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An interview with our Africanist Dr Heike Schmidt: ‘Nationalism in Africa: Aspiration, Self-improvement and Belonging’
Can you tell us about your current research? I am researching the social biography of a Zimbabwean nationalist, King Itai David Mutasa (KID). KID was politically active from the late 1950s, and from 1962, he was the ZANU representative in… Continue reading
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Conference – Childhood & Conflict in History: Lessons Learned- 5-6 June, University of Reading
Academically, the conference brings together historians across areas of specialisation regarding time period, geographic area, and approach to explore multiple, changing, and at times contradictory perceptions of childhood against the backdrop of conflict. Here, conflict may be understood… Continue reading
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Reading, Scholarship and the Art of the Book at Reading Abbey
By Harriet Mahood On the 17th April, the University of Reading played host to “Reading, Scholarship and the Art of the Book at Reading Abbey” which considered a wide variety of aspects of Reading abbey’s history, with special attention to… Continue reading
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General election 2015: an electoral shock?
In the final instalment of our Election 2015 special, Dr Matt Broad looks at the shocking result! So that’s it. The election is over. The votes have been cast. The final results are in. And who would… Continue reading
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Elections and Political Change in Britain, 1832-1945
by Robert Collins As part of our Period in Modern History module, Elections and Political change in Britain, 1832-1945 a trip to Special Collections at the Museum of English Rural Life was organised by Dr Jason Parry. The aim of… Continue reading
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General election 2015: who and how many will vote?
After what seems like an eternity, the end of the election campaign is finally in sight. The last of the leaders’ debates – a special Question Time in which David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg sought to defend their… Continue reading
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“On the Edge”
By Harriet Mahood For the past two years, post-graduate researchers in the GCMS (Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies) have organised conferences based on a central theme connected to their doctoral work. This year, I decided to take on the role… Continue reading
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General election 2015: Britain and the European Union – are there alternatives?
By Dr Matt Broad A couple of weeks ago, I bemoaned the lack of discussion about foreign policy in the general election campaign. On that occasion I wrote that none of the main parties had ‘dared to mention foreign… Continue reading
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General Election 2015: manifestos – good politics or whistling in the wind?
In the fourth instalment of our General Election 2015 special feature, Dr Broad looks at political manifestos. Elections are strange affairs. For all the uncertainty inherent in a campaign the party machine is a highly structured… Continue reading
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General election 2015: where is the foreign policy?
In the third instalment of our 2015 election special, Dr Matt Broad discusses foreign policy. UKIP defections, Labour surge, leaked memos, non-doms, nuclear bombs, paid volunteering, police numbers, fiscal autonomy, fruit pickers and Joey Essex (again) – this… Continue reading
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