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7th December 1941: a date which will live in infamy
by Dafydd Townley It is not an overstatement to say that the events of December 7th, 1941, changed not just the world of the time, but also shaped the world in which we live today. The attack by Imperial Japanese… Continue reading
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3rd December 1914: Rough weather at sea and the ship’s cat
by Dr Ruth Salter [1] While many of the dates we’re looking at in this year’s December blog series mark big, noteworthy events which impacted either on the life of a notable individual, or on contemporary society – thus potentially… Continue reading
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1st December 1919: ‘Insidious Sexism’, Nancy Astor MP #MeToo
by Dr Jacqui Turner [1] On the day that Nancy Astor took her seat in parliament, rather than blog about an anniversary, and inspired by the recent visit of outspoken feminist MP Jess Phillips to the University of Reading, I… Continue reading
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NEW BOOK: Rethinking the Russian Revolution
by Dr Andy Willimott Matthias Neumann & Andy Willimott, Rethinking the Russian Revolution as Historical Divide (Routledge, 2017). The Russian Revolution of 1917 has often been presented as a complete break with the past, with everything which had gone before… Continue reading
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Robert Mugabe’s Fall in Political Cartoons: A Zimbabwean Story (Part II)
As the situation continues to develop in Zimbabwa, our Dr Heike Schmidt considers Mugabe’s fall as seen in political cartoons (Part 2 of 2). Continue reading
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Robert Mugabe’s Fall in Political Cartoons: A Zimbabwean Story (Part I)
As the situation continues to develop in Zimbabwa, our Dr Heike Schmidt considers Mugabe’s fall as seen in political cartoons (Part 1 of 2). Continue reading
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Daughters of the Dust and the History of Gullah communities
by Prof. Emily West On Tuesday 17th October the University kindly invited me to introduce Reading Film Theatre’s showing of the 1991 film, Daughters of the Dust, written and directed by Julie Dash. Her father grew up in the area… Continue reading
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Darwin Rocks!
by Prof. David Stack September 2017 was not the best month for Charles Darwin. The introduction of the new £10 note saw his bearded profile usurped by a polymer Jane Austen; the Erdogan government implemented its removal of the… Continue reading
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