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  • Registration now open for ‘Trump’s First 100 Days’ 2nd May, 2017

    We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the forthcoming conference ‘Trump’s First 100 Days’, 2nd May 2017. A copy of the conference programme is available below.  Registrations should be made via the University of Reading’s Conferences… Continue reading

    Registration now open for ‘Trump’s First 100 Days’ 2nd May, 2017
  • Co-living: Utopia 2.0?

    by Dr Andy Willimott [1] Eight months on from its opening, in May 2016, the London-based co-living enterprise known as The Collective Old Oak is still going strong. The residential concept, situated between North Acton and Wilesden Junction, now boasts… Continue reading

    Co-living: Utopia 2.0?
  • So that was International Women’s Day…

    by Dr Jacqui Turner So yesterday was International Women’s Day and women were everywhere – literally we were all over the place, in the media, online, on TV and crowded around both front benches in the House of Commons as,… Continue reading

    So that was International Women’s Day…
  • International Womens’ Day: An Interview with Rebecca Rist

    This month is Womens’ History Month and today, 8th March, is International Womens’ Day. So we’ve taken the opportunity to talk to Dr Rebecca Rist, one of the few young female academics working on the medieval papacy, and find out… Continue reading

    International Womens’ Day: An Interview with Rebecca Rist
  • Paid Research Opportunity for Students: History UROPs, Summer 2017

    Are you interested in doing paid research over the summer? Do you want to expand your CV and skills? The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) scheme gives undergraduate students in the middle years of their degree (i.e. not first or… Continue reading

    Paid Research Opportunity for Students: History UROPs, Summer 2017
  • ‘Hidden Figures’ Film Review

    by Philippa Sale [1] There was some confusion at the Academy Awards this weekend when ‘La La Land’ was incorrectly announced as the winner of the Best Picture Oscar, the real winner being ‘Moonlight’.  Away from this embarrassing mix-up another… Continue reading

    ‘Hidden Figures’ Film Review
  • Visiting Berlin: Our Part 2 Study Trip

    Part 2 @UoRHistStudents @AwkwardPhoenix & @georgiarebecca_ on thier study trip to Berlin Continue reading

    Visiting Berlin: Our Part 2 Study Trip
  • History: handle with care

    by Dr Richard Blakemore One of the first assignments given to Reading history undergraduates is to write a précis, or summary, of one chapter from a selection of well-known books by eminent historians on the theory and purpose of the discipline.… Continue reading

    History: handle with care
  • LBGT History Month 2017: Oscar Wilde Vlog

    by Jodie Larkin and Nikki Rai In accordance with LGBT+ history month, this vlog explores Oscar Wilde’s infamous stay in Reading Gaol (later HM Reading Prison). During the late nineteenth century, Wilde was at the height of success: hit wit,… Continue reading

    LBGT History Month 2017: Oscar Wilde Vlog
  • CFP: President Trump’s First 100 Days

    Please see below for details of the upcoming conference from the Reading Interdisciplinary Research Netwrok for the Study of Political History and Politics in the Americas: Continue reading

    CFP: President Trump’s First 100 Days