi-Mondadori agreements of 1957 and 1967 Email: c.deluca@pgr.reading.ac.uk Funding: SWW-DTP Supervisors: Professor Daniela La Penna,…Read More >
Typodiversity 01: exploring the Arabic script world
CBCP is collaborating with Typodiversity, an open, participatory event series combining talks and workshops on the intersection of research and practice in typography and type design. Our agenda raises issues…Read More >
Dr Abba Abba – British Academy Visiting Research Fellow
Dr Abba Abba’s research engagement has been devoted to the study of Biafran identity and secessionist discourse. In his proposed research at University of Reading he is working with Dr…Read More >
Dr Margarida Castellano Sanz, CBCP Visiting Research Fellow
Dr. Castellano is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages and Literature Teaching at the University of València. She holds a Ph.D. in Language, Literature and Culture (UV) and…Read More >
