http://www.reading.ac.uk/shesNews from the School of Human and Environmental Scienceen-ukCopyright University of Reading Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A214http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A214 Dr. Paul Pettitt from Sheffield University will be giving the seminar on 'The evolution of hominin mortuary activity from ape to Upper Palaeolithic'. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A213http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A213 Dr Emma Street of the Department of Real Estate and Planning, Henley Business School will present 'The case of London's South Bank: Understanding the private sector role in sustainable place-shaping' Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A212http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A212 This one day conference at the University of Reading aims to bring together archaeologists, anthropologists and others from related disciplines to discuss current issues of methodology, theory and interpretation of dress and dress accessories. 21 April 2012 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A211http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A211 The student will work on a project entitled 'Investigating mineral dust deposits in glaciers using advanced microscopy'. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A210http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A210 Aleks Pluskowski will present 'The Ecology of Crusading: The Environmental Impact of Conquest, Colonisation and Religious Conversion in the Medieval Baltic' which will be about his project in the Baltic. This will be held in Palmer G06 at 5pm with a wine reception and a light buffet afterwards in the Archaeology Atrium. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A209http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A209 The two placements are for the projects 'The ecology of crusading: isotype analysis and faunal remains' and 'Silchester excavation visitor survey'. Wed, 4 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A208http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A208 The excavations will take place between 2 July and 12 August and is open to all. Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A207http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A207 He commented on his recent research on the potential economic benefits for towns that are awarded city status. Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A206http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A206 Dr Maria Shahgedanova, Dr Kevin White and DR Margaret Woodage (NERC ESSC) and Dr Stanislav Kutuzov (Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Science) have been awarded funding for a multi-disciplinary project DIOGENES: Dust Impacts on Glaciated Environments. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A205http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A205 Steve appeared live on BBC Oxford News, BBC South News and BBC Berks Radio on 15th December 2011, discussing the perilous state of retailing this Christmas. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A204http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A204 Eighty students gathered for the reception which was hosted by Chancellor Sir John Madejski. Each student received a yearbook with all the winners' names as well as congratulations and encouragement from the University's Chancellor, a successful businessman who founded Auto Trader and is currently Chairman of Reading Football Club. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A203http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A203 The event, hosted by Chancellor Sir John Madejski, celebrated those students who achieved the highest results in their subject at the end of either their first or second year of study. Wed, 7 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A202http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A202 Dr Rob Batchelor (University of Reading) will speak on the topic 'Secrets of the Gardens: findings from a new Roman site along London's Walbrook Valley'. All are welcome Wed, 7 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A201http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A201 The grant will fund 3 fulltime post-docs at Reading and two part-time RAs with the Co-I, Professor Julian Richards, at York. The grant also involves a collaboration with industry, The Cotswold Archaeological Trust and its CE, our Visiting Research Fellow Neil Holbrook, which will attract further funding from English Heritage towards the project. Tue, 6 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A200http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A200 LUCID is coordinated by the Centre for Sustainability Studies at Lund University (LUCSUS). LUCSUS, is a centre for sustainability research which is bringing together seven disciplines from four faculties to develop the scientific field Sustainability Science. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A199http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A199 The original research showed significant mobility and diversity amongst Romano-British urban populations, suggesting that up to a third of sampled individuals were not 'local'. It also demonstrated that women and children migrated; this is in contrast to the popular perception that it is mainly adult males (soldiers and administrators) who moved across the Roman Empire. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A198http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A198 Dr Melinda Zeder from Smithsonian Museum will present 'New perspectives on Near Eastern agricultural origins' Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A197http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A197 Kevin Tansey, University of Leicester, will present 'Why all the fuss about fire on our planet' Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A196http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A196 The group, called Waste Not Want Not', was set up by four second year and has already been shortlisted for a major award. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A195http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A195 Ahead of the climate summit in Durban in November, questions are being asked about whether the commitment to carbon markets as a central response to climate change is the right approach. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A194http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A194 Dr Julio Escalona of CSICUCL will speak on the topic 'The recording of boundaries in early medieval Castile' Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A193http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A193 Speaker: Dr Peter Guest, Cardiff, title: Excavations at Caerleon. Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A192http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A192 Climate change and the loss of ecosystem services are the two main global environmental crises facing us today. This book provides an essential resource for scholars, policy-makers and students, seeking innovative approaches to governance. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A191http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A191 Richard Bradley will deliver the Albert Reckitt Archaeological Lecture lecture entitled 'The Idea of Order: Circular Architecture in Prehistoric Europe'. Open to all. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A190http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A190 Congratulations to two of Archaeology's recent graduates who were awarded prestigious dissertation prizes last week. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A189http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A189 Jessica, who joins us this term as a Lecturer in Environment and Development, adds her view to the programme 'Gold of the Conquistadors' which considers the current boom in gold and silver mining industry in Peru, Chile and Mexico and the damage caused to the environment of the Andes. Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A188http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A188 Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (Director of the Herculaneum Conservation Project) will speak on the topic 'Herculaneum: between conservation and archaeology' at 5pm in Room 27, HUMSS Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A187http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A187 Prof. David Manning, University of Newcastle, will present a talk entitled 'Mineral Solutions to Global Problems: How can minerals feed the world in 2050'. The seminar will take place at 1 pm Sorby Room (Wager Building). All welcome. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A186http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A186 Professor Mark Hodson has been awarded funding for a project entitled 'Stress in a hot place: Ecogenomics and phylogeography in pantropical sentinel inhabiting multi-stressor volcanic soils'. Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A185http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A185 This will fund MAP: The Meroe Archival Project over three years. Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A184http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A184 An archaeology graduate from Reading, Clark French, who has multiple sclerosis himself organised a recent DIG4MS day at the Silchester excavation. A range of activities were organised for visitors affected by MS to learn about the site and participate in some of the on-site activities. Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A183http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A183 A FP7 Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship will enable Dr Fazeli to spend two years with us, starting in September 2011. Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A181http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A181 Mark will work with Schools, feature at Science Festivals and be invloved in many other outreach and engagement activities. Tue, 7 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A180http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A180 A recent NERC funded project has studied the body's processes when it ingests polluted soil. This allows more representative measurements to be undertaken of the pollutants released during digestion. Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A179http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A179 The Europa Prize is awarded 'in recognition of prehistorians who have made a lifelong contribution to European Prehistory'. Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A178http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A178 A bursary of 1000 is available for homeEU students taking up places on the MA Medieval Archaeology at the University of Reading. Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A177http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A177 Alan has been awarded the 2011 Gold Star Award for Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Science. Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A176http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A176 Dr Mary Lewis, from the Department of Archaeology at the University of Reading, has just been awarded £230,000 Leverhulme funding to investigate the health of adolescents. Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A175http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A175 Robin appeared on BBC2s A History of Celtic Britain on Thursday 14th April discussing the evidence for horse riding in Celtic warfare. The programme will be available on BBC iPlayer until Thursday 5th May. Robin is currently a researcher for the project Sedentism and Resource Management in the Neolithic of Western Iran (CZAP). Thu, 7 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A174http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A174 The results of the latest annual survey of graduates shows that 85% of students of Environmental Science at Reading are in graduate level work andor study. Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A173http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A173 Gundula was awarded the prize for a study which used chemical analyses of bone and teeth to reconstruct the diet and geographical origins of The Headless Romans', as they were dubbed by the press on their excavation in 2004. Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A172http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A172 Professor Lonnie Thompson will give the Norma Wilkinson lecture on the evening of Tuesday 22 March. The talk will be held in the Nike Lecture Theatre, Agriculture Building and will start at 6.30 pm. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A171http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A171 Ruth visited Khartoum, Sudan from 28th Feb. - 4th March, with a University of Reading team led by Professor Steven Mithen, PVC for Internationalisation, to develop research partnerships with Afhad University for Women and other universities and organisations in Sudan. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A170http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A170 Stephen has been appointed to the Scientific Committee of the IAEA Symposium on Managing Soils for Food Security and Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation to be held in Vienna 23-26 July, 2012. Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A169http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A169 Please note that due to restrictions on the funding, these studentships are for UKEU applicants only. Wed, 2 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A168http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A168 In a recent episode of Horizon, Dr Alice Roberts asks one of the great questions about our species: are we still evolving Mark shows Alice earthworms that tolerate high levels of soil contaminants in a dissused mine - indicationg evolution that has occurred within the last 100 years or so. Tue, 1 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A167http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A167 The special issue comprises 18 papers on 'Climate Change and the British Uplands', following a knowledge exchange project run by the Environment Agency and NERC QUEST research programme. Tue, 1 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A166http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A166 This symposium will present the initial findings of the analysis of historic excavation records and recent surveys and is aimed at professional and amateur archaeologists and local communities who have an interest in Glastonbury Abbey. The symposium is generously supported by the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A165http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A165 Rob Potter has been invited to become a member of the Observatory on African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Migration. The ACP Observatory is an initiative of the Secretariat of the APC Group of States, empowered by the International organization for Migration and funded by the European Union and Switzerland. Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A164http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A164 The projects with their investigator are: Gundula Mueldner, 'Animal husbandry in the intertidal zone: a stable isotope approach to changing subsistence strategies in the Belgian Coastal Plain'; Richard Bradley, 'The Hill of Tuach excavation project'; Gabor Thomas, 'Reconstructing Early Medieval Monasteries: A View from Anglo-Saxon Kent' Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A163http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A163 Penny accepted an invitation to join the Academy of Finland Research Council for Biosciences and the Environment, to review research bids and fellowship applications for 2010-11. Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A162http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A162 Steve has featured in several local papers including the Reading Chronicle, explaining the criteria used to demonstrate that it should be awarded city status and the benefits in winning the award. Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A161http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A161 Professor Roberta Gilchrist will deliver the Dalrymple Lectures on European Archaeology at the University of Glasgow, March 14th-17th 2011, on the theme of the Medieval Life Course. Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A160http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A160 A major new BBC series, A History of Ancient Britain is featuring the University of Reading's ground-breaking research on the life of the hunter-gatherer. The series begins in the ice age and recounts the 'epic story of how our land and its people came to be over thousands of years of ancient history'. Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A159http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A159 Rob's single authored monograph 'Urbanisation and Planning in the Third World: Spatial Perceptions and Public Participation' has been re-issued by Routledge and is available in hard back and e-book. First published in 1985, this book reconsiders the whole question of urbanisation and planning in the Third World. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A158http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A158 SHES has been awarded funds to purchase three key items of equipment to extend our analytical facilities. The items will support our current research projects and include a portable carbon dioxide analyser to investigate potential climate change impacts and feedbacks on carbon cycling in soils. Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A157http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A157 We are pleased to welcome Professor Roger Matthews who joined us this month. As Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology, Roger, assisted by Dr Wendy Matthews and a team of 4 researchers, will be leading the 1 million, 4 year project Sedentism and Resource Management in the Neolithic of Western Iran. Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A156http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A156 Professor Bill Finlayson, Visiting Professor in Archaeology, was awarded an OBE in the New Years Honours list, for services to international relations. Bill is also the Director of the British Council for Research in the Levant, Amman, Jordan. Tue, 4 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A155http://www.reading.ac.uk/shes/News/shes-newsreel.asp#A155 Professor Michael Fulford, Professor of Archaeology and Director of the Silchester Town Life Project, received a CBE in the New Year Honours announced on 31 December 2010.