A Room of One’s Own on the High Street: Women and Personal Bookshops, 1916-1939
The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing (CBCP) is delighted to host this event, run by Dr Matt Chambers, CBCP Research Fellow, on women-led bookshops in the early twentieth century....Read More >
Performing the Digital Humanities in contemporary academia
Edith Morley Building, G25 University of Reading, Shinfield Rd, ReadingIn this talk I interrogate the position of Digital Humanities in the contemporary university, particularly (but not exclusively) in British academia. I open up the question of what the role...Read More >
Natural History Museum Research Collaboration Open Day
Whiteknights campusThe University of Reading and the Natural History Museum (NHM) are holding an Open Day for University of Reading researchers on Wednesday 2 November to launch the first phase of...Read More >
Book Launch: The Women Who Invented Twentieth-Century Children’s Literature
Edith Morley Building, G74 University of Reading, Shinfield Road, ReadingJoin us for a hybrid in-person/online event to mark the publication of The Women Who Invented Twentieth-Century Children’s Literature: Only the Best (Routledge: Children’s Literature and Culture Series), by Elizabeth West, CBCP ECR Fellow....Read More >
‘Cold Books in Hot Lands: Winning and Losing Hearts and Minds in the Middle East’
This online seminar will be presented by Esmaeil Haddadian-Moghaddam, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions research fellow at the Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands. This event is free and open to all. To register for the zoom...Read More >
Mapping Translation in Periodicals
Edith Morley Building, G74 University of Reading, Shinfield Road, ReadingAn online/in-person seminar with Andrew Thacker and Alison Martin. Further details TBA Edith Morley G74
Catherine Butler, ‘Studio Ghibli and British Children’s Literature in Japan’
This talk is part of the CBCP and Outside in World Webinar series on Children’s Literature and Translation. Join us online to hear Catherine Butler (Cardiff) talking about ‘Studio Ghibli and...Read More >
