READING HISTORY

ReadingHistory

  • American Politics Group of the Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2016

    ‘Looking Back at Obama’ Call for Papers Dr Mara Oliva & PhD candidate Dafydd Townley will be hosting the forty-second annual conference of the American Politics Group of the Political Studies Association at the Department of History, University of Reading (UK)… Continue reading

  • RU Making History

    By Georgina Shaw     The University of Reading offers hundreds of different societies, one of the fastest growing is the History Society. Over the past two years, the society has gone from 12 members, to over 45, and we… Continue reading

  • Spaces and Places of Childhood and Youth

    We conclude our Annual Research Theme for 2014-2015 with a one-day conference on Spaces and Places of Childhood and Youth The Cedars, Whiteknights, University of Reading Thursday 24th September, 2015   Special thanks to Dr Jeremy Burchardt for organising a… Continue reading

  • Dr Hannah Newton wins the Medical History Book Prize

    Dr Hannah Newton has been awarded the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health (EAHMH) 2015 Book Prize. The Prize is granted to the best medical history monograph published in the last two years, on any aspect or… Continue reading

  • History Department on Who Do You Think You Are!

    Former Head of History Dr Frank Tallett recently played a starring role in the BBC TV series Who Do You Think You Are. The programme featured Sir Derek Jacobi tracing his family history, and the BBC consulted Frank as an… Continue reading