READING HISTORY

ReadingHistory

  • Proving that Medieval Meteorology existed

    Dr Anne Lawrence has been awarded an AHRC Fellowship for 2013-14, to support her research into the reality and practice of meteorology in medieval England.  This work will both provide a history of medieval meteorology and challenge the still-popular idea… Continue reading

  • ‘My time in the History Department’

    Our recent graduate Emma Jackson reflects upon her time as a History student and how this informed her decision to stand as RUSU Education Officer   No matter how we dress it up, whether as a stepping stone for a… Continue reading

  • The Spirit of ’45 and working-class history

    By Jason Parry A confused and bumbling Winston Churchill being booed during an outdoor election meeting in 1945 is one of the defining scenes from Spirit of ’45, a new Ken Loach documentary which celebrates Labour’s landslide election victory. In… Continue reading

  • EMRC Colloquium

    Academic Culture and the Culture of Academic Competitions in early Modern Europe Friday 26 April 2013 10.30-10.45 Coffee & Registration 10.45-12.45 Session 1 (Chair: Dr Esther Mijers, University of Reading) Dr Arjan van Dixhoorn (University of Ghent), ‘Towards a Cultural… Continue reading

  • Summer Term Seminars

    Wednesday 1 May, 5.00pm, HumSSG74 Dr Holger Nehring, Department of History, University of Sheffield ‘The Last Battle of the Cold War: Peace Movements and German politics’. Wednesday 8 May, 5.00pm, HumSSG74 Prof. Suzanne Schwartz, Institute of Humanities and Creative Arts,… Continue reading