Edmund G.C. King

‘Bookshelves in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic: an online conference’, 3-4.11.2020
We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for The Open University History of Books and Reading (HOBAR) online conference, ‘Bookshelves in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic’,…
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Open University History of Books and Reading seminar series, ‘Reading and Wellbeing’ (January-May 2020)
READ-IT UK team lead Dr Shafquat Towheed and his Open University colleague Dr Edmund King are co-running the annual History of Books and Reading seminar series at the Institute of…
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READ-IT workshop at ‘The Reader in the Book’ conference, London 19-20.03.2020
Members of the READ-IT team from The Open University will be presenting the READ-IT project, running an annotation workshop, and encouraging public contribution via our QR enabled postcards as part…
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New Publication (June 2019): ‘Modelling Changes in Diaries, Correspondence and Authors’ Libraries to support research on reading: the READ-IT approach’
READ-IT Project PI-5 Prof Guillaume Gravier (CNRS-IRISA, Rennes) and team members Dr Alessio Antonini (The Open University), Dr Francesca Benatti (The Open University) and Dr François Vignale (Le Mans Université)…
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New publication (May 2019): Reusing interviews and questionnaires from READ-IT UK members Towheed, Parmar & King
An important new article on questionnaires and interviews as sources of evidence in the history of reading, co-written by READ-IT UK PI, Dr Shafquat Towheed and his colleagues Dr Edmund…
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READ-IT related seminar: ‘#ireadeverywhere: Performing Readerliness Online’, 18.03.2019
Professor Bronwen Thomas (Bournemouth University) will be giving a seminar paper, ‘#ireadeverywhere: Performing Readerliness Online’ on 18 March 2019 (5.30pm) at the Institute of English Studies, University of London. Professor…
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READ-IT related seminar: ‘Everyday practices of print vs. digital reading’, 4.02.2019
READ-IT WP4 researcher and COST E-READ (Action 1404) member Dr Anezka Kuzmicova (Stockholm University) gave a seminar paper, ‘It depends: everyday practices of print vs. digital reading’ on 4 February…
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READ-IT related seminar – ‘Digital Books, Digital Readers’, 28.01.2019
READ-IT researcher Dr Francesca Benatti with her colleague Dr Edmund King are co-running a seminar series on ‘Digital Books, Digital Readers’ in 2019. The first seminar is on 28 January…
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