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SUMMARY:Beyond Scale: GIS and the Humanities
DESCRIPTION:Beyond Scale: GIS and the Humanities\nProfessor Stuart Dunn \n(King’s College London) \nDate: Wednesday 28 February 2024 \nTime: 14:00-15.30 \nPlace:  Palmer 105 and Online \nProgramme \nCoffee and Tea available from 13.50 \n14.00 Welcome and Intro – Dr Mara Oliva (DH Champion) \n14.10 Keynote address: Professor Stuart Dunn (King’s College London) – ‘Beyond Scale: GIS and the Humanities’ \n14.50 Q&A  \n15.25 What’s next (DH CoP and Hub – future events) & close – Dr Mara Oliva
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/gis-and-the-humanities/
LOCATION:Palmer 105\, University of Reading\, Whiteknights Campus\, Reading\, Select a State or Province:\, RG6 6EW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:Future Health: Can nutrition and lifestyle combine to make a global impact? IFNH Annual Forum 2024
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe 2024 IFNH Forum event will be held on 28 February (14:00-17:00). \nThis year the theme will look to the future to explore what new developments in nutrition and its interaction with lifestyle can help reduce the massive burden of some key non-communicable diseases including dementia. This will include how effects of food cultures can impact the need to change dietary habits and how the needed dietary changes can be affected by social inequalities and climate change. The Forum will probe key aspects of these substantial challenges. \nThe event is free to attend\, please Click Here to register your attendance and forward this invitation to colleagues you think may be interested. \nProgramme\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n14:00\nWelcome\nProf. Carol Wagstaff\, Research Dean for Agriculture\, Food and Health\, University of Reading\n\n\n14:05\nIFNH – activities and achievements of 2023\nProf. Ian Givens\, IFNH Director\, University of Reading\n\n\n14:15\nCognition and Dementia: Milk fat globule membrane\, supplementation for promotion of neurodevelopment in infants and prevention of neurodegeneration in ageing adults\nDr Javier Fontecha\, Head\, Food Lipid Biomarkers and Health\, Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL\,CSIC) in the Autónoma University of Madrid\n\n\n14:45\nDietary fibre: How can we increase intake of this important dietary\ncomponent?\nProf. Julie Lovegrove\, Director Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition\, University of Reading\n\n\n15:05\nCognitive function and mood: The effects of flavonoid-rich blueberries\nin healthy children and adults\nProf. Claire Williams\, Chair of Neuroscience\, School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences\, University of Reading\n\n\n15:30\nObesity: Diet\, lifestyle and genes in an obesogenic environment\nProf. John Mathers\, Professor of Human Nutrition\, Human Nutrition & Exercise\nResearch Centre\, Newcastle University\n\n\n16:00\nFood culture: Dietary diversity and farm decision making for\nresilient agrifood systems in the Global South\nProf. Henny Osbahr\, Co-Head\, Department of International Development\, School of\nAgriculture\, Policy and Development\, University of Reading\n\n\n16:20\nDiet\, health\, and social inequalities: Adaptation and mitigation strategies with indigenous cooperatives in Latin America\nDr Claudia Murray\, Research Fellow\, Department of Real Estate and Planning\,\nHenley Business School\, University of Reading\n\n\n16:40\nQ&A\nChaired by Prof. Ian Givens and Prof. Vimal Karani\n\n\n17:00\nFormal close\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Download the programme \nDownload the speakers’ biographies[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/institute-for-food-nutrition-health-annual-forum-2024/
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
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SUMMARY:Scouting\, Translating\, and Publishing Young Adult Literature from Latin America
DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing in partnership with Outside in World\, the organisation dedicated to promoting and exploring world literature and children’s books in translation\, are delighted to announce the latest event in their seminar series on translation for children: \nSpeakers: Claire Storey (Translator/ World Kid Lit) and Rosemarie Hudson (HopeRoad Publishing)\n \nThis seminar is a hybrid event (in-person & on Zoom) and is free & open to all.\n \nTo register for the Zoom link\, please click here.  \nTo join us in person\, come to Room 104\, Palmer Building\, University of Reading (Whiteknights campus)\, RG6 6EW\n \nIn 2021\, Claire Storey (Translator/ World Kid Lit) applied for funding from Arts Council England for a project focusing on translating and pitching Young Adult literature from Latin America to UK publishers. In this webinar\, she will discuss her project\, how she identified Latin America as her focus area\, how she pitched the project to UK publishers and what she has learned about scouting and pitching along the way. \nClaire will be joined by Rosemarie Hudson (HopeRoad Publishing) who will talk about why she set up HopeRoad Publishing in 2010 and how three of the titles from Claire’s project fitted with her publishing objectives: Never Tell Anyone Your Name by Federico Ivanier (Uruguay)\, The Darkness of Colours by Martín Blasco (Argentina) and The Wild Ones by Antonio Ramos Revillas (Mexico). Rosemarie and Claire will also discuss how their relationship as publisher and translator has grown and been mutually beneficial. \n♣ \nClaire Storey – translates from German and Spanish into English\, specialising in middle grade and young adult literature. In 2021/22\, she was awarded funding from Arts Council England for a translation project focusing on Young Adult Literature from Latin America. From 2019-2023\, Claire was co-editor of the blog at World Kid Lit and remains involved in the project highlighting translated books for you people. Claire also acts as an international book scout\, seeking out and presenting suitable Spanish and German-language books to English-speaking publishers. Claire regularly volunteers in schools talking about careers with languages and was named Outreach Champion 2021 by the UK Institute of Translation and Interpreting. \nJamaican/British Rosemarie Hudson grew up in London and it’s where she founded her first independent publishing company BlackAmber in 1998. Its ethos was to publish unheard voices in English and international languages\, and in particular the best writers and writings from Africa\, Asia and the Caribbean. Its aim she’s pursued ever since. She published many authors to critical acclaim during this period including Patricia Cumper; Alex Wheatle; Cauvery Madhavan; Rachel Manley; Yvonne Brewster and Gaston-Paul Effa\, before her company was bought out. Often called a ‘trailblazer’\, \nRosemarie is a keen and experienced mentor\, serving on the board of the Book Trade Charity (BTBS) for six years and mentoring on the Arts Council project\, Decibel.\nAbout HopeRoad\nIn 2010 Rosemarie Hudson founded HopeRoad\, the indie publisher which loves to share untold stories around identity\, cultural stereotyping and injustice\, and specialises in encouraging new talent and promoting the best literary voices from and about Africa\, Asia and the Caribbean. HopeRoad’s authors include: Tahar Ben Jelloun; Kamala Markandaya: Cauvery Madhavan; Pete Kalu; Ferdinand Dennis; Yan Ge\, Max Lobe; Véronique Tadjo\, Igiaba Scego\, John Agard and Tony Fairweather to name a few. Rosemarie is also a board member of Inpress Books. She is excited about the future for HopeRoad and very much looking forward to celebrating its forthcoming 15th anniversary.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/scouting-translating-and-publishing-young-adult-literature-from-latin-america/
LOCATION:Palmer 104\, University of Reading\, Whiteknights Campus\, Reading\, RG6 6EW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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