Tag Archives: History students

The Criminalization of Homosexuality in Colonial History, by Dr Joseph O’Mahoney

Posted on February 24, 2022 by readinghistory

First posted on the Gender History Research Cluster At first, we were surprised.  My co-author Enze Han and I had started looking into how many countries around the world it was illegal to be gay in.  We found that 72 … Continue reading →

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Lesbian History, Trans History, by Professor Rosemary Auchmuty

Posted on February 14, 2022 by readinghistory

We are delighted to welcome a guest blog by Professor Rosemary Auchmuty from the School of Law. She is a pioneer of women’s studies and feminist legal studies in higher education in Britain, Rosemary (Australian by upbringing) has been professor … Continue reading →

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Christmas at Sea: 400 Years of the Festive Season Afloat, with Dr Richard Blakemore

Posted on December 15, 2021 by readinghistory

Dr Richard Blakemore gave this talk as part of an event on ‘Christmas at Sea: 400 Years of the Festive Season Afloat’ on 7 December 2021, organised by the Royal Museums Greenwich and Institute of Historical Research Maritime History & Culture … Continue reading →

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Supernaturally chattering teeth: Romanticism and the politics of gathering winter fuel, by Dr Jeremy Burchardt

Posted on December 8, 2021 by readinghistory

In recent years I’ve been researching and teaching on rural landscape and the way it has been represented in England since the late eighteenth century.  It is widely agreed that the Romantic movement, and in particular the Romantic poets, played … Continue reading →

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A Very Ghostly Christmas: St Nicholas, the Slaughtered Students and the Murdered Merchant, by Professor Anne Lawrence-Mathers

Posted on December 6, 2021 by readinghistory

On the feast day of St Nicholas of Myra, we find out if the ‘Wondeworker’ Saint is a modern day Santa Claus or an early version of Sweeny Todd in these stories of ghostly apparitions, murder, and magic. Will there … Continue reading →

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