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Tag Archives: History students
The Criminalization of Homosexuality in Colonial History, by Dr Joseph O’Mahoney
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
Posted in LGBT+ HM 2022
Tagged history, History students, LGBT History, LGBT History month, University of Reading
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Lesbian History, Trans History, by Professor Rosemary Auchmuty
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
Posted in LGBT+ HM 2022, News
Tagged history, History students, LGBT History month, University of Reading
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Christmas at Sea: 400 Years of the Festive Season Afloat, with Dr Richard Blakemore
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
Posted in A Very Ghostly Christmas (2021)
Tagged christmas, history, History students, students, University of Reading
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Supernaturally chattering teeth: Romanticism and the politics of gathering winter fuel, by Dr Jeremy Burchardt
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
Posted in A Very Ghostly Christmas (2021), News
Tagged christmas, history, History students, students, University of Reading
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A Very Ghostly Christmas: St Nicholas, the Slaughtered Students and the Murdered Merchant, by Professor Anne Lawrence-Mathers
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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Tagged christmas, history, History students, Medieval, University of Reading
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