Tag Archives: American History

Women’s Voices: From Slavery to the #MeToo Movement – Fairbrother Lecture 2019

Posted on June 25, 2019 by readinghistory

The end of the American Civil War offered emancipated African American women the right to bring rape charges against white men for the first time, leading to an escalation in disclosures of sexual violence. In this lecture, History Ph.D. student … Continue reading →

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‘Our Friend Rommel’: How Hollywood invented the ‘Good German’

Posted on September 7, 2018 by readinghistory

by Professor Patrick Major Twenty years ago the Polish-American installation artist Piotr Uklański mounted an exhibition simply called ‘The Nazis’ (you can see many of the photographs from the exhibition here). It showed 164 images of Wehrmacht officers in uniform, … Continue reading →

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Hidden Voices: Enslaved Women in the South Carolina Lowcountry

Posted on August 24, 2018 by readinghistory

by Siân David, UROP student. I am a second-year History student who took part in the University of Reading Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) this summer. Over the last six weeks I have co-authored an online exhibition with Professor Emily … Continue reading →

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UROP Winners 2016/17: Beth Snyder and Dr Mara Oliva

Posted on December 13, 2017 by readinghistory

On Wednesday 8th November 2017, students from across the University of Reading took part in the annual Undergraduate Research Showcase, to celebrate the work of those students who participated in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP). Beth Snyder, who studies … Continue reading →

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7th December 1941: a date which will live in infamy

Posted on December 7, 2017 by readinghistory

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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