n 1957, the Report of the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution chaired by Lord Wolfenden, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading, recommended the decriminalization of consensual homosexual behaviour between...Read More >
The Fate of the West The Decline and Revival of the World's Most Successful Political Idea Bill Emmott, former editor of the Economist Free entry. No reservation necessary. The idea...Read More >
This one day colloquium will bring together academic and heritage sector practitioners to discuss how digital visualisation is used to present historical architecture and landscapes to the public. Topics to...Read More >
The Beckett International Foundation at the University of Reading is pleased to announce that the next Beckett Research Seminar will take place on Saturday, May 20th, 2017, 10am-4pm. The event...Read More >
Research Funder Visit: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - Research Funding Opportunities for UK Researchers Tuesday 5 September, 10.30am-12.00pm Chancellor’s Building, Room G02 The Japan Society for the...Read More >
Spreading good taste: Winckelmann and the objects of dissemination University of Reading, 15 September 2017, 10:00 am - 6:45 pm Registration is now open for ‘Spreading good taste: Winckelmann and...Read More >
Suffrage is arguably the most important single event in women's history; despite popular conception it was not a fight for freedom, it was the campaign for equal citizenship waged by...Read More >
Professor David Roberts, Birmingham City University. George Farquhar: A Migrant Life Reversed Studio Space, Minghella, 15.30, Thursday, 12 October This paper is based on the introduction to David’s forthcoming...Read More >
Part of the Monsters and Mutations Season of Events, poet Kelley Swain and anatomical sculptor Eleanor Crook discuss and demonstrate their collaborations in mixed-media approaches to hybrids and human anatomy....Read More >
THE MOVING FORM OF FILM: EXPLORING INTERMEDIALITY AS A HISTORIOGRAPHIC METHOD 6-8 November 2017, University of Reading, UK As part of the AHRC/FAPESP-funded IntermIdia Project (www.reading.ac.uk/intermidia), led by investigators from...Read More >