Thursday 7 April 2022 at 17:00 – Doors open at 16:45 (JJ Thomson Ditchburn Lecture Theatre, Whiteknights Campus) In this School of Law lecture, Professor Paul Wragg (Professor of Media Law, University of…Read More >
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“My father was a wandering European”: Triple loyalties in Brexit Britain – British, Jewish, European?
As we mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2022, it is perhaps fitting to reflect on a new, bourgeoning phenomenon: the reclaiming of European citizenship by British Jews. The ‘EU Passport’ project…Read More >
Slapps: the rise of lawsuits targeting investigative journalists
A type of legal action is increasingly being used by powerful people to shut down criticism from activists, academics, whistleblowers, and journalists. This is known as a strategic lawsuit against…Read More >
Did the defendant use a gun? The philosophical foundations and practical consequences of applying corpus analysis in legal interpretation
The Reading Centre for Cognition Research (RCCR) is delighted to announce this new 2 year project: Did the defendant use a gun? The philosophical foundations and practical consequences of applying…Read More >
Reading researchers excel in O2RB Impact Awards
Reading social sciences projects to safeguard against abuse by humanitarian aid workers and to improve language learning in the classroom have been recognised in this year’s O2RB Excellence in Impact…Read More >
Arts@Foxhill presents: Multidisciplinary Student Staff Symposium on ‘Hope’
Arts@Foxhill presents: Multidisciplinary Student Staff Symposium on ‘Hope’ The event will celebrate student submissions to our Arts@Foxhill competition 2021 on ‘Hope’ and reflect in a multidisciplinary webinar on the role…Read More >
Are you a climate change hypocrite? Here’s why you shouldn’t worry
Standing on the deck of Berta Cáceres, the now-iconic pink boat, Emma Thompson addressed a sprawling crowd of protestors and gave a slew of media interviews. It was April 2019,…Read More >
Broken Futures project: podcast, walking tour and exhibition
The Broken Futures project researches local historical prosecutions of sex between men in Berkshire’s Crime and Punishment Archives, 1861 to 1967 to understand how these men were experiencing life and…Read More >
Trips waiver: there’s more to the story than vaccine patents
The US has announced its limited support for the “Trips waiver”, a proposal to suspend intellectual property protections for products and technologies needed for the fight against COVID-19, including vaccines,…Read More >
International Women’s Day 2021
International Women’s Day originated over 100 years ago in the labour movement in the US and Europe. It was adopted by second-wave feminists in the late 1970s and by the…Read More >
