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Our Best of 2024: Books
In our December series, members of the department reflect on the books, films, TV, music, art, exhibitions and experiences that shaped their year. First up, we asked colleagues what their favourite book of the year was. Jeremy Burchardt The best… Continue reading
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The Power of Art: Here and Now
As we start to wind down ahead of the winter vacation, Dr Dina Rezk reflects on the power of the arts to engage us and enrich our thinking. A few months ago, a friend sent me a flyer of a… Continue reading
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Great Stenches, Horrible Sights, and Deadly Abominations: the Stenton Lecture and Symposium 2024
The Stenton Lecture is an annual lecture by an eminent historian, hosted by the Deparment of History, named in honour of our founders, Sir Frank and Lady Doris Stenton. Here, two of our PhD students, Stephen Evans and Caroline Johnson,… Continue reading
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Black History Month 2024: Black Musical Cultures Beyond Borders, Part 2 – Transatlantic Exchanges
In the second of our two Black History Month blogs, Dr Benjamin Bland (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of History) reflects on the importance of transatlantic exchanges and identities to the history of Black musical cultures in the… Continue reading
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My Summer in the Archives: the Papers of Nancy Astor
This summer, our undergraduate student Courtney Murch spent time in the Reading Special Collections working with the papers of Nancy Astor, the first woman MP to take her seat in Parliament. Turning 18 in 2022 did not only mean that… Continue reading
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