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  • 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

  • Spotlight on: Sam Gibbs

    I was born in Poole but grew up in Swindon. I did both my BA and MA at the University of Reading, and stayed to do a PhD. My current PhD research is focussing on the English archers of the… Continue reading

  • Spotlight on: Ruth Salter

    I am a native of Reading, although I have very strong family ties with Devon.  As well as being one of the sessional lecturers I am also one of the Department’s PhD researchers – my work focusing on twelfth-century English… Continue reading

  • Departmental Research Seminar Spring Term 2014

    March 12th, 2.30 -6pm Ceremonies of rulership Dr Janet Dickinson (University of Reading), ‘Approaching the Queen: adapting to the challenges of ceremony at the Elizabethan court’. Dr Alice Hunt (University of Southampton), ‘Ceremony and the English Republic’ Dr Anna Keay… Continue reading

  • UROP projects 2014: Almanacs, Meteorology and the Origins of Weather Forecasts

    Did astrology produce serious weather forecasts, and how did people use them? Dr Anne Lawrence is running a research project on Medieval Meteorology in Context, and has gained funding for an undergraduate researcher to work on part of the project. … Continue reading

  • UROP projects 2014: Monsters and Mythical Beasts

    Dr Helen Parish is currently researching the place of dragons, monsters, and mythical beasts in late medieval and early modern culture, and has secured funding under the UROP scheme for an undergraduate researcher to work alongside her on this project. … Continue reading

  • Spotlight on: Harriet Mahood

    Before university, I lived and worked on my parents’ sheep farm in the Scottish highlands and amongst my more normal skills, I can shear sheep with traditional clippers and count a flock of sheep in under a minute. Oddly enough,… Continue reading

  • Spotlight on: Dr Anne Tarassenko and Dr Danielle Park

    Anne Trassenko was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey and attended the University of Durham for her undergraduate degree in English Literature. She then worked for 25 years in publishing before coming to Reading to do an MA in Medieval Studies at… Continue reading