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  • Model United Nations

    On the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, third year student Katie Alice Doughty talks about one of Reading’s most successful initiatives! Model United Nations, or more affectionately MUN, is quite possibly the most fun and rewarding society you could… Continue reading

  • STUDY ABROAD TALKS

      Want to study abroad as part of your degree?  Not sure how to go about it? Afraid you cannot afford it? Get in touch with the Study Abroad Team and attend their talks to find all the answers!  … Continue reading

  • STENTON LECTURE 2015

            Join Us on 19th November, 2015  at 6.30 to celebrate the Founders of our Department! The Stenton Lecture, an annual lecture by an eminent historian, is hosted by the Department every year in late November. It is… Continue reading

  • Suffragette … but what happened next?

    By Dr Jacqui Turner     With the release of the Suffragette film this month there has been an explosion of interest in women’s suffrage movements, especially in militant suffrage and the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU). However consideration… Continue reading

  • Annual Joint Seminar 2015: Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies & Department of Archaeology

    Prof Roberta Gilchrist   Glastonbury Abbey Excavations: Reassessing the Medieval Monastery Thursday 22nd October at 4.30  Palmer Building Room 105 Followed by drinks in Humss G27L   For further information contact  Dr Anne Lawrence a.e.mathers-lawrence@reading.ac.uk Or Amanda Harvey a.h.harvey@reading.ac.uk Continue reading

  • Spaces and Places of Childhood and Youth

    By Dr Jeremy Burchardt This was the final event of the Department’s 2014-15 Annual Research Theme, on the history of childhood and youth.  Children’s history is very much an academic growth area, and the aim of the symposium was to… Continue reading

  • American Politics Group of the Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2016

    ‘Looking Back at Obama’ Call for Papers Dr Mara Oliva & PhD candidate Dafydd Townley will be hosting the forty-second annual conference of the American Politics Group of the Political Studies Association at the Department of History, University of Reading (UK)… Continue reading

  • RU Making History

    By Georgina Shaw     The University of Reading offers hundreds of different societies, one of the fastest growing is the History Society. Over the past two years, the society has gone from 12 members, to over 45, and we… Continue reading

  • Spaces and Places of Childhood and Youth

    We conclude our Annual Research Theme for 2014-2015 with a one-day conference on Spaces and Places of Childhood and Youth The Cedars, Whiteknights, University of Reading Thursday 24th September, 2015   Special thanks to Dr Jeremy Burchardt for organising a… Continue reading

  • Dr Hannah Newton wins the Medical History Book Prize

    Dr Hannah Newton has been awarded the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health (EAHMH) 2015 Book Prize. The Prize is granted to the best medical history monograph published in the last two years, on any aspect or… Continue reading