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  • History Department and MERL archive supports US National History Day Success

    By Dr Jacqui Turner ‘Operation Pied Piper: Balancing Parental Rights and Government Responsibility’ The History Department and MERL contributed to a documentary film made by Hayley Hocking, a middle school student for US National History Day. The10 minute documentary, entitled… Continue reading

  • Spotlight on: Alastair Noble

    I was born in Lanark but moved south at a young age, and grew up in Canterbury. I returned North of the border to study in Glasgow, where I graduated. Then to London where I followed a career in the… Continue reading

  • Spotlight on: Daniel Hale

    I was born and raised in East Yorkshire. As an undergraduate, I studied law (LLB) at the University of Warwick, graduating in 1983. My postgraduate studies continued on a part-time basis with a Master of Laws degree from the University of Bristol… Continue reading

  • Spotlight on: Dan Renshaw

    I’m a Reading boy (almost) born and bred. Moved from London when I was a kid, did my BA at the University of Reading, now doing my PhD here. I’m particularly interested in immigration history, in particular the Irish and… Continue reading

  • Science and the Humanities for Early Career Scholars

    Last Friday Reading played host to a British Academy funded workshop entitled Science and the Humanities for Early Career Scholars. Here the workshop organiser, Prof. David Stack explains the purpose of the workshop and the importance of support in the… Continue reading