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Hillary’s campaign? Cranking up, but so far it’s… ‘meh’
by Mark Shanahan, Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading. “The race for the Democratic nomination is in the home stretch, and victory is in sight!” With those words, Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed the adoring loyalists… Continue reading
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Walter Scott’s Rebecca: Medieval Maiden or Enlightenment Enigma?
by Dr Rebecca Rist The writer Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is perhaps best known today for his romantic medieval novel Ivanhoe, which was published in 1819. As an antiquarian and literary genius Scott loved the medieval world, yet he was… Continue reading
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The Elephant in the Room: the Republican Party in 2016
by Dafydd Townley The race to be the party candidates for the 2016 election has been fascinating. It has confused poll analysts, political scientists, and broken from historical trends. All of this and it is only April. As onlookers we… Continue reading
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The emergence of Trump and Sanders: not just a phenomenon confined to the United States?
by Darius Wainwright President Dwight D Eisenhower once threatened to leave the Republican Party unless it reflected the progressive, centrist principles that he advocated.[i] Were he alive today, it is fair to say that current developments within the GOP would… Continue reading
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Happy Easter from the Department of History!
We hope everyone has a good Easter break whether your relaxing, revising or researching, and remember: the University of Reading will be closed from Good Friday until Thursday 31st March Summer term begins Monday 18th April Continue reading
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