Two Reading archaeologists have edited a new book compiling dozens of influential research papers on European medieval archaeology. Medieval Archaeology, edited by Professor Roberta Gilchrist (Research Dean for Heritage &…Read More >
Heritage & Creativity
What reproducibility crisis? Open research may have the answers
By Dr Robert Darby, research data manager One of the pillars of all empirical research is that the findings of experiments should not just be one-offs. Anyone with the ability…Read More >
Reading secures £3.9m in research awards in December
Researchers at the University of Reading secured more than £3.9 million in research awards in December. A total of 21 research projects were given the go-ahead in the last month…Read More >
Can we mend broken hearts?
Professor Peter Kruschwitz is Professor of Classics at Reading and a specialist in Latin Language and Literature. The fence around the University of Reading’s Humanities and Social Science (HumSS) Building is…Read More >
Books are not absolutely dead things…
Dr Rebecca Bullard from the Department of English Literature asks whether the digital revolution means we no longer have a need for old books? In an attack on the censorship…Read More >
Celebrating 60 years of Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’
Saturday 5 January marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most important plays of the 20th century, Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’. As the global centre for Beckett research and home to the…Read More >
The fading voices from Reading’s past
Professor Peter Kruschwitz, from the Department of Classics at the University of Reading, is a Latin scholar with a long-established specialism in Latin inscriptions. One of his current projects aims…Read More >
The invisibility of language intermediaries
Professor Hilary Footitt, from the Department of Modern Languages and European Studies, has a major interest in ‘Languages and international NGOs’ (non-governmental organisations) and how research into languages and cultures can…Read More >
The good in ‘bad science’
Dr David Stack is a Reader in History who believes strongly in the need to promote interdisciplinary understanding and public engagement with history. His research interests include the inter-relationship of…Read More >
Roman fragments and digital modelling shed light on urban spectacle
Dr Matthew Nicholls from the Department of Classics at the University of Reading is interested in the political and social history of the Romans and the way that the built…Read More >