Doctoral Training Programme: Reading Objects, Images, and Documents
Covering everything from how to navigate collections to how to teach with them, this programme of in-person and virtual events introduces PhD students from any institution to collections-based research.
About this event
Develop close reading and questioning techniques to investigate art, archive, library and museum collections.
In hands-on sessions, develop your close reading and questioning techniques to the University of Reading’s archives, objects, artworks and rare books. This session will be taught by experienced professionals from the museum, library and archive sector.
By the end of this session, you will:
- Understand theoretical approaches to reading objects
- Have a framework for approaching object analysis
Doctoral Training Programme: collections-based research
This event is part of our Doctoral Training Programme: collections-based research series. Attend as few or as many sessions as you like.
- 22 Oct 2025: Navigating collections (at The MERL)
- 26 Nov 2025: Reading objects, images and documents (at The MERL)
- 03 Dec 2025: Collections-based research, theories and methods (online)
- 14 Jan 2026: What’s not there? Absences in collections (online)
- 04 Feb 2026: Teaching with collections (at The MERL)
- 04 Mar 2026: Digital research with collections (online)
- 15 Apr 2026: Research engagement and impact with collections – skills for PER (at The MERL).
Date & Time
Wednesday 26 November 2025, 11:00 – 16:00
Cost
Free
Audience
Public