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Tweeting from the Grave: Sickness and Survival in the 17th Century
by Dr Hannah Newton [i] My favourite thing about being a historian is reading other people’s diaries. I began to realise this at the tender age of eight, when our teacher asked us to write a series of diary entries … Continue reading
Posted in British History, Cultural History, Early Modern History, Publications
Tagged childcare, childhood, children, Early Modern, early modern history, health humanities research group, history, history of childhood, history of medicine, history of sickness, Medical History, new book, publication, University of Reading
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Spaces and Places of Childhood and Youth
By Dr Jeremy Burchardt This was the final event of the Department’s 2014-15 Annual Research Theme, on the history of childhood and youth. Children’s history is very much an academic growth area, and the aim of the symposium was to … Continue reading
Posted in Annual Research Theme
Tagged childhood, children, family, history, Nazi Germany, parents, play, scholarship, sickness, youth
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Spaces and Places of Childhood and Youth
We conclude our Annual Research Theme for 2014-2015 with a one-day conference on Spaces and Places of Childhood and Youth The Cedars, Whiteknights, University of Reading Thursday 24th September, 2015 Special thanks to Dr Jeremy Burchardt for organising a … Continue reading
Posted in 2014/15 History of Childhood and Youth, Events
Tagged Child; childhood, childcare, children, Conference, history, play, school, sick, sickness, spaces, University of Reading, youth
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Spaces and places of childhood and youth
Department of History, University of Reading, Thursday 24th September, 2015 Keynote speaker: Professor Melanie Tebbutt (Manchester Metropolitan University) This one-day symposium marks the culmination of the Department’s 2014/15 annual research theme on childhood and youth history. Until recently, … Continue reading
READING HISTORY 
Professor Matthew Worley on Youth Culture
From an idea of Dr Jacqui Turner, we are proud to present our new special feature “Our Videos” Dr Turner has created and produced a series of mini-documentaries featuring our members of staff discussing their research expertise and teaching. … Continue reading →