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SUMMARY:Locus Ludi: Anyone can play!
DESCRIPTION:The Ure Museum and Classics Department are delighted to announce the launch of its latest major exhibition — Locus Ludi: Anyone can play!—on display at the Ure Museum from 6 September until 30 November\, 2023. This exhibition\, inspired by the European Research Council funded project Locus Ludi: The Cultural Fabric of Play and Games in Classical Antiquity\, led by Professor Véronique Dasen\, is an opportunity to explore the rich collections relating to games and play in antiquity that are available not only at the Ure Museum but at other UK museums. We are most grateful to Colchester and Ipswich Museums\, Reading Museum\, The British Museum and the University of Reading’s Special Collections for the loan of important artefacts from their collections. \nRelated activities include: \n\n16 September\, 10am–4pm: Unwrap ancient games for Heritage Open Days (fun for the whole family; all welcome but please follow the first link to book)\n30 September\, 12–2pm: Summer Olympots to celebrate National Sporting Heritage Day (bring the children but again\, please book via the first link)\n6 October\, 5pm: More than just fun and games: Why study board games in Roman society? A lecture from Dr Tim Penn (Oxford). Edith Morley G44\n16 October\, 5pm: Play or cheat? Games in Greek and Roman antiquity. The James E. Gordon Lecture\, from Prof. Véronique Dasen (Fribourg). Edith Morley G44\n\nFind the full programme of activities on the Classics at Reading blog.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/locus-ludi-anyone-can-play-exhibition/
LOCATION:Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology\, Department Of Classics\, Whiteknights\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG6 6AA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:CBCP Annual Conference: Publishing Anti-fascism
DESCRIPTION:Call for papers: \nThis international conference will bring together scholars of anti-fascist publishing activity in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries\, from any linguistic or geographical context. Our aim is to broaden the understanding of anti-fascist publishing by drawing attention to previously neglected publications\, publishers\, and perspectives – from Europe and beyond.   \nDespite the frequent focus on national contexts\, much anti-fascist publishing was transnational in scope. While refugees from fascism crossed borders from one country to another\, their anti-fascist texts could appear around the world in multiple translations simultaneously. In the 1930s and 40s\, global institutions such as the Communist International and the British Ministry of Information (responsible for propaganda across the whole of the British Empire)\, gave many anti-fascist texts a truly world-wide reach.  \nSince the end of the Second World War\, anti-fascism has not become superfluous as a movement although it is often misunderstood. As Braskén\, Featherstone and Copsey have argued\, ‘political myths and misrepresentations of anti-fascist histories are constantly used in contemporary debates’ (Anti-fascism in a global perspective\, 2021). Whilst taking a broad approach to the history and legacy of anti-fascist publishing\, this conference seeks to fully contextualise these activities in order to understand to what degree they still offer a counterpoint to today’s political right. After all\, as Bill V. Mullen and Christopher Vials have pointed out\, the USA’s anti-fascist tradition goes back to the 1920s\, long before the existence of Antifa (The US Antifascism Reader\, 2020).  \nThough we hope to expand current knowledge of European anti-fascist publishing history and practice\, this conference also welcomes contributions which look beyond a white European setting\, perhaps exploring the intersections of anti-fascism\, anti-racism\, and anti-colonialism in publishing cultures. For instance\, in 1933\, after Nazis ransacked his offices and deported him to England\, the Black pan-Africanist journalist George Padmore argued in an editorial for his communist publication\, The Negro Worker\, that ‘fascism is the greatest danger which confronts not only the white workers\, but is the most hostile movement against [black people].’ He also drew an explicit comparison between the Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan\, writing that “the fascists in Germany are preaching race hatred and advocating lynch law” (The Negro Worker vol. 3\, no. 4-5 [Apr-May 1933]). Yet these historical parallels and continuities are often overlooked in discussions of anti-fascist history.  \n We invite proposals for 20-minute presentations on the following topics:   \n– The use and impact of anti-fascist publications and propaganda   \n– Archival collection and preservation of anti-fascist publishing culture   \n– Interactions between local presses and national/international organisations   \n– The translation\, editing and marketing of anti-fascist texts   \n– Anti-fascist journalism (newspapers\, magazines\, and journals)   \n– The intersections of anti-fascism\, anti-racism and anti-imperialism/anti-colonialism in publishing culture   \n– Anti-fascist exile and refugee networks   \n– anti-fascism\, anti-Semitism\, and the Holocaust  \n– Underground and ephemeral publishing practices (leaflets\, pamphlets\, posters)   \n– Memory and legacy of anti-fascist publishing   \n– Anti-fascism in contemporary publishing cultures    \n– Anti-fascist literary works (plays\, prose\, poetry)\, and their reception    \n– Autobiography\, memoir\, and autofiction by anti-fascist writers  \n  \nProposals from graduate students and early career researchers are especially welcome.   \nPlease submit abstracts (up to 200 words) and a short 2-line bio by 16 January 2023 to Dr Ellen Pilsworth at e.m.pilsworth@reading.ac.uk. If you would like to participate virtually\, please let us know in your proposal. Talks will be given in English.  \nSpeakers will be notified by mid-March 2023. Special keynotes are tbc. We are excited to offer two additional events as part of the conference. One is a screening of Steve Hatton’s 2011 documentary film\, Heilig\, about the Austrian anti-Nazi journalist Bruno Heilig\, and his son\, Gerhard\, who came to England as a refugee on the Kindertransport. The film will be introduced by a talk by the filmmaker. The other is a tour of Reading University’s collection of anti-fascist Spanish civil war posters\, housed by the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication.  \nThe conference will be hosted by the University of Reading’s Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing\, and will take place in Reading. Virtual attendance will also be possible\, as the conference will take a hybrid form. There will be minimal or no cost for attendance.  \nOrganising committee at the University of Reading: Ali Brown\, Dr Sophie Heywood\, Prof Daniela La Penna\, Dr Ellen Pilsworth\, Dr Marta Simo-Comas\, Dr Nicola Wilson\, Dr Ute Wölfel. \nImage credit: Wisconsin Historical Society\, Image ID: 14802. Can be viewed online at https://wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM148402
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/publishing-anti-fascism-cbcp-annual-conference-11-12-september-2023/
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:Up in Arms: posters for protest\, solidarity\, engagement and action
DESCRIPTION:Up in Arms: posters for protest\, solidarity\, engagement and action puts posters of protest front and centre. \nThe exhibition has been curated to align with our annual conference\, ‘Publishing Anti-fascism’ convened and organised by Ellen Pilsworth. \nThe exhibition includes material from the collection of twentieth-century posters from the Lettering\, Printing and Graphic Design Collections in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication. It displays posters from a range of sources\, some designed by well-known designers including Robin Fior and David King. The exhibition was curated and designed by Clara Fidler-Brown as part of her experience as a Collections Assistant\, with support from Ellen Pilsworth\, Emma Minns\, Sue Walker and Geoff Wyeth. \n\nThe Up in Arms exhibition space in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/up-in-arms-posters-for-protest/
LOCATION:Department of Typography & Graphic Communication\, TOB 2\, Earley Gate\, Whiteknights Campus\, University of Reading\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG6 7BE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:In the shadow of Hippolytos: Classical studies in honour of Professor Barbara E. Goff
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the work of our esteemed friend\, colleague and Co-head of Department\, Prof. Barbara Goff\, we have planned a one-day conference in her honour\, on the cusp of her retirement\, Friday 22nd September 2023. We have assembled an international cadre of her colleagues\, collaborators\, (former) students and other associates to discuss the diverse range of inclusive and innovative Classical studies on which she herself has contributed so greatly to scholarship in our and related academic fields. The conference’s four themes\, which engage with aspects of her teaching and scholarship are the following: \n\nDrama\, Theory\, History\nA Sporting Life\nBroad(er) Classics\nRe-roo/uting Classics\n\nWe are delighted to announce that we will be joined also by Dr Stella Keramida from University of Reading’s Department of Film\, Theatre\, and Television\, who with her students is preparing a performance of (some of) Trojan Women.  \nEveryone is invited to join us — whether in person or online — to celebrate Prof. Goff on this august occasion\, but please sign up here (using the link or this QR code). Please do not hesitate to contact doukissa.kamini@reading.ac.uk for further details or if you have any questions. \nAmy Smith\, Dania Kamini and Oliver Baldwin \nRead the full programme here.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/classical-studies-in-honour-of-barbara-goff/
LOCATION:Edith Morley\, 127\, University of Reading\, Shinfield Road\, Reading\, RG6 6EL
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:In the Company of Monsters: New Visions\, Ancient Myths
DESCRIPTION:Free exhibition \n23 September 2023 – 24 February 2024 \nReading Museum \nIn the Company of Monsters: New Visions\, Ancient Myths will be an exhibition of the works of the contemporary artists Eleanor Crook and Paul Reid\, alongside objects\, texts\, and artworks from the University of Reading and Reading Museum. Brought together for the first time\, these detailed and striking works share an interest in retelling ancient myths of body difference\, diversity\, and hybridity. Inspired by the enduring dreams\, or nightmares\, of bodily ‘otherness’\, the weird and wonderful creatures portrayed in this unique exhibition will ask vital questions about humanity’s place in nature\, the biological and artistic meanings of diversity and difference\, and the vital role that history plays in our understandings of the dynamic workings of natural history. \nEleanor Crook is a British sculptor with a special interest in mortality\, anatomy and pathology\, who exhibits internationally in fine art and medical and science museum contexts. She studied Classics and Philosophy at Oxford before training in sculpture at Central St Martins and the Royal Academy Schools in the early 90s\, where she specialised in wax modeling\, lost wax bronze casting and other lifelike media. She pieced together a knowledge of Anatomy from London’s medical museums and the dissection room as a medical artist\, finding figurative art to be not in favour at the time; even so\, her Classical background meant that communing with statues\, and therefore the body\, were second nature. Crook considers her work ‘more effigy than statue’\, as they are imbued with a convincing sense of life. She has developed close\, long-term collaborations with medical museums and historic anatomical wax collections such as the Gordon Museum of Pathology\, Guy’s Hospital\, Ghent University Museum\, and the Vrolik Museum Amsterdam\, where she continues wax modeling traditions and combines research through human dissection and studying the history of anatomical model-making. Most recently\, she has worked with museum project partners on creating a genre of anatomical Expressionism\, uncanny yet rooted in medical investigation\, mythology\, and the mysteries of the mind. To learn more about Eleanor Crook\, her work\, and find selected art for sale\, visit https://www.eleanorcrook.net  \n \nPaul Reid was born in Scone\, Perth\, in 1975.  Between 1994 and 1998\, he studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art\, Dundee\, where he obtained First Class honours in drawing and painting.  Since then his work has been part of a number of major exhibitions\, in Scotland and northern England in particular\, but also in Europe.  He has accompanied the then Prince of Wales on visits to Italy\, Turkey\, Jordan and Canada\, drawing and painting the landscapes and people encountered.  He is firmly established as an artist who combines technical mastery with striking new visions of ancient myths. On the face of it\, Reid’s work is traditional in medium (oil; charcoal)\, though he has more recently moved into the use of digital technology.  Within the traditional aesthetic\, however\, lies a world of the unexpected: uncanny hybrids of human and animal; juxtapositions of ancient myths with modern landscapes\, faces\, buildings.  Central to every work is storytelling: characters from Greek mythology are caught at tense moments in their narrative\, at some point of shocked discovery or on the very edge of violence; or else they pause in strange stillness\, allowed a moment’s repose even as the next (perhaps final) act of the mythical drama impends.  The seated Minotaur is a perfect example: he sits easily\, casually\, but the ancient story dictates what is shortly to befall him.  To work with ancient myths is to work with stories that have been told and retold for millennia.  This is not to say that they cannot be reshaped; they always have been.  Reid’s reshapings are subtle\, but they leave the viewer in no doubt that ancient men\, women\, monsters and gods have a place in the modern world as they did in the distant world that first created them.To learn more about Paul Reid and his work\, and find selected art for sale\, visit: https://www.paulreidart.co.uk/
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/in-the-company-of-monsters-new-visions-ancient-myths/
LOCATION:Reading Museum\, Blagrave Street\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG1 1HQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:Workshop on multilingualism in conflict zones
DESCRIPTION:In the third millennium\, issues related to conflict zones and ensuring their security are increasingly important for the whole world. In many of the contemporary conflict situations issues connected to identities are central. More specifically\, conflicting arguments pivot around culture\, religion\, and ethnicity\, all of which are organically related to and expressed through language. \nThis British Academy-funded workshop\, which is organised by the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics (University of Reading)\, aims to explore the nature of communication in real-life case studies of conflict from a wide range of geographical locations and different scales of engagement. \nIt will offer a forum for discussion which will unite early career researchers (including PGR) and established academics with overlapping interests in the field. Scholars from different disciplines are invited to disseminate findings from original research and discuss theoretical and methodological challenges when conducting research in conflict or post-conflict zones from an applied linguistic/sociolinguistic perspective. We endeavour that this workshop will highlight the importance of language in promoting peace\, social cohesion\, collaboration\, and trust in conflict-ridden communities. \nThe objectives of this workshop are: \n\nTo share empirical research on multilingualism in conflict and post-conflict zones.\nTo share methodological and practical challenges in studying multilingualism in conflict and post-conflict zones and discuss possible ways of overcoming these.\nTo raise awareness about various social\, educational\, linguistic\, psychological\, and political issues that are faced by the people who live in communities affected by conflict.\nTo offer a supportive forum where issues in relation to language and conflict can be openly discussed.\nTo encourage scholars to come together\, get to know each other and interact in positive and constructive ways.\nTo come up with creative initiatives that can help build trust and promote peace in conflict and post-conflict zones.\n\nThe workshop envisions a critical space for stimulating dialogue among scholars working on all aspects of multilingualism and conflict\, including (but not limited to) the following themes: \n\nLanguage and identity\nLanguage policy and planning\nHate speech\nMedia and social media\nLanguage choice\nLinguistic vitality\, language maintenance and language shift\nLinguistic landscapes\nLanguage attitudes\nLanguage ideologies\nEducation and language learning\nMigration and citizenship\nLinguistic rights\nMinority languages\n\nEach paper will last for 30 minutes: 20 minutes for presentation; 10 minutes for discussion. The language of the conference is English.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/multilingualism-in-conflict-zones/
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:Extreme Science with Dr Nicola Fox
DESCRIPTION:Join NASA’s chief scientist Dr Nicola Fox at the 10th Annual Edith Morley Seminar hosted by the School of Mathematical\, Physical and Computational Sciences on 28 September to uncover the secrets of the universe. \nThe scientist leading NASA’s missions to uncover the secrets of the universe will share her story and experiences as Associate Administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. \nDr Fox leads a portfolio of around 100 scientific missions for the Agency. From understanding the impact of space hurricanes to exploring the possibility of benefiting from untapped lunar resources\, her work seeks to protect and improve life on Earth\, and in space. \nOriginally from the UK\, Dr Fox studied Physics at Imperial College London and the University of Surrey. She joined NASA in 2018 as the Science Mission Directorate’s Director of the Heliophysics Division\, before being appointed Associate Administrator at the NASA Directorate in February this year. \nFind out more and register to attend.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/extreme-science-with-dr-nicola-fox/
LOCATION:150 – LLT ICMA Centre
CATEGORIES:Environment
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SUMMARY:Life Cycle Assessment of Transportation
DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to a dynamic and insightful workshop on “Life Cycle Assessment as a Circular Economy Solution to Transport.” This engaging event\, organized in collaboration with University of Reading\, Northampton Council\, University College London\, University of Portsmouth\, and the BarcelonaTech (UPC)\, aims to bring together industries\, public organizations\, and academics to collectively discuss and explore the innovative potential of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in promoting circular economy practices within the transport sector. \nDuring this workshop\, we aim to: \n\nGain comprehensive insights into the current and ideal practices of LCA in road transport.\nFacilitate meaningful discussions and knowledge exchange among industry professionals\, academics\, and public organizations.\nIdentify innovative approaches and solutions to foster circular economy principles in the transport sector.\nFocus on the missing links in LCA carbon accounting\, with particular emphasis on consumer behaviour and its impact on carbon emissions.\nAddress the significance of waste management in the context of LCA\, exploring strategies for reducing environmental impact throughout the product lifecycle.\n\nThe workshop will feature: \n\nKeynote presentations from industry experts and academics\nPanel discussions with Q&A sessions\nInteractive workshops and group activities\nNetworking opportunities to connect with like-minded individuals.\n\nThis workshop is designed for professionals and stakeholders involved in: \n\nLife cycle Assessment\nTransportation and logistics\nSustainability and environmental management\nCircular economy initiatives\nResearch and academia\n\nRegister for free here. \nFor any inquiries or further information\, please reach out to: \nEmail: n.darvish@reading.ac.uk \nPhone: 07952930092 \nWe look forward to welcoming you to this transformative LCA workshop on September 29th at the Blandfords\, Park House\, University of Reading\, RG6 6UR. Free parking will be available at the University Campus. \nLet’s shape a sustainable future for the transport industry together!
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/life-cycle-assessment-of-transportation/
LOCATION:Blandford’s\, Park House\, University of Reading\, Reading\, RG6 6EF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Environment
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