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MERL STARTS 2020 WITH AWARD WIN AND GRANT FUNDING

Tim Yates January 10th, 2020

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TRAIN RETRACES LADY ASTOR’S JOURNEY FROM CONSTITUENCY TO PARLIAMENT DURING 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

Tim Yates November 29th, 2019

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How Samuel Beckett shaped boundary pushing films by Stephen Dwoskin

Tim Yates October 28th, 2019

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Beckett-inspired creative works to be performed for the first time

Tim Yates October 28th, 2019

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Allen Seaby’s Archaeology for Children: Exhibition, 13 September 2019 – 21 February 2020

Tim Yates October 21st, 2019

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Communicating research through science-inspired art: November 1-15th November

Tim Yates October 9th, 2019

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Workshop: Hidden Women in Archaeology in the 19th and 20th centuries, Wednesday 12th June

Tim Yates March 18th, 2019

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Exhibition: 20th-century Persian newspaper types, Wednesday 20 March – Friday 17 May 2019

Tim Yates March 18th, 2019

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Event: Women in Publishing, a two-day symposium at the University of Reading, 13th- 14th June 2019

Tim Yates March 15th, 2019

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Event: More than human, 14th March: A MERL late for British Science Week

Tim Yates March 6th, 2019

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Beckett and visual culture

Caroline Knowles January 18th, 2019

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News: John and Griselda Lewis Postdoctoral Fellowship: Invite for applications

Caroline Knowles December 20th, 2018

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Blog: Dr Andy Willimott on his HCIC residency

Tay Noronha December 14th, 2018

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Event: Cole Museum Christmas Fayre – 12.12.18

Tay Noronha December 6th, 2018

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Event: Ure Museum Workshop – 12.12.18

Tay Noronha December 4th, 2018

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HCIC Post-Doctoral Bid Development Residency Application Form 2018-19

Tay Noronha November 30th, 2018

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A Meditation on the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day: The Soldier Returns

Tay Noronha November 11th, 2018

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‘Embellish’d with gold: treasures from the European Manuscripts Collection’

Tay Noronha November 9th, 2018

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Nativity EMC Book of Hours
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Event: Ure Lecture: The Empire of Things and the Empire of People – 23.11.18

Tay Noronha November 8th, 2018

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Ure Lecture 2018 poster
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Exploring the effect of WW2 on three generations – Silence comes to Reading

Tay Noronha November 5th, 2018

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UK Prime Minister backs campaign to raise a statue to Lady Nancy Astor

Tay Noronha November 2nd, 2018

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University of Reading Nancy Astor
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Event: Stepping out of time: the MERL Annual Lecture – 6.11.18

Tay Noronha November 1st, 2018

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MERL Annual Lecture 2018 Clog dancing
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University of Reading’s Special Collections show their spooky side for Halloween

Tay Noronha October 31st, 2018

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Special Collections show their spooky side for Halloween
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Event: Steve Claydon – ‘The Outside In’ at the MERL

Tay Noronha October 29th, 2018

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Whats On MERL Claydon
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New AHRC-funded project explores science communication for children

Tay Noronha October 25th, 2018

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Event: European Manuscripts Collection Open Afternoon – 29.11.18

Tay Noronha October 24th, 2018

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University of Reading Special Collections
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PROJECT DWOSKIN – exploring the life and legacies of experimental filmmaker Stephen Dwoskin

Tay Noronha October 19th, 2018

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experimental filmmaker Stephen Dwoskin
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Ure Museum welcomes exciting new acquisitions

Tay Noronha October 18th, 2018

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Tablet and stylus image at the Ure Museum
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Meet Man Booker nominated poet as festival returns to Reading

Tay Noronha October 17th, 2018

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The Long Take Being Human 2018
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Collections Research Network Autumn Event – 8.11.18

Tay Noronha October 12th, 2018

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Event: Folk: A MERL Late – 20.11.18

Tay Noronha October 10th, 2018

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MERL Late Autumn 2018
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Event: The Long Take: Origins and Endings in Film Noir – 24.11.18

Tay Noronha October 4th, 2018

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Uni of Reading lecturer talks sailors, maritime history and pirates

Tay Noronha September 21st, 2018

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UROP Blogs: Agricultural Instruction in the MERL Collection

Tay Noronha September 20th, 2018

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the Museum of English Rural Life
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University of Reading Special Collections make an important new acquisition

Tay Noronha September 17th, 2018

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University of Reading Special Collections
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UROP Blogs: Tracing hidden LGB histories through Berkshire court records

Tay Noronha September 13th, 2018

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Amy UROP student University of Reading
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UROP Blogs: Publishing Class

Tay Noronha September 12th, 2018

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UROP Jess Brisley
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UROP Blogs: Armchair Travellers

Tay Noronha September 11th, 2018

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University of Reading Nancy Astor expert on BBC Radio 4

Tay Noronha September 10th, 2018

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University of Reading Nancy Astor
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Pharmacy design project to help beat antibiotic-resistant bugs

Tay Noronha September 5th, 2018

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5 things you didn’t know about medicine in early modern England

Tay Noronha September 3rd, 2018

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UROP Blogs: A Garden Party I would like to have attended…

Tay Noronha September 1st, 2018

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UROP student University of Reading Rachel in the MERL archives
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New work by award-nominated playwright to be shown at Reading’s Minghella Studios

Tay Noronha August 30th, 2018

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Event: Heritage Open Days at the MERL: Extraordinary Women

Tay Noronha August 29th, 2018

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Jill Betts MERL
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Ladybird books on BBC iPlayer

Tay Noronha August 14th, 2018

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ladybird books on BBC iPlayer
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Reading professor discusses Beckett on BBC World Service programme

Tay Noronha August 6th, 2018

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Climate Symposium at the MERL: 27th July 2018

Tay Noronha July 25th, 2018

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Book Launch at the MERL: ‘Handling’ by Jack Thacker, 25th July 2018

Tay Noronha July 23rd, 2018

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Handling Book launch at the MERL
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Staging Beckett

Tay Noronha July 10th, 2018

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Exhibition: Winckelmann and Curiosity in the 18th-Century Gentleman’s Library

Tay Noronha June 26th, 2018

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Ure museum pot resized
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The MERL and Vote 100 shortlisted for Research Engagement and Impact Awards 2018

Tay Noronha June 21st, 2018

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Research Engagement and Impact Awards
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Cole Museum of Zoology prepares for mass migration

Tay Noronha June 6th, 2018

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Cole Museum of Zoology
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Exhibition: Music and Materiality – Ancient Greek and Roman Music

Tay Noronha June 4th, 2018

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Exhibition: Music and Materiality Ure Museum
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British Museum and University of Reading plans for new facility in Shinfield to go on display

Tay Noronha May 31st, 2018

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British Museum and University of Reading
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Exhibition: The Federation of Children’s Book Groups 

Tay Noronha May 21st, 2018

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The FCBG event
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Inside the Museum of English Rural Life

Tay Noronha May 21st, 2018

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the Museum of English Rural Life
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Reading MP visits Ure Museum

Tay Noronha May 14th, 2018

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25 Years of Ephemera Studies

Tay Noronha April 19th, 2018

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25 years of ephemera studies
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University to partner with the British Museum to develop new collection storage and research facility

Tay Noronha December 1st, 2017

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University of Reading partners the British Museum
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Blog post: The First World War in biscuits and advising the BBC

Tay Noronha November 17th, 2017

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First World War in biscuits
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‘German Fever. Beckett in Germany’: exhibition explores Beckett’s journey through Nazi Germany 

Tay Noronha November 8th, 2017

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Beckett's journey through Nazi Germany
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Award-winning author Eimear McBride confirmed as University of Reading’s first Beckett Creative Fellow

Tay Noronha October 27th, 2017

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Eimear McBride Beckett blog part one
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‘Fake fin’ discovery reveals new ichthyosaur species

Tay Noronha October 20th, 2017

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Being Human Festival reveals hidden stories in Reading

Tay Noronha October 19th, 2017

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True extent of women’s fight for vote revealed

Tay Noronha October 11th, 2017

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Rare chance to see new Ladybird Books artwork at museum

Tay Noronha August 31st, 2017

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Ladybird Books artwork

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