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Merlin by Professor Anne Lawrence-Mathers #HistorialDesertIslandDiscs
As we head towards the last bank holiday of the summer and the start of a new academic year, the History Department at the University of Reading ‘Historical Desert Island Discs’ series comes to magical end with our Professor of… Continue reading
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1986 Teenage Girl by Amy Gower #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs
We are delighted that our penultimate #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs is by Amy Gower. This fictional account inspired by her PhD research into teenage girls’ experiences of secondary school between 1970 and 2000 (see end of page). We’ve had the Desert Island Discs… Continue reading
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Sigmund Freud by Sigmund Freud and Dr Melani Schroeter #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs
We are delighted that our colleague Dr Melani Schroeter from the Department of Languages and Culture has colluded with Sigmund Freud himself to present his Historical Desert Island Discs … We are honoured to host Dr Sigmund Freud in today’s… Continue reading
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Richard Nixon by Dr Dafydd Townley #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs
After a short hiatus we are back with #HistoricalDesertIland Discs to see you out of lockdown (hopefully) and on into the summer. Today Dr Dafydd Townley presents the eclectic musical choices of Richard Nixon… Richard Milhous Nixon (1913 – 1994)… Continue reading
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Fanny Anne Kemble by Professor Emily West #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs
Well, we took a short break from posting our Historical Desert Island Discs for a week or two either side of the bank holiday. But here we are, our historians are still mostly in lock down so we are back… Continue reading
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Sylvia Pankhurst by Dr Jacqui Turner #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs
As it is Sylvia Pankhurst’s birthday this week, we thought that we would ask Jacqui Turner @Jacqui1918 to suggest some Desert Island Discs. Here it is with Jacqui’s apologies to all academics researching suffrage out there… Cast away on… Continue reading
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Margaret of Beverley by Will Bailey-Watson (Institute of Education, PGCE History lead) #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs
Our second blog from the Institute of Education here at Reading comes from PGCE Secondary History Lead Will Bailey-Watson. We all love working with Will and his prospective history teachers here in the History Department; the relationship Will has forged… Continue reading
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Elizabeth I by Professor Carol Fuller (Institute of Education UoR) #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs
We are still in lock down so our self isolating colleagues from UoR are also submitting their Historical Desert Island Discs. The Department of English have also started their own Fictional Desert Island Discs . This week and next week we… Continue reading
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Desert Island Documentaries by Dr Natalie Thomlinson #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs
With the government advice that we are all in lockdown we thought we would take a slight departure from our usual format to give you Natalie Thomlinson’s best Historical Desert Island Documentaries. Something to fill the gaping historical hole in… Continue reading
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Dwight D Eisenhower by Dr Mark Shanahan #HistoricalDesertIslandDiscs
We hope you had a restful Easter break but we are delighted to get back in the saddle and welcome our second guest blogger Dr Mark Shanahan (University of Reading, Department of Politics and International Relations). Mark has a vinyl… Continue reading
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