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James Moore presents on ‘What Darwin means to me’
On 11 February 2010, James Moore, arguably the most influential of Darwin’s many biographers, gave a talk in Reading. He reflected on his many years of Darwin scholarship and explored the question ‘What Darwin means to me’. The meeting doubled as the inaugural meeting… Continue reading
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Research Seminar – ‘What’s American about America?’
17 March 2010, 4.30 pm, HUMSS 142, Humanities Building, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading Professor Michael Rockland, Rutgers University ‘John Kouwenhoven’s Classic, 1954 Essay, “What’s American about America?” and a 2010 Update’ Continue reading
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Research Seminar – ‘The Medieval Land Market’
10 March, 1.15 pm, HUMSS 142, Humanities Building, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading Dr Margaret Yates, University of Reading ‘The Medieval Land Market’ Continue reading
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Visit of Dr Mark Edele, University of Western Australia
In February 2010 Dr Mark Edele, UWA, made an exchange visit to the Department of History, University of Reading. He is the author of Soviet veterans of the Second World War (OUP, 2008). He is about to finish a new more general study… Continue reading
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Ice cold in Paris
Suddenly in late February it began to feel like spring. It’s hard to believe quite how cold it was at the beginning of February when I took my final year Special Subject undergraduate students to Paris and Reims for a… Continue reading
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A bas les éditeurs!
By Professor David Stack In danger of being lost amidst the many centenaries, bicentenaries and jubilees modern historians are set to mark in 2012, is a significant 21st birthday. In the fairly recent past what the Americans call the ‘age of… Continue reading
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Pomegranate Queen
by Professor Lindy Grant Pomegranate season – my local Turkish shop sells delicious pomegranates, and I can’t resist them. The fruits look so exotic, especially when there are still traces of pink petal in the gaping navel at the top… Continue reading
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Propaganda and nostalgia for ‘traditional’ sex
By Dan Healey Last week Russia’s most ‘liberal’ metropolis, St Petersburg, passed on first reading a repugnant law that will remind an older generation of British gays and lesbians of Margaret Thatcher’s homophobic ‘Section 28’. The Conservative prime minister’s 1988… Continue reading
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Great Scott?
With the centenary of Captain Scott’s death nearly upon us, David Stack considers Scott’s reputation and his expedition’s scientific legacy, and discusses an unlikely connection with Marie Stopes The winners, it is often said, get to write history. But the losers,… Continue reading
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Lessons from history
The phrase “lessons from history” is guaranteed to make professional historians shift uneasily in their seats. Our training, and our teaching, emphasizes the need to understand the specific context of historical events and documents, and to avoid glib generalization. This… Continue reading
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