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Mothering Slaves
By Dr Emily West In 2013 I was looking for a new research project and found myself increasingly interested in exploring the lives of enslaved women beyond the geographical confines of the United States. Moreover, I also wanted to bring… Continue reading
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Prof. Matthew Worely in ‘Kurt’s Lighter by Paul Kelly ft. Scott King’
Prof. Matthew Worley features in a new film with Scott King. With regards to the film, Prof. Worely comments: The film came about because I have long worked with the artist Scott King. Back in 1997, we began working under… Continue reading
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Hillary’s campaign? Cranking up, but so far it’s… ‘meh’
by Mark Shanahan, Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading. “The race for the Democratic nomination is in the home stretch, and victory is in sight!” With those words, Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed the adoring loyalists… Continue reading
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Walter Scott’s Rebecca: Medieval Maiden or Enlightenment Enigma?
by Dr Rebecca Rist The writer Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is perhaps best known today for his romantic medieval novel Ivanhoe, which was published in 1819. As an antiquarian and literary genius Scott loved the medieval world, yet he was… Continue reading
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The Elephant in the Room: the Republican Party in 2016
by Dafydd Townley The race to be the party candidates for the 2016 election has been fascinating. It has confused poll analysts, political scientists, and broken from historical trends. All of this and it is only April. As onlookers we… Continue reading
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The emergence of Trump and Sanders: not just a phenomenon confined to the United States?
by Darius Wainwright President Dwight D Eisenhower once threatened to leave the Republican Party unless it reflected the progressive, centrist principles that he advocated.[i] Were he alive today, it is fair to say that current developments within the GOP would… Continue reading
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Happy Easter from the Department of History!
We hope everyone has a good Easter break whether your relaxing, revising or researching, and remember: the University of Reading will be closed from Good Friday until Thursday 31st March Summer term begins Monday 18th April Continue reading
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Popes & Jews, and Otherworlds: Two new Medieval Monographs
Yesterday, Thursday 17th March 2016, the Department of History and the Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies (GCMS) held a book launch for two new medieval monographs from Oxford University Press (OUP). Thanks to their authors, Dr Rebecca Rist and Dr… Continue reading
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Microsoft Aspire Event, 8th April 2016
Friday 8th April 2016, 11am-4pm, Microsoft, 2 Kingdom Street, London, W2 6BD Microsoft Aspire is focused on encouraging female undergraduates to consider employment in industries that they may not have first considered and to spread the word about Microsoft’s life-changing… Continue reading
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Part 2: A chance to gain marketing research skills
Part 2 students! If you would like to gain some skills and experience relevant to marketing research, why not apply for the UROP project below? It is open to students from any discipline, but has not so far received many… Continue reading
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