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  • History UROP Placements 2012

    Academics in the department have secured 2 UROP placements.  Dr Linda Risso’s project will be on propaganda during the cold war and Dr Emily West’s project will be on enslaved wetnursing in pre-civil war USA. UROP placements provide exciting opportunities for… Continue reading

  • Our Award-Winning Students

    Erica Askew-Jones has been awarded the 2011 Chancellor’s Award for outstanding academic achievement.  Only 80 awards are given each year, to those students who received the top marks in their subject area. Read on to to find our Erica’s experience of studying at Reading,… Continue reading

  • Our Departmental Winners of 2011

    PART ONE: Josephine Ayre (Peter Slee Prize for overall best performance in Part One) Lydia Malley  (Departmental Prize for the best performance in Directed Study) PART TWO: Rachel Escott (Martyn Bendor-Samuel Memorial Prize for best overall performance in Part Two… Continue reading

  • The Stenton Lecture 2011 ‘On the Limits of Democratic Art’

    John Howard, Professor of American Studies, King’s College London, 17 November 2011  The annual Stenton lecture explored what is meant by democratic art and examined how art has been used as a weapon by elites to maintain the prevailing social… Continue reading

  • RUSU Gold Star award for Dr Matthew Worley

    The department’s Dr Matthew Worley was one of only six university staff members selected for a Gold Star Award by Reading University Students Union for 2011.  The award is for outstanding contributions to teaching and learning.  There were 365 nominations… Continue reading

  • Peter Parish Dissertation Prize winner 2010

    Congratulations to Daniel Hale who has won the Peter Parish Dissertation Prize for his MA dissertation ‘”Persons of Greatest Credit”: Executive Clemency in Texas, 1849-1865’.  This is a notable achievement given that this is a national prize and there is… Continue reading

  • Martyn Bendor-Samuel Prize winner 2009-10

    Pictured below is Robert Crosland (BA History, 1st class), winner of the Martyn Bendor-Samuel prize for best undergraduate dissertation 2009-10, celebrating his award with members of the Department (Robert is third from right). Continue reading

  • Martyn Bendor-Samuel Prize winner 2009-10

    Pictured below is Ruth Salter (BA Classical and Medieval Studies, 1st class), winner of the Martyn Bendor-Samuel prize for best overall performance in Finals at History, celebrating her award with members of the Department (Ruth is second from right). Continue reading

  • The Stenton Lecture – “Collecting the Objects of History”

    Thursday 12th November 2009, 1815 hrs Agriculture Building, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading The Stenton Lecture was given by Neil MacGregor, the Director of the British Museum. Neil MacGregor started his distinguished career as a lecturer in the Art History… Continue reading

  • The Stenton Symposium- Collecting the Objects of History: Past Historic, Future Imperfect??’

    Thursday 12th November 2009, 1430 hrs Museum of English Rural Life (MERL), Redlands Road, Reading The symposium was a round table discussion on themes related to and implicit in the Stenton Lecture.  The symposium focussed on the issues and challenges… Continue reading