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Projects and opportunities

As part of a thriving research community, our museums and collections participate in a large number of exciting projects.

Digital scholarship

Many of these, both past and present, involve digital scholarship, supported by our Digital Humanities Hub:

Teaching session with a member of UMASCS staff

MAPP

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Stage set for Waiting for Godot (Beckett)

Staging Beckett

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Plate showing the Blenheim Orange apple variety, from The Herefordshire Pomona, 1885

KiteSite

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Reading Research Projects

Search databases of research on the location of literary manuscripts (Location Register), writers’ and artists’ copyright holders (WATCH) and publishing firms out of business (FOB). FOB and WATCH are run jointly by the Harry Ransom Center and University of Reading.

Recipe book from the Huntley and Palmer Archive

Location Register

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Items from men’s fashion board in John and Griselda Lewis Printing Collection

WATCH

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FOB

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Creative engagement

We frequently work with creative practitioners from many different backgrounds to produce new, creative interpretations of our collections:

Teaching session with a member of UMASCS staff

WarChild

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Beckett library books on the shelf in the Beckett Library room at the University of Reading Special Collections

Beckett Fellowships

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PurpleSTARS

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Opportunities

Regular opportunities to get involved with our collections-based research include:

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Doctoral training programme

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Student researching in The Reading Room of University of Reading Special Collections

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP)

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MERL fellowships and studentships

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