history
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Great Stenches, Horrible Sights, and Deadly Abominations: the Stenton Lecture and Symposium 2024
The Stenton Lecture is an annual lecture by an eminent historian, hosted by the Deparment of History, named in honour of our founders, Sir Frank and Lady Doris Stenton. Here, two of our PhD students, Stephen Evans and Caroline Johnson,… Continue reading
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Local Women’s Liberation – locating Women’s Activism in Reading
Amy Longmuir explores women’s activism in our town in the 1970s. As a lifelong Reading resident, when one of the largest towns in the UK comes up in my research on the British Women’s Liberation Movement, I am particularly interested… Continue reading
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Black History Month 2024: Black Musical Cultures Beyond Borders, Part 1 – Staff Selections
Paul Robeson, world famous baritone, leading Moore Shipyard (Oakland, CA) workers in singing “The Star Spangled Banner” in 1942. We are marking Black History Month this year by celebrating the diverse history of Black musical cultures. This culminates in an… Continue reading
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History Department Outreach: June 2024
Our department has been fortunate to welcome lots of school pupils over the past month. Sharing our craft is an important part of our department, and several events were organised by our outreach director, Dr Daniel Renshaw. Alongside him this… Continue reading
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A Project to Uncover the Truth, by Ellie Grigsby
‘The little girl could not sleep because her thoughts were way too deep, her mind had gone out for a stroll and fallen down the rabbit hole.”– Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, 1865. At my first supervision session in 2022,… Continue reading
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