University of Reading
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The Liddesdale
In a second blog on our river Thames, following the blog from the country archivist, Jacqui Turner and Emily Astor glide on the river with the National Trust at Cliveden aboard the Liddesdale, Nancy Astor’s electric canoe. Emily and Jacqui… Continue reading
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Long Read: Our Outreach Roundup – Summer 2025
The past few months have been busy for both staff and PhD students in the department. This summer, we played host to students who visited campus to take part in various activities. On June 10th, the department hosted Andover College… Continue reading
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‘Bells, Flags – and Bathing Costumes – in Big Procession’: British Street Parties
PhD student Fiona Lane shares some of her own research in the aftermath of the VE80 celebrations, focusing on very different types of street parties: those hosted by rent strikers in the 1930s. ‘It will be like Coronation Day again!’,… 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 2 – Transatlantic Exchanges
In the second of our two Black History Month blogs, Dr Benjamin Bland (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of History) reflects on the importance of transatlantic exchanges and identities to the history of Black musical cultures in the… Continue reading
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