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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
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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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