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Undergraduate Students Celebrate 75 Years of the Reading-Düsseldorf Association!
Part Two: UG student Eve Roberts reflects on her placement at the Berkshire Records Office, in collaboration with Reading-Düsseldorf Association. Our much loved Discovering Archives and Collections Module enables students to test and develop their interest in careers in the archives… Continue reading
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Undergraduate Students Celebrate 75 Years of the Reading-Düsseldorf Association!
Part One: UG student Eleanor Dyer reflects on her placement at the Berkshire Records Office, in collaboration with Reading-Düsseldorf Association. Our much loved Discovering Archives and Collections Module enables students to test and develop their interest in careers in the… Continue reading
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Podcasting Material Culture! Our MA history Students Get to Grips with Historical Items in the Archives
Episode One: Fin Barringer asks, ”Who Put That There?’ Finding Letters of Robert E. Lee in Reading Archives’ For the MA Historical Skills and Resources Module, our brilliant students were asked to put together a podcast or vlog on an… Continue reading
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So here we are again… sex and misogyny in Parliament, by Dr Jacqui Turner
So here we are again, after a weekend of press and parliamentary misogyny, the subsequent outrage will inevitably simmer down and go away until the next time…and the next time… and the next time. Angela Rayner called out “sexism and… Continue reading
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The census: a treasure trove of material for social historians, by Peter Jolly
Originally posted on READING HISTORY: “The release this January of the 1921 records is doubly important not only in showing the impact of World War 1 on communities, but because these are the last to be revealed for thirty years,… Continue reading