READING HISTORY

University of Reading

  • Spaces and Places of Childhood and Youth

    We conclude our Annual Research Theme for 2014-2015 with a one-day conference on Spaces and Places of Childhood and Youth The Cedars, Whiteknights, University of Reading Thursday 24th September, 2015   Special thanks to Dr Jeremy Burchardt for organising a… Continue reading

  • The Gulag Unbound: Remembering Soviet forced labour

    29 June 2012, Cambridge University The Gulag Unbound: conference document Organizers: Alexander Etkind, Cambridge University and Dan Healey, Reading University The history of the Gulag is conventionally understood as a story of enormous injustice and heroic endurance. This story is ‘bound’… Continue reading

  • Liberal Wars conference

    Liberal wars: strategy, history, ideology 6-7 July, 2012, University of Reading Liberalism is not pacifism. The major ‘liberal’- states that attach importance, at least internally, to individual autonomy – have frequently been willing to use military force; they have also,… Continue reading

  • Reading Early Modern Studies Conference

    12-14 July 2012, University of Reading Conference programme Call for papers Booking form For more information about about this conference please follow this link If you would like to have a Word version of the form please contact Jan Cox… Continue reading

  • The Department of History’s Film Season 2012

    Attend our inaugural retrospective film season. In collaboration with Reading Film Theatre, the heart of independent cinema in Reading, we are showcasing four thought-provoking cinematic releases that have been specially chosen by historians in the Department of History. Our aim is… Continue reading