READING HISTORY

News

  • Pirate Legends: Matelotage and Mavericks – Celebrating LGBTQ+ History

    On 28 December 1720, a court was convened in Spanish Town, Jamaica, whose audience bore witness to one of the Golden Age of Piracy’s penultimate acts of defiance. The final verdict decreed that the prisoners: ‘go from hence to the… Continue reading

    Pirate Legends: Matelotage and Mavericks – Celebrating LGBTQ+ History

  • A Queer Past the Censorship, by Gabe

    A record dated to January 1395 sees the ‘Examination of two men charged with immorality, of whom one implicated several persons, male and female, in religious orders’[1]. Arthur Hermann Thomas, the person who wrote that summary in 1932, skimmed very… Continue reading

  • Introducing the ‘Charting History’ podcast, by Graham Moore

    We are excited to be showcasing the work of one of our PhD students here at the University of Reading History Department, Graham Moore, who has just launched his new podcast ‘Charting History’. Below is Graham’s introduction to the podcast… Continue reading

  • Halloween: Our Childhood Traditions

    It’s the spookiest day of the year! We asked some students and staff to share their favourite Halloween traditions. But first, some Halloween history… ‘The name Halloween itself is simply a contraction of All Hallows Eve.  This derives from the… Continue reading

  • Top Tips for New Undergraduate Historians

    Welcome to the University of Reading History department! If you are reading this, you are most likely a new student about to embark on their journey for an undergraduate History degree. Starting university can be overwhelming. In all the uncertainty… Continue reading