READING HISTORY

ReadingHistory

  • what will the weather be like in 2015? ❄❄❄ A medieval method of forecasting from the Department of History at the University of Reading’s Seasonal Blog Series ❄❄❄ By Dr Anne Mathers Lawrence ❄❄❄ Modern weather forecasters may hesitate to… Continue reading

  • Primary Schools Outreach: Animals in World War

    By Lisa Berry-Waite A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity along with a number of other History students to be part of an anniversary project commemorating a 100 years of remembrance. The project was… Continue reading

  • Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of the Species 155th anniversary

    By Professor David Stack On 24 November 1859 a book containing ‘the best idea anybody ever had’ was published. Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection had been twenty-one years in the making and was… Continue reading

  • Almanacs, Astrology and the Origins of Weather Forecasting

    by Aoife Lintin My name is Aoife Lintin, and I am studying History at the University of Reading. My tutor is Dr Anne Lawrence, a medieval historian specialising in the history of magic. Dr Lawrence is at present studying the… Continue reading

  • Enhancement week in the History department

    By Emma Murphy Like most other part 3 history students this year, I was slightly confused as to what the new ‘enhancement week’ was and what activities would be taking place during this week. I was pleasantly surprised to hear… Continue reading