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Performing Ancient Greek Literature in a Time of Pandemic

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17th June 202217th June 2022

Performing Ancient Greek Literature in a Time of Pandemic Conference 23-24 June 2022 Organizers: Anastasia Bakogianni (Massey University, New Zealand) and Barbara Goff (University of Reading, UK) The Department of…Read More >

Performing Ancient Greek Literature in a Time of Pandemic

New Lives for Classical Gems

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17th June 2021

On this 900th anniversary of the founding of Reading Abbey, UoR Classics takes the opportunity to highlight one of many connections between Classics and medieval Britain, with this guest blog…Read More >

New Lives for Classical Gems

Hidden Women Digital: 7. Julia Katherine (Wickes) Steele (1871 – 1942)

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9th March 202020th March 2020

Julia Katherine (Wickes) Steele was born in Bengal, India, where her father, Thomas Wickes, was a railway engineer for the Bengal Public Works Department.  After he retired in 1895, the…Read More >

Hidden Women Digital: 7. Julia Katherine (Wickes) Steele (1871 – 1942)

Reginald Percy Austin (1900-1943)

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24th January 202020th March 2020

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Reginald Percy Austin came to University College Reading from his hometown in Cornwall in 1920, following a very brief period of war service…Read More >

Vivian (Whitfield) Wade-Gery (1897-1988)

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6th January 20204th October 2020

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Born in Dublin, Vivian Whitfield studied at Trinity College Dublin, winning a Gold Medal for excelling in Classics.  She attended Somerville College, Oxford…Read More >

Caroline Amy Hutton (1861-1931)

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3rd January 20206th May 2021

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Born in New Zealand, Caroline Amy Hutton attended Girton College, Cambridge and studied Classics in the early 1880s.  Like her contemporary at Girton…Read More >

Grace Ernestine Holding (c. 1878-1943)

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19th December 201920th March 2020

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Grace Ernestine Holding was born in London in around 1878.  She obtained a B. A. degree from the University of Wales, attending University…Read More >

From the Archive: The Road to Mykalessos

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9th December 201920th March 2020

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) This summer, the Ure Museum team embarked on a wholesale sort through the archives.  It was an interesting and enlightening exercise, and it…Read More >

Ure Museum Archives: An initial description

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9th December 201923rd March 2020

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Preliminiary information on the Ure Museum’s archive holdings can be found below.  For more information or research access enquiries, please email ure@reading.ac.uk. The…Read More >

TIMELINE: Annie Dunman Hunt Ure (1893-1976) – Part 1

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20th August 201920th March 2020

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) We have been researching Annie Ure’s life and career over the past few months. Earlier this summer, our UROP student Ruth Lloyd created…Read More >

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