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SUMMARY:Political Voices - A thorn in the government's side
DESCRIPTION:Emily Thornberry\, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury \nThursday 28 April 2022\n19:00- 20:00\nEdith Morley Van Emden Theatre\, Whiteknights Campus \nReading University Politics and International Relations Society (RUPIRS) and the Department of Politics & International Relations are delighted to welcome Emily Thornberry to the University of Reading for the latest in our series of ‘Political Voices’ events. \nEmily Thornberry is the Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury. First elected in 2005\, she has been re-elected four times. She is one of only two Labour MPs to have served continuously in the Shadow Cabinet since 2016\, covering the Defence\, Brexit\, Foreign Affairs and International Trade briefs in that time\, while also serving as Shadow First Secretary of State. Since November 2021\, she has held the role of Shadow Attorney General. \nThe lecture presentation will be followed by an open Q&A session. \nAdmission is free. Booking is essential. \nRegister to attend – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/political-voices-a-thorn-in-the-governments-side-tickets-309370785347 \n 
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/political-voices-a-thorn-in-the-governments-side/
LOCATION:Edith Morley Building\, Van Emden Lecture Theatre\, Edith Morley Building\, University of Reading\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG6 6UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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SUMMARY:Digital Humanities: Challenges and Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to attend our first discussion event to celebrate the establishment of the University of Reading’s Digital Humanities Hub. \nOnline (MS Teams): Link to join the Teams meeting on the day here.  \nCome along if you would like to: \n\nLearn about what Digital Humanities (DH) is and what it can do for your research\nBe inspired to do something new\, or to seek out new collaborators\, or to consider your previous or current work as DH\nBe introduced to the debate on best practice for digital research\, and why it’s important to your discipline even if you do not currently use digital tools yourself\n\nProgramme \nIntroduction: Digital Humanities work at UoR \nKeynote – Pip Willcox \nPanel discussion on the challenges and opportunities presented by digital research in arts & humanities disciplines\, featuring a variety of perspectives from UoR colleagues: \n\nPete Bray – Research Fellow in Material Science\, Department of Archaeology\nJenny Chamarette – Senior Research Fellow in Art and Co-I\, ‘The Legacies of Stephen Dwoskin’s Personal Cinema’\nRhi Smith (Museums Studies Twitter) – Director of Academic Learning & Engagement\, UMASCS (University Museums\, Archives & Special Collections Services) and Director of Museums Studies courses\nNicola Wilson – Associate Professor of Book Cultures & Publishing and PI\, ‘Modernist Archives Publishing Project’\n\nAll researchers\, staff and PGRs from all subjects are most welcome. \nAbout the Digital Humanities Hub \nThe Digital Humanities Hub supports researchers to enhance the quality and innovation of their research through engagement with digital tools and methodologies. \nWe can help you to find out how you might be able to apply digital approaches to areas of your research\, build knowledge\, skills and community\, access training and networks\, organise workshops or presentations on digital themes relating to your department or research project\, develop research proposals and applications\, undertake a research project and secure its legacy. \nVisit our online portal to learn more about digital humanities\, the support and resources available\, and how to contact the team. \nConsider also joining our Community of Practice\, a friendly space for researchers to collaborate\, share ideas and skills\, and discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by Digital Humanities as a field. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact the Hub team on digitalhumanities@reading.ac.uk
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/digital-humanities-challenges-and-opportunities/
LOCATION:Microsoft Teams
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
ORGANIZER;CN="Digital%20Humanities%20Team":MAILTO:digitalhumanities@reading.ac.uk
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220424
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SUMMARY:10th International Conference on Polyphenols and Health
DESCRIPTION:The 10th International Conference on Polyphenols and Health\, organised by Professors Jeremy Spencer and Gunter Kuhnle (Department of Food & Nutritional Sciences)\, will be taking place on 20 – 23 April 2022 in London. \nThe meeting will update you on the latest trends\, topics and developments in the field of polyphenols\, food science and health. Topics covered will include: \n• Analytical sciences – measurement of polyphenols\n• Bioavailability\, absorption and metabolism\n• Brain and cognition\n• Cancer\n• Cardiovascular disease\n• Clinical trials\n• Epidemiology\n• Gut microbiota\n• Infectious diseases\n• Mechanisms in action\n• Other \nFor further information and to register to attend\, please visit the conference website.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/10th-international-conference-on-polyphenols-and-health/
LOCATION:Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
ORGANIZER;CN="Professor%20Gunter%20Kuhnle":MAILTO:g.g.kuhnle@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220407T170000
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SUMMARY:The hermit problem: Autonomy’s role in liberating privacy from confidentiality’s grip
DESCRIPTION:Thursday 7 April 2022 at 17:00 – Doors open at 16:45 (JJ Thomson Ditchburn Lecture Theatre\, Whiteknights Campus) \nIn this School of Law lecture\, Professor Paul Wragg (Professor of Media Law\, University of Leeds) will explore the relationship between privacy and confidentiality\, and how these distinct concepts have been interpreted by the courts and scholars. In doing so\, he will explain the role of autonomy in liberating privacy from the grip of confidentiality. \nAbout the speaker: Paul Wragg is Professor of Media Law at the University of Leeds\, a board member of Hacked Off\, a member of the IMPRESS Code Committee\, and is the co-host of The Media Law Podcast.  Professor Wragg’s work has been published in leading journals in the UK and abroad\, such as the Cambridge Law Journal\, Public Law\, Sydney Law Review\, Industrial Law Journal\, the Journal of Media Law\, and the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly. \nTo book your free place please visit: https://www.store.reading.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-arts-humanities-social-science/school-of-law/the-hermit-problem-autonomy%E2%80%99s-role-in-liberating-privacy-from-confidentiality%E2%80%99s-grip
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/the-hermit-problem-autonomys-role-in-liberating-privacy-from-confidentialitys-grip/
LOCATION:JJ Thomson Ditchburn Lecture Theatre
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
ORGANIZER;CN="School%20of%20Law":MAILTO:law@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220404T183000
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SUMMARY:Them/Us: Who decolonises Speech and Language Therapy Higher Education
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by the Speech and Language Therapy Society and the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) this is the first talk of the staff-student partnership at University of Reading\, founded by Dr Vishnu Nair. We will be exploring Critical Conversations in Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion from diverse perspectives around the world. \nWe are first joined by Dr Mershen Pillay\, a member of the faculty at Massey University\, New Zealand whose work has been critical in our understanding of what decolonising speech and language therapy means. \nMonday 4th April\, 6.30pm GMT (virtual).  \nTo register please visit: https://forms.gle/ZeZnGtMQ53Lbv9sX7
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/them-us-who-decolonises-speech-and-language-therapy-higher-education/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220331T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220331T153000
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SUMMARY:GEAR Quarterly Lecture - Growth Volatility and Trade: Diversification vs Specialisation
DESCRIPTION:The Group for Economic Analysis at Reading (GEAR) are pleased to announce the Inaugural GEAR Quarterly Lecture on “Growth Volatility and Trade: Diversification vs Specialisation”\, to be given by Professor Miguel-Leon Ledesma\, University of Kent and CEPR\, on Thursday\, 31 March 2022\, 14:00-15:30 GMT\, in a hybrid (in-person and online) format. \nWe shall hold these lectures every quarter. Attendance is free and you are all very welcome. To register your interest\, email michelle.nand@reading.ac.uk or a.mihailov@reading.ac.uk. \nFor more details\, please see the poster.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/gear-quarterly-lecture-growth-volatility-and-trade-diversification-vs-specialisation/
LOCATION:Hybid event
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220331
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220402
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SUMMARY:Bridging Worlds: Sustainable Agriculture Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Bridging Worlds: Sustainable Agriculture Conference will facilitate interdisciplinary discussion designed to address a variety of key issues surrounding: agriculture\, agri-science\, agri-innovation\, climate change\, climate justice\, sustainability\, trade and development\, sustainable irrigation\, and water resource management\, with a focus on representing voices from the Global South. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe objective is to enlighten\, educate\, and reform our understanding of sustainability in relation to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Climate Change. \nKeynote speakers will include The honorable Dr Tahani Sileet\, Head of External Partnerships\, (Deputy) MP at the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation\, and Ms Laura Kelly\, Director of Shaping Sustainable Markets\, from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). \nDr Sileet will describe irrigation and water resource management of the 11 Nil-Basin countries\, and shed light on their joint efforts to meet the SDGs. While Ms Kelly will talk about the support and development work that she has undertaken on inclusive and green economies\, that leave no one behind – touching on: sustainable habits\, workstreams on improving access to energy\, resilient marine ecosystems\, valuing natural capital\, improving food security\, and artisanal and small-scale mining. \n\nFor more information or to register your place\, please visit the Bridging Worlds: Sustainable Agriculture Conference booking page.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/bridging-worlds-sustainable-agriculture-conference/
LOCATION:Agriculture Building
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
ORGANIZER;CN="Reham%20El-Morally":MAILTO:r.elmorally2@reading.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220330T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220330T163000
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SUMMARY:Royal Meteorological Society Masterclass: Data Assimilation and Crowdsourced Observations in Numerical Weather
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Professor Sarah Dance\, University of Reading \nWeather forecasts are obtained by combining weather observations with computational predictions using a data assimilation process. Forecast accuracy relies on accurate estimates of the uncertainty in these weather observations. Professor Dance will introduce data assimilation\, the observations used in numerical weather prediction and how observation uncertainty is dealt with in the data assimilation process. \nNew\, inexpensive crowdsourced observations are being investigated for numerical weather prediction to fill gaps in existing scientific observing networks. However\, the uncertainty comparisons between crowdsourced observations and numerical model predictions are not well understood. For example\, the measurements will be affected by their local environment (e.g. a temperature measurement in a sheltered street will give a different reading to one made on the top of a skyscraper). Therefore\, data assimilation algorithms must take account of the discrepancy in space and time scales represented by the model and those observed in the actual process. \nExamples will be given from recent research\, including temperature and wind observations from air traffic control reports and temperature observations from private cars. This talk will also discuss how modern deep learning techniques could be used alongside these datasets to improve numerical weather predictions in the future. \nAbout RMetS and University of Reading Meteorological Masterclasses \nContinuing our online Meteorological Masterclasses in partnership with the University of Reading\, we are pleased to announce a new Masterclass series in “Advances in weather and climate forecasting”. \nDuring this series\, three leading experts from the University of Reading will discuss the latest scientific advances for understanding and predicting weather\, climate and its impacts. Topics to be covered include data assimilation and machine learning; identification of causal pathways in atmospheric teleconnections; and modelling advances in resolution and parameterization for weather forecasting. \nThese masterclasses are intended to provide support for professionals working in Meteorology and Climate Science\, and its operational applications who wish to remain up to date on recent scientific developments in the field. \nMasterclasses will run weekly on Wednesday’s 16th\, 23rd and 30th March 2022 from 3 pm to 4.30 pm (UTC)\, consisting of a presentation followed by the opportunity for questions and discussion with the speaker. Whilst the webinars are part of a series\, attendance at all three events is not compulsory.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/royal-meteorological-society-masterclass-data-assimilation-and-crowdsourced-observations-in-numerical-weather/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Environment
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220329
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SUMMARY:Inside and Outside Modernism: An Anatomy of 1922 and its Cultures
DESCRIPTION:“James Joyce is quite wrong headed. Anyhow\, with his wilfulness\, he has made novel reading into a fair imitation of penal servitude…” (ARNOLD BENNETT on ULYSSES) \nKeynote Speakers: Professor Patrick Collier (Ball State University)\, Dr Beci Carver (University of Exeter) \nCALL FOR PAPERS\nThis one-day conference intends to examine 1922 looking at the cultures and writers associated with this significant year\, in all their forms and geographical spread. It will consider the year holistically\, considering cultural and personal interactions and how they relate to the intellectual work of modernism. The conference is designed to bring the year into clearer focus with interdisciplinary contributions from politics\, history\, science\, economics\, music\, literature\, book history and visual culture and areas that have fallen outside the purview of traditional modernism. Some questions the conference would like to approach include: how has modernism impacted on the study of artistic cultures? How far did recent history shape social attitudes? How did the political and economic uncertainties in 1922 permeate different cultures? Was 1922 important for anything more than modernism itself? \nKey areas that we suggest will be covered include: \n\nThe music of 1922\nPublishing and editing\nPopular fiction\nThe texts of modernism\nThe political and economic context\nThe Great War and 1922\nTheatre and culture\nThe trouble with modernism\nVisual cultures\nModernism in retrospect\nOutside the modernist canon\nScientific exploration\n\nUniversity of Reading Special Collections holds a number of important documents relating to publishing and literature in 1922 and there will be an exhibition showcasing some of the more prominent holdings which we hope will inform our discussions on the day. \nProposals for papers should be e-mailed to domonique.davies@pgr.reading.ac.uk and copy in b.bruce@pgr.reading.ac.uk no later than Wednesday December 1st 2021. All proposals should be about 250 words in length and papers should be a maximum of 20 minutes in duration. We hope to contact you about your proposal by 22nd December 2021. Please include an e-mail address and a two-to-three line biography with your proposal. \nWe are currently looking to deliver this conference in-person at the University of Reading\, subject to guidelines. However\, papers may be delivered online. Speakers and attendees will be notified closer to the date of confirmed arrangements. \nOrganised by Ben Bruce and Domonique Davies (Department of English Literature). Supported by the Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing and the Samuel Beckett Research Centre at University of Reading.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/conference-cfp-inside-and-outside-modernism-an-anatomy-of-1922-and-its-cultures/
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:Royal Meteorological Society Masterclass: How do we use the "Weather" in "Numerical Weather Prediction"?
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Professor Peter Clark\, University of Reading \nWe have been forecasting using computer models for well over 50 years. However\, while we soon became used to the idea that so-called ‘NWP’ (Numerical Weather Prediction) models predict the synoptic-scale meteorology\, such as the position and strength of low- or high-pressure regions\, they still lacked the resolution or sufficiently sophisticated representation of physical processes to forecast the ‘weather’ such as rain\, cloud\, fog without additional help from some post-processing or interpretation by meteorologists. \nVast increases in computer power have led\, in part at least\, to increases in model resolution and sophistication\, pioneered in regional models to the extent that they now represent much of the ‘weather’ directly. Model horizontal grid lengths of 1-2 km are now standard\, and some centres are investigating resolutions 10 times higher\, such that some of the motions we would label as ‘turbulence’ are explicitly simulated. This has contributed to considerable improvements in forecasting\, but\, paradoxically\, smaller scales are less predictable than larger scales\, so we are faced with a real dilemma over what we can believe in models and how we extract the best information. \nThis talk and discussion will highlight these issues and discuss some of the work that is happening to help us make the best use of these advances. \nAbout RMetS and University of Reading Meteorological Masterclasses \nContinuing our online Meteorological Masterclasses in partnership with the University of Reading\, we are pleased to announce a new Masterclass series in “Advances in weather and climate forecasting”. \nDuring this series\, three leading experts from the University of Reading will discuss the latest scientific advances for understanding and predicting weather\, climate and its impacts. Topics to be covered include data assimilation and machine learning; identification of causal pathways in atmospheric teleconnections; and modelling advances in resolution and parameterization for weather forecasting. \nThese masterclasses are intended to provide support for professionals working in Meteorology and Climate Science\, and its operational applications who wish to remain up to date on recent scientific developments in the field. \nMasterclasses will run weekly on Wednesday’s 16th\, 23rd and 30th March 2022 from 3 pm to 4.30 pm (UTC)\, consisting of a presentation followed by the opportunity for questions and discussion with the speaker. Whilst the webinars are part of a series\, attendance at all three events is not compulsory.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/royal-meteorological-society-masterclass-how-do-we-use-the-weather-in-numerical-weather-prediction/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Environment
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SUMMARY:“Now I Hear What You Say” – How Short EAP Courses Can Foster Successful Academic Interactional Strategies
DESCRIPTION:Join the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) for a free online talk by Clare Wright (University of Leeds)\, Anna Tsakalaki (University of Reading) and Mei Lin (University of Newcastle) on English for Academic Purposes on March 17th at 3.30pm (UK time). \nIn globalised higher education\, strategies to build academic interactional competence can be key to international students’ success\, e.g. in seminars and oral assessments. Linguistically\, academic interaction requires meaning-focused\, other-oriented oral skills\, which can be challenging for international second-language (L2) students to acquire\, even with specific training. \nIn this talk we are going to argue that even short-term English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses can have valuable potential in boosting oral language strategies and skills\, particularly in listening\, which are needed for successful academic interactional competence. \nIn this study\, we report on data from 230 postgraduate students of mixed L1s. We compared use of L2 (English) listening and speaking strategies at the start and end of a 5-week EAP programme at a UK university. \nWe found a moderate significant improvement over time in meaning-focused listening strategies\, and some evidence in increased use of a wider range of speaking strategies. Further factor analysis revealed a subtle but clear shift towards more other-oriented stance in both listening and speaking strategy use\, although with much individual variation\, and no significant correlation with proficiency. \nThis study is one of the first to use speaker stance analysis in studying L2 academic communication. It provides some initial evidence to suggest that\, if taken further\, strategy teaching may enhance international students’ interactional competence when listening and speaking in a HE learning environment. \nTo register to attend this online talk please click here.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/now-i-hear-what-you-say-how-short-eap-courses-can-foster-successful-academic-interactional-strategies/
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220316T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220316T210000
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SUMMARY:The Great Debate 2022: The Future for Residential Heating
DESCRIPTION:The UK government has published its Heat and Buildings Strategy\, a plan to replace fossil-fuelled\nheating like gas boilers with low-carbon technologies such as heat pumps. This is a comprehensive and groundbreaking strategy that flags a range of complex issues involved in solving a problem like decarbonising heat. \nNatural gas boilers are seen as one of the biggest barriers to the net zero target — they produce 58.5 million tons of carbon dioxide a year\, compared to 27 million cars emitting 56 million tons annually\, the National Housing Federation says. \nWith a ban on new build natural gas fired domestic boilers not far off\, there is considerable uncertainty about what will happen and what the best options are for individual circumstances. \nThe aim of this year’s Great Debate event is to update the audience on these issues and to provide a forum for those attending to ask questions of the experts. \nThe topics to be covered will include:\n1. Why do we need to change the residential heating\n2. Electrical based alternatives\n3. Hydrogen Systems Implications\n4. Ensuring new build delivers carbon reductions \nTime: 19:00 – 21:00\, online\nAdmission free. Booking essential via The Great Debate booking page.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/the-great-debate-2022-the-future-for-residential-heating/
CATEGORIES:Environment
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220316T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220316T163000
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SUMMARY:Royal Meteorological Society Masterclass: Extracting Causal Information from Climate Data
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr Marlene Kretschmer\, University of Reading \nThere are large uncertainties when it comes to predicting extreme regional weather and climate events. A limited causal understanding of the physical drivers of extremes – such as connections to the North Atlantic Oscillation or Madden-Julian Oscillation – compounds the issue when interpreting climate model forecasts. Yet\, to justify taking critical actions in the light of uncertainty\, explanations are crucial because they provide decision-makers with a level of plausibility. \nTherefore\, weather and climate forecasting progress strongly depend on an improved causal understanding of the climate system by analysing the large data sets from observations and climate models. A physical knowledge of the underlying mechanisms and different statistical techniques is needed. \nIn this talk\, Dr Kretschmer will show how recent causality research advancements can help reconcile the two. A causal approach requires explicitly including expert knowledge in the statistical analysis\, allowing for quantitative conclusions. This session will illustrate some of the key concepts of this theory with concrete examples of well-known atmospheric teleconnections and will discuss the particular challenges and advantages these imply for climate science. \nAbout RMetS and University of Reading Meteorological Masterclasses \nContinuing our online Meteorological Masterclasses in partnership with the University of Reading\, we are pleased to announce a new Masterclass series in “Advances in weather and climate forecasting”. \nDuring this series\, three leading experts from the University of Reading will discuss the latest scientific advances for understanding and predicting weather\, climate and its impacts. Topics to be covered include data assimilation and machine learning; identification of causal pathways in atmospheric teleconnections; and modelling advances in resolution and parameterization for weather forecasting. \nThese masterclasses are intended to provide support for professionals working in Meteorology and Climate Science\, and its operational applications who wish to remain up to date on recent scientific developments in the field. \nMasterclasses will run weekly on Wednesday’s 16th\, 23rd and 30th March 2022 from 3 pm to 4.30 pm (UTC)\, consisting of a presentation followed by the opportunity for questions and discussion with the speaker. Whilst the webinars are part of a series\, attendance at all three events is not compulsory.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/royal-meteorological-society-masterclass-extracting-causal-information-from-climate-data/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Environment
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220315T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220315T170000
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SUMMARY:CFAC Keynote - Meet Me at the Movies: Cinema and Cinephilia in the Age of Unlimited Choice
DESCRIPTION:Centre for Film Aesthetics and Cultures Keynote\nTuesday 15th March 2022\, 5pm\nBulmershe Theatre\, Minghella Studios\, Whiteknights Campus \nIn this personal essay on a life of movie-going and a love of cinema\, BFI Festival Director Tricia Tuttle will reflect on the role movies have played in her own development\, and her discoveries of hidden desires and shared languages. Drawing\, magpie-like on a range of texts – from statistical studies to Performance\, and from Susan Sontag to Pink Flamingos – she’ll ask what it means to be a cinephile in the age of unlimited choice. \nTricia Tuttle \nTricia Tuttle has been Director of BFI Festivals since 2019\, overseeing the teams that run BFI London Film Festival and BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival. She was appointed the position following her role as Artistic Director of the 62nd Edition of the BFI London Film Festival in 2018 and after five successful years as Deputy Head of Festivals at BFI. \nThis event is free\, but space is limited. To book\, please email cfac@reading.ac.uk.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/cfac-keynote-meet-me-at-the-movies-cinema-and-cinephilia-in-the-age-of-unlimited-choice/
LOCATION:Minghella Building\, Bulmershe Theatre\, Whiteknights\, RG6 6UR
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220310T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220310T170000
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SUMMARY:Five go to France …and are translated back again
DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing (CBCP) presents an online panel event with the editor and translator to mark the publication of Hachette’s new Famous Five graphic novel series. \nSpeakers: \n\nAlexandra Antscherl (Editorial Director\, Enid Blyton Entertainment and Fiction Brands at Hachette Children’s Group)\nEmma D. Page (Translator\, PhD student at the Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing\, University of Reading)\n\nChair: Sophie Heywood (Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing\, University of Reading) \nThe panel will explore the new Famous Five series retold as graphic novels for the first time ever. The series translates back into English the French adaptation of Blyton’s novels by Béja and Nataël\, a talented father-and-son team of graphic novel experts.  Together the speakers will discuss the French and English books\, the translation process\, and publishing Blyton in the 21st century. This will be followed by a Q&A. \nThis event is free and open to all. Please register your interest to receive the Zoom link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/276589967037
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/five-go-to-france-and-are-translated-back-again/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220309T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220309T143000
DTSTAMP:20260501T033435
CREATED:20220302T151141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T094157Z
UID:23644-1646830800-1646836200@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Open Research Forum
DESCRIPTION:The next Open Research Forum will take place on Wednesday 9th March at 13.00-14.30. \nIf you want to get a flavour of the Open Research Champions community and listen to some great talks on Open Research topics\, come along to the next meeting of the Open Research Forum. We have a great line-up of talks: \n\nErsilia\, a hub of Open Source AI/ML models for infectious and neglected diseases (Gemma Turon\, Software Sustainability Institute Fellow/co-founder and CEO\, Ersilia Open Source Initiative)\nOne Image: Exploring Open Source Digital Imaging for Research (Eva Kevei\, Associate Professor\, Biomedical Sciences)\nAnnotating for Transparent Inquiry in qualitative research: making archival documents accessible (Joseph O’Mahoney\, Lecturer\, Politics\, Economics and International Relations)\n\nYou are welcome to dip in and out if a particular talk is of interest. \nVisit the event page for full details or book your place now at the Open Research Forum.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/open-research-forum-3/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health,Environment,Heritage & Creativity,Prosperity & Resilience
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220308T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220308T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T033435
CREATED:20220302T145703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T094205Z
UID:23638-1646737200-1646748000@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Together we can – an International Women’s Day symposium
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating our amazing community of students and staff who are striving to make the world a fairer place for all women.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers and events include: \n\nProfessor Parveen Yaqoob\,\nProfessor Rosa Freedman\nProfessor Robert Van De Noort\nWomen’s Choir\nCheerleading society performance\nStudent presentations and art works\nMusic\nRefreshments and time to chat\n\nBook your place on the Together we can event registration page.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/together-we-can-an-international-womens-day-symposium/
LOCATION:3sixty
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health,Environment,Heritage & Creativity,Prosperity & Resilience
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220224T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220224T180000
DTSTAMP:20260501T033435
CREATED:20220204T161300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220204T171719Z
UID:23482-1645725600-1645725600@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Dwoskino: The Sun and the Moon + intro by writer Paul Clinton
DESCRIPTION:Part of Experimenta focus: Stephen Dwoskin\, a series of film screenings and talks at the BFI Southbank from 1-24 February \nThe Sun and the Moon + intro by writer Paul Clinton\nThursday 24 February 2022 18:20 NFT3 \nStephen Dwoskin’s late masterpiece is distantly inspired by the Beauty and the Beast tale. \n\n\nDirector – Stephen Dwoskin\nWith Beatrice Cordua\, Stephen Dwoskin\, Helga Wretman\nUK 2008. 59min. Digital\n\n\n\nDwoskin began as an underground filmmaker\, and ended his career as one. Distantly inspired by Beauty and the Beast\, The Sun and the Moon features Dwoskin as the Beast\, all but confined to his bed and hooked up to a breathing machine\, opposite performance artist and stunt performer Helga Wretman\, and dancer Beatrice ‘Trixie’ Cordua (Dwoskin’s muse of many years). The high point of Dwoskin’s late period\, the film was described by scholar Raymond Bellour as an ‘absolute masterpiece’. \n+ Me Myself and I \n\n\n\nUK 1968. Stephen Dwoskin. 18min Digital 4K \n\n\nBuy tickets from BFI Southbank \n\nExperimenta focus: Stephen Dwoskin season\nA unique and challenging filmmaker whose themes include disability\, sexuality\, diaspora\, and memory. \nStephen Dwoskin arrived in London from New York in 1964\, aged 25\, with a trunk of 16mm films shot in the milieu of Andy Warhol and Jonas Mekas. He became known for a series of films in which the camera’s unblinking gaze is returned by his female subjects. Laura Mulvey wrote that he ‘opened a completely new perspective for me on cinematic voyeurism’. In the mid-70s\, Dwoskin turned his gaze on his own body\, disabled in childhood by polio\, before making a number of personal documentaries about disability and diaspora. In the 2000s\, with his mobility severely impaired\, he embraced the possibilities of digital technology to return to the underground and the erotic obsessions that powered his extraordinary 50-year career. \nRachel Garfield and Henry K Miller\, co-programmers \nFor details of the entire programme\, please visit the Experimenta focus: Stephen Dwoskin page. \n 
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/dwoskino-the-sun-and-the-moon-intro-by-writer-paul-clinton/
LOCATION:BFI Southbank
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
ORGANIZER;CN="Dr%20Rachel%20Garfield%2C%20Professor%20of%20Fine%20Art":MAILTO:r.s.garfield@reading.ac.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220224T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220224T180000
DTSTAMP:20260501T033435
CREATED:20220125T102902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220125T103603Z
UID:23410-1645722000-1645725600@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Researching the history of printing in Iran: particularities and challenges
DESCRIPTION:Dr Borna Izadpanah\, Department of Typography\, University of Reading \nThis event organised by the Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing (CBCP) is free and open to all. This research seminar will be a hybrid event\, taking place on the University of Reading campus\, Typography Department\, Room A6\, and online. \nPlease register your interest to receive the Zoom link here: \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researching-the-history-of-printing-in-iran-particularities-and-challenges-tickets-242664866147  \nThis seminar introduces some of the particularities and challenges that Borna’s recently completed PhD research faced in developing the chapter that deals with the introduction of Arabic-script printing to nineteenth-century Iran. One of the significant aspects of Arabic-script metal types produced in Iran is their extremely minimal use. This is also true of the number of surviving copies of the early Persian publications in Iran which were printed with those types. For example\, the first Qurʾān printed with both typography (1827) and lithography (1834) are limited to two identified copies. Additionally\, the condition of extant copies of books printed in Iran during this period are often extremely poor and\, in many cases\, incomplete. \nThis presentation demonstrates Borna’s experience of investigating the early Persian publications in Iran\, which shows that many of these publications have yet to be identified. As will be shown\, the discovery of previously unknown publications in libraries or private collections – which is not an infrequent occurrence – often overturns the received history of printing in Iran. \nBorna Izadpanah is a typeface designer and researcher based in London. He holds a PhD in Typography & Graphic Communication from the University of Reading\, where he also graduated with an MA in Typeface Design. His doctoral research explored the history of the early typographic representation of the Persian language. Borna has received numerous prestigious awards for his research and typeface design including the Grand Prize and the First Prize in Arabic Text Typeface in Granshan Type Design Competition\, TDC Certificate of Typographic Excellence\, and the Symposia Iranica Prize for the best paper in Art History. \nThis research seminar will be a hybrid event\, taking place online and on the University of Reading campus\, Room A6\, Typography Department http://www.reading.ac.uk/web/files/maps/whiteknights-campus-map.pdf (Building number 21 on this map). \nFor details of further CBCP events\, please see the events schedule.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/researching-the-history-of-printing-in-iran-particularities-and-challenges/
LOCATION:Hybid event
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220223T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220223T183000
DTSTAMP:20260501T033435
CREATED:20220204T160655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220204T162230Z
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SUMMARY:Dwoskino: The Gaze of Stephen Dwoskin
DESCRIPTION:Part of Experimenta focus: Stephen Dwoskin\, a series of film screenings and talks at the BFI Southbank from 1-24 February \nThe Gaze of Stephen Dwoskin\nWednesday 23 February 2022 18:45 BFI Reuben Library \nIn this library talk we’re joined by the editors of new book DWOSKINO: The Gaze of Stephen Dwoskin. \n\n\nTotal running time 60min\n\n\n\nThe newly published DWOSKINO: The Gaze of Stephen Dwoskin is a collection of images\, texts\, and documents\, providing a vivid portrait of Dwoskin’s life and times. In this library talk\, editors Rachel Garfield and Henry K Miller will discuss the book’s circuitous journey to the page under the shadow of Covid\, when access to archives and libraries was dramatically curtailed. \nTickets £6.50 \nBuy tickets from BFI Southbank \n  \nExperimenta focus: Stephen Dwoskin season\nA unique and challenging filmmaker whose themes include disability\, sexuality\, diaspora\, and memory. \nStephen Dwoskin arrived in London from New York in 1964\, aged 25\, with a trunk of 16mm films shot in the milieu of Andy Warhol and Jonas Mekas. He became known for a series of films in which the camera’s unblinking gaze is returned by his female subjects. Laura Mulvey wrote that he ‘opened a completely new perspective for me on cinematic voyeurism’. In the mid-70s\, Dwoskin turned his gaze on his own body\, disabled in childhood by polio\, before making a number of personal documentaries about disability and diaspora. In the 2000s\, with his mobility severely impaired\, he embraced the possibilities of digital technology to return to the underground and the erotic obsessions that powered his extraordinary 50-year career. \nRachel Garfield and Henry K Miller\, co-programmers \nFor details of the entire programme\, please visit the Experimenta focus: Stephen Dwoskin page. \n 
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/dwoskino-the-gaze-of-stephen-dwoskin/
LOCATION:BFI Southbank
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
ORGANIZER;CN="Dr%20Rachel%20Garfield%2C%20Professor%20of%20Fine%20Art":MAILTO:r.s.garfield@reading.ac.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220221T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220221T193000
DTSTAMP:20260501T033435
CREATED:20220107T152216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220114T104137Z
UID:23306-1645466400-1645471800@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Multilingualism and Social Justice
DESCRIPTION:Join the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) on International Mother Language Day (21st February) for their online public lecture “Multilingualism and Social Justice”. \nLeading academics from across disciplines from CeLM at the University of Reading will come together to present and discuss their international research with multilingual children and adults; research that challenges social inequality. How do minoritized young people experience education\, migration and health provision and how does their multilingualism sit within wider issues of race\, disability and access to services? \nA round table discussion format will provide an opportunity for the audience to engage with experts in the field. \n\nDr Naomi Flynn will talk about her research in US schools examining a language-rich pedagogy shown to improve educational outcomes of minoritized groups of learners.\nDr Vishnu Nair will talk about racial disproportionality of minoritized children in speech and language services through the intersecting lens of race and disability.\nDr Tony Capstick will talk about Multilingual pedagogies and social justice in language education in the Global South.\nDr Federico Faloppa will talk about Multilingualism (and mother tongues) through multilingual unaccompanied minors’ perspectives. A round table discussion will provide an opportunity for the audience to engage in discussion with experts in the field.\n\nAdmission free. Booking essential. \nPlease visit the event page to book your place.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/multilingualism-and-social-justice/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220217T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220217T140000
DTSTAMP:20260501T033435
CREATED:20220214T174951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T094229Z
UID:23538-1645102800-1645106400@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Become an Open Research Champion - information session
DESCRIPTION:There will an information session at 13.00-14.00 on Thursday 17th February for anyone interested in becoming an Open Research Champion. \nThe University is seeking researchers\, members of staff connected with research\, and research students (second year onwards) in any discipline who are willing to spend a few hours a month helping to build a culture of Open Research at the University. \nAs a Champion\, you will become part of a collaborative community working to promote open and reproducible research practices. \nThe main qualifications to be a Champion are enthusiasm for Open Research\, and a willingness to learn and share. You don’t need to be an expert – we will provide training ­– but knowledge and skills in specific open practices are welcome. \nThe call is open for applications until 11th March. \nThe information session will provide an overview of the Champions programme by Robert Darby\, Research Data Manager. Current Champions Auvikki de Boon (PhD student\, Agriculture\, Policy and Development) and Marzia Briel (Associate Lecturer/PhD student\, Law) will discuss their experiences of the programme. \nFor call details and to book your place at the information session\, visit this page.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/become-an-open-research-champion-information-session/
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health,Environment,Heritage & Creativity,Prosperity & Resilience
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220215T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220215T180000
DTSTAMP:20260501T033435
CREATED:20220204T160211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220204T162746Z
UID:23478-1644948000-1644948000@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Dwoskino: Ballet Black + discussion with two of the film’s stars\, Jacqueline Boatswain and Colin Charles
DESCRIPTION:Part of Experimenta focus: Stephen Dwoskin\, a series of film screenings and talks at the BFI Southbank from 1-24 February \nBallet Black\n+ discussion with two of the film’s stars\, Jacqueline Boatswain and Colin Charles\nTuesday 15 February 2022 18:10 NFT3 \nA very personal documentary about pioneering Black British dance troupe Ballets Nègres. \n\n\nDirector – Stephen Dwoskin\nWith Jacqueline Boatswain\, Colin Charles\, Astley Harvey\, Joy Richardson\nUK 1986. 83min. 16mm\n\n\n\nDwoskin’s lifelong love of dance culminated in this very personal documentary about the Ballets Nègres\, the pioneering Black British dance troupe\, founded in London in 1946. Using a wealth of rare archival material and interviews\, Ballet Black tells a story about pre-Windrush Black British culture that is still little-known today. \nThe story is brought alive by Dwoskin’s cast of younger dancers\, seen rehearsing and performing the original troupe’s dances in a variety of inventive styles\, and at a reunion party with the older generation. On its first release in 1987 it was shown in a double-bill with Black Audio Film Collective’s Handsworth Songs. \n“The film climaxes with a spectacular and vibrant performance of ‘They Came’ by young black dancers. The fact that a ballet 40 years old appears exciting and contemporary is surely a tribute to the company’s place in the development of ballet and British culture.”– Chinyelu Onwurah\, Guardian\, 1986 \nBallet Black will be followed by a discussion of the making of the film and its legacy by two of its stars\, Jaqueline Boatswain (Shameless\, Cuckoo) and Colin Charles (Cats – original production\, English National Opera). \nBiographies\nJacqueline Boatswain is an actor\, dancer\, and singer whose West End roles include Kiss Me Kate\, Chicago\, and Jesus Christ Superstar. She has numerous television credits\, including long-running characters in Grange Hill\, Hollyoaks and Doctors. Her recent roles include Shameless\, Vera\, Bancroft\, Miracle Workers\, Shakespeare & Hathaway\, David Hare’s Collateral\, and alongside Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne in Carnival Row. \nColin Charles trained at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. His West End credits include We Will Rock You\, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\, Miss Saigon\, Cats\, and Five Guys Named Moe; and he has appeared in in English National Opera productions of Orpheus in the Underworld\, Faust\, and Aida. He is current performing in Dirty Dancing at the Dominion Theatre. \n\n\n\n\nBuy tickets from BFI Southbank \n\n\n\n\n  \nExperimenta focus: Stephen Dwoskin season\nA unique and challenging filmmaker whose themes include disability\, sexuality\, diaspora\, and memory. \nStephen Dwoskin arrived in London from New York in 1964\, aged 25\, with a trunk of 16mm films shot in the milieu of Andy Warhol and Jonas Mekas. He became known for a series of films in which the camera’s unblinking gaze is returned by his female subjects. Laura Mulvey wrote that he ‘opened a completely new perspective for me on cinematic voyeurism’. In the mid-70s\, Dwoskin turned his gaze on his own body\, disabled in childhood by polio\, before making a number of personal documentaries about disability and diaspora. In the 2000s\, with his mobility severely impaired\, he embraced the possibilities of digital technology to return to the underground and the erotic obsessions that powered his extraordinary 50-year career. \nRachel Garfield and Henry K Miller\, co-programmers \nFor details of the entire programme\, please visit the Experimenta focus: Stephen Dwoskin page. \n 
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/dwoskino-ballet-black-discussion-with-two-of-the-films-stars-jacqueline-boatswain-and-colin-charles/
LOCATION:BFI Southbank
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
ORGANIZER;CN="Dr%20Rachel%20Garfield%2C%20Professor%20of%20Fine%20Art":MAILTO:r.s.garfield@reading.ac.uk
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220214T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220214T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T033435
CREATED:20220106T164410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T094235Z
UID:23299-1644847200-1644858000@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:HortQFLNet Conference (Part 2)
DESCRIPTION:To align with their 2022 Funding Call\, HortQFLNet are holding a conference event to explain more about the funding call\, provide an opportunity for networking with other members from academia and industry and to find out about progress and results of the funded projects from our 2020 awardees. \nThe conference will be held on 10 Feb (09:00-13:00) and 14 Feb 2022 (14:00-17:00). Your registration on Eventbrite will register you for both days. You will be sent separate Zoom invitations for the two sessions following registration. \nRegistration is free for all Network members – click here to register. \nFor more information or to become a member\, please visit https://foodlossnetwork.com/
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/hortqflnet-conference-part-2/
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220212T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220212T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T033435
CREATED:20220204T155206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220204T162615Z
UID:23473-1644667200-1644685200@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Dwoskino: Study Day + Acting Out - Stephen Dwoskin film screening
DESCRIPTION:Part of Experimenta focus: Stephen Dwoskin\, a series of film screenings and talks at the BFI Southbank from 1-24 February \nStudy Day + Acting Out: Stephen Dwoskin film screening\nSaturday 12 February 2022 12:00 NFT3 \nAn introduction to Dwoskin through talks\, a keynote presentation by Adrian Martin plus a screening of Acting Out: Stephen Dwoskin\, a film by artist Philomène Hoël. \nDwoskin’s career\, not only as a filmmaker but as a painter\, designer\, writer\, and campaigner\, cut across many central questions of the era: disability\, sexuality\, diaspora\, and technology – especially technologies of memory. On his death in 2012 he left behind an extraordinarily rich archive\, which for more than three years has been the focus of a multi-institutional research team based at the University of Reading. \nThis Study Day will include presentations from in and outside the project\, culminating in a keynote talk from critic Adrian Martin. \nThe Study Day will be followed by the first live screening of Acting Out: Stephen Dwoskin\, a film by artist Philomène Hoël starring researchers Henry K. Miller and Darragh O’Donoghue. \nStudy Day 12pm to 4pm \nThese talks will introduce Dwoskin from a variety of perspectives\, addressing such key themes in his work as disability\, diaspora\, and memory\, and drawing on new research in the Dwoskin archive. The day will include a keynote talk from critic and audiovisual essayist Adrian Martin\, on Dwoskin’s project of ‘a complex\, hybrid cinema\, in which disorientation is a major source of pleasure’. \nRachel Garfield and Will Fowler introduction \nPanel 1– Elisa Adami: Between the Archive and Repertoire: Embodied Memory in Stephen Dwoskin’s Ballet Black (1986)– Darragh O’Donoghue: Inside out and outside in: some thoughts on Dwoskin\, Paula Rego\, disability\, and feminism– Tom Cuthbertson: Before the Beginning/Avant le début: autobiography\, imitation\, control \nPanel 2– Jenny Chamarette and Henry K. Miller: Intoxicated By My Archive \nKeynote talk –  Adrian Martin: Getting Lost in Dwoskin (chaired by Alison Butler) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDisorientation\, on every level\, is a powerful and disconcerting force in the work of Stephen Dwoskin. Focussing on the feature-length films he made in the 1970s\, this talk will explore the productive tension (as identified by Raymond Durgnat in the ’80s) between Dwoskin’s rigorous ‘plastic aesthetics’ (of space\, colour\, composition\, etc.) and his remarkable experimentation with narrative forms. Today\, artists who work in a similar way are frequently told that their films would best ‘fit into an art gallery context’. Yet Dwoskin\, in his time\, held on to the project of a complex\, hybrid cinema\, in which disorientation is a major source of pleasure. \nFilm Screening 4pm to 5pm\nActing Out: Stephen Dwoskin (dir. Philomène Hoël\, 2020) \nThe day will end with the first in-person screening of artist Philomène Hoël’s film Acting Out: Stephen Dwoskin\, in which ‘Hoël plays a high-wire game with her fellow researchers\, exploring the nature of their mutual obsession; filmmaker Stephen Dwoskin\, whose life and fictive world bleeds into their encounter through a series of interventions in disconcerting and hilarious ways’ (Ben Cook). \nBuy tickets from BFI Southbank. \n  \nExperimenta focus: Stephen Dwoskin season\nA unique and challenging filmmaker whose themes include disability\, sexuality\, diaspora\, and memory. \nStephen Dwoskin arrived in London from New York in 1964\, aged 25\, with a trunk of 16mm films shot in the milieu of Andy Warhol and Jonas Mekas. He became known for a series of films in which the camera’s unblinking gaze is returned by his female subjects. Laura Mulvey wrote that he ‘opened a completely new perspective for me on cinematic voyeurism’. In the mid-70s\, Dwoskin turned his gaze on his own body\, disabled in childhood by polio\, before making a number of personal documentaries about disability and diaspora. In the 2000s\, with his mobility severely impaired\, he embraced the possibilities of digital technology to return to the underground and the erotic obsessions that powered his extraordinary 50-year career. \nRachel Garfield and Henry K Miller\, co-programmers \nFor details of the entire programme\, please visit the Experimenta focus: Stephen Dwoskin page.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/dwoskino-study-day-acting-out-stephen-dwoskin-film-screening/
LOCATION:BFI Southbank
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
ORGANIZER;CN="Dr%20Rachel%20Garfield%2C%20Professor%20of%20Fine%20Art":MAILTO:r.s.garfield@reading.ac.uk
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220210T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220210T130000
DTSTAMP:20260501T033435
CREATED:20220106T163613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T094241Z
UID:23291-1644483600-1644498000@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:HortQFLNet Conference (Part 1)
DESCRIPTION:To align with their 2022 Funding Call\, HortQFLNet are holding a conference event to explain more about the funding call\, provide an opportunity for networking with other members from academia and industry and to find out about progress and results of the funded projects from our 2020 awardees. \nThe conference will be held on 10 Feb (09:00-13:00) and 14 Feb 2022 (14:00-17:00). Your registration on Eventbrite will register you for both days. You will be sent separate Zoom invitations for the two sessions following registration. \nRegistration is free for all Network members – click here to register. \nFor more information or to become a member\, please visit https://foodlossnetwork.com/
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/hortqflnet-conference/
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220209T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220209T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T033435
CREATED:20220119T084741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T094252Z
UID:23368-1644411600-1644426000@research.reading.ac.uk
SUMMARY:ECR Networking Event
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in collaborative research? Looking to engage in ECR-led research? Have you got ideas that could benefit from others skills and expertise? Then this event is for you! \nCINNergies\, part of the the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics (CINN)\, is running an online ECR networking event on 9 February from 13:00-17:00. \nCINNergies has donated £2\,500 to support ECR-led collaborative pilot projects. \nApplications for this research funding must be interdisciplinary. This event is designed to help you build collaborations and make connections so that you can apply for this CINNergies research funding. \nThe CINNergies ECR networking event is an online event including round-robin structured networking\, elevator pitches for those looking for collaborators on a specific idea\, and an open networking session. You’re also welcome to join us at the SCR for a drink after. \nSo\, if you would like to meet other ECRs and exchange ideas… \nClick here to register for the networking event \nFor more information\, contact CINNergies@reading.ac.uk or see the event poster.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/ecr-networking-event/
LOCATION:gather.town
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health,Environment,Heritage & Creativity,Prosperity & Resilience
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220207T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220207T180000
DTSTAMP:20260501T033435
CREATED:20220204T153250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220204T162512Z
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SUMMARY:Dwoskino: Outside In + intro by author Allan Sutherland
DESCRIPTION:Part of Experimenta focus: Stephen Dwoskin\, a series of film screenings and talks at the BFI Southbank from 1-24 February \nOutside In + intro by author Allan Sutherland\nMonday 07 February 2022 18:00 NFT3 \nDwoskin’s autofictional comedy about life among the non-disabled moves from documentary to the surreal. \n\nDirector – Stephen Dwoskin\nWith Olimpia Carlisi\, Beatrice Cordua\, Stephen Dwoskin\, Merdelle Jordine\nWest Germany 1981. 110min\nDigital premiere\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA comedy about life among the non-disabled\, with Outside In (1981) Dwoskin turned the camera’s gaze upon himself\, to show the full variety of reactions that his disabled body provoked\, from horror to pity to awkwardness. “I tend to forget that my disability is seen as abnormal by the greater part of society”\, he once said. \nShot on location in Dwoskin’s adoptive home in London\, and drawing on experience\, Dwoskin called Outside In ‘a combination of memories from the visual diary of a disabled person’. Raymond Durgnat wrote of its ‘abrupt switches between documentary interest and fiction\, jokiness and lyricism\, slapstick and sadness’. \n“To some people”\, Dwoskin recalled\, “it was disturbing because it broke into some of the taboos regarding people with disabilities especially in areas such as sexuality.” The result is Dwoskin’s most entertaining and accessible film. \n“Dwoskin is inexplicable. Beyond analysis\, description\, exegesis. With an impertinent\, unprecedented\, truly radical ease\, he goes beyond the structured\, intelligent\, intelligible words that could be uttered on his films. So much oratorical precaution to arrive at this: all I want to announce – yes\, as good news\, a last-minute surprise – is that the death of cinema is temporarily postponed\, and that there is still a filmmaker.” – Louis Skorecki\, “Dwoskin: le dernier cinéaste”\, Cahiers du cinéma\, July–August 1982 \nWinner of the 1982 Prix L’Age d’Or. \nOutside In will be introduced by Allan Sutherland\, author of the landmark book Disabled We Stand\, published in the year the film was made. \nBiography \nAllan Sutherland is a writer\, performer\, disability arts activist and leading historian of disability arts. In 1981\, with Stephen Dwoskin\, he programmed for the National Film Theatre ‘Carry On Cripple’\, a season of feature films about disability\, the UK’s first such. He created the Chronology of Disability Arts and\, with Tony Heaton\, developed the thinking behind what would become the National Disability Arts Collection and Archive. \nBuy tickets from BFI Southbank \n\n\n\n\n  \nExperimenta focus: Stephen Dwoskin season\nA unique and challenging filmmaker whose themes include disability\, sexuality\, diaspora\, and memory. \nStephen Dwoskin arrived in London from New York in 1964\, aged 25\, with a trunk of 16mm films shot in the milieu of Andy Warhol and Jonas Mekas. He became known for a series of films in which the camera’s unblinking gaze is returned by his female subjects. Laura Mulvey wrote that he ‘opened a completely new perspective for me on cinematic voyeurism’. In the mid-70s\, Dwoskin turned his gaze on his own body\, disabled in childhood by polio\, before making a number of personal documentaries about disability and diaspora. In the 2000s\, with his mobility severely impaired\, he embraced the possibilities of digital technology to return to the underground and the erotic obsessions that powered his extraordinary 50-year career. \nRachel Garfield and Henry K Miller\, co-programmers \nFor details of the entire programme\, please visit the Experimenta focus: Stephen Dwoskin page. \n 
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/dwoskino-outside-in-intro-by-author-allan-sutherland/
LOCATION:BFI Southbank
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:Read the World: Picture Books and Translation
DESCRIPTION:This event organised by the Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing (CBCP) is free and open to all. This research seminar will be online. \nPlease register your interest to receive the Zoom link here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/read-the-world-picture-books-and-translation-tickets-251121821127 \nThe 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: \nRead the World: Picture Books and Translation \nA Reading Library Exhibition at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (Amherst\, MA) \nThe Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book’s current library exhibition “Read the World: Picture Books and Translation” highlights the role of translators\, showcases multilingual books\, and introduces readers to recent English translations and their publishers. \nJoin Professor Regina Galasso (UMass Amherst)\, Caroline Seitz (Amherst College)\, Education Director Courtney Waring (The Carle) and Literacy Educator David Feinstein (The Carle) as they share themes and highlights from the exhibition\, and discuss their process curating and creating interpretive materials for young readers. \nParticipants: \nDavid Feinstein (The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art) \nRegina Galasso (University of Massachusetts Amherst) \nCaroline Seitz (Amherst College) \nCourtney Waring (The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art) \nFor details of further CBCP events\, please see the events schedule.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/read-the-world-picture-books-and-translation/
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:IFNH 4th Annual Forum - Sustainable and Nutritious Food: Are these values irreconcilable?
DESCRIPTION:The Institute for Food\, Nutrition and Health (IFNH) is delighted to invite you to the 4th Annual Forum on Wednesday 2 February 2022 at 14.00 – 17.00 (GMT) which will be held online via Microsoft Teams. \nThe theme of this year’s Forum is about the potential conflict between the environmental cost of food and its importance as a source of important nutrients\, including the importance of good public communications and the consumer attitudes on this topic. \nWe will have a range of speakers including two externals from the Cranfield University and University of Aberdeen. \nPlease download a copy of the event programme. \nThe event is free to attend. \nFor further information\, please contact Elena Carp\, Executive Administration Manager\, Institute for Food\, Nutrition and Health (IFNH) at E.Carp@reading.ac.uk
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/ifnh-4th-annual-forum-sustainable-and-nutritious-food-are-these-values-irreconcilable/
LOCATION:Microsoft Teams
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health,Environment
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