History students
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History Department’s Favourite Pirate Films – July 2023
To start us off on our Pirates of the Caribbean 20th anniversary month, the pirate specialists in the History Department here at the University of Reading have nominated their favourite pirate films of all time)… Luke Walters – Treasure Island… Continue reading
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British People Month: Justin Fashanu: ‘Oh, what a goal, oh that’s a magnificent goal’, by Prof Matt Worley
It’s not often you get to say ‘I was there’, but … I was there. On 9 February 1980, I was 9 years-old and saw this: Justin Fashanu, just beginning to gain a reputation as a foremost talent in English… Continue reading
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Into the Archives: Berkshire Records Office, by Graham Moore
When thinking about undertaking archival research, it can be easy to reach automatically for the big national institutions. But there is more to life than the British Library or The National Archives; sometimes, history can be a little closer to… Continue reading
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Into the Archives: A Day in the Life of a Volunteer at The National Archives, by Christos Giannatos
As a Postgraduate Researcher, I was pretty excited to work with primary material and uncover the many secrets they hold, but also, use those secrets to enrich my research! From a young age, I was watching documentaries where archivists and… Continue reading
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Teaching Excellence in the History Department at the University of Reading 2023
We are very privileged to have so many of our teaching staff recognised by students through Reading University Students’ Union’s Excellence Awards. This year, six of our staff (including two PhD students) have been nominated! Here is what they say… Continue reading
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