As a historian of archaeology, I know that museum collections are an important route into the history of empire. British archaeologists and antiquarians brought artefacts from many countries back to…Read More >
Special collections
European Manuscripts Collection exhibition
On Thursday 29th November 2018 there will be the monthly extended opening hours at the MERL which see the Reading Room open until 9pm. November’s late opening hours will also…Read More >
American tennis, coconut shies and Millicent Fawcett – a garden party I’d like to have attended.
90 years ago this week, Nancy Astor, the first female British MP to take her seat, held a garden party at Cliveden House to celebrate the passing of the Act…Read More >
Archives and Texts Seminar March 2018
The Department of English Literature are pleased to announce the Archives & Texts seminar for March. This is part of an interdisciplinary research seminar series on book history co-organized by…Read More >
Archives and Text Seminar February 2018
The Department of English Literature are pleased to announce the Archives & Texts seminar for February. This is an interdisciplinary research seminar series on book history co-organized by the Departments…Read More >
Archives and Texts seminar Jan 2018
The Department of English Literature are pleased to announce that the Archives & Texts seminar series is starting back up again this term. This is an interdisciplinary research seminar series…Read More >
The MERL Autumn Speaker Series – Dr Ciara Healy
Showing, Doing, Telling: Craft And Making A Season Of Events Exploring Craft And Making At The MERL Specialists in craft and the arts examine different ways of responding to rural…Read More >
The MERL Autumn Speaker Series – Greta Bertram
Showing, Doing, Telling: Craft And Making A Season Of Events Exploring Craft And Making At The MERL Specialists in craft and the arts examine different ways of responding to rural…Read More >
Votes for women – and £5m to celebrate, 100 years on
by Dr Jacqui Turner, Department of History, University of Reading This week was International Women’s Day and women were everywhere. We were in the media, online, on TV, and crowded…Read More >
