This morning, 10 January, Rebecca Rist, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Reading, featured in an episode of the BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg….Read More >
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Why we need to stop taking disfigurement at face value
From the Phantom of the Opera to Bond villains, facial disfigurement is often portrayed negatively in popular culture. As we commemorate the Armistice of 1918, WW1 historian Dr Marjorie Gehrhardt…Read More >
World War II bombing raids in London and Berlin struck the edge of space, our new study reveals
World war 2 bombing raids had an effect on the upper level of the Earth’s atmosphere, hundreds of miles away from where the bombs fell, according to research from Reading…Read More >
American tennis, coconut shies and Millicent Fawcett – a garden party I’d like to have attended.
90 years ago this week, Nancy Astor, the first female British MP to take her seat, held a garden party at Cliveden House to celebrate the passing of the Act…Read More >
Sick of Sickness! Recovering a Happier History
The NHS turns 70 this year, giving us the chance to appreciate the fact it is there to turn to whenever we get ill. But what did people do before…Read More >
Lost and Found: Excavating the world’s first farmers
By Professor Roger Matthews and Dr Wendy Matthews The transition of humankind from mobile hunters to settled farmers after the Ice Age is a period in history still shrouded in…Read More >
Whetting the appetite for edible archives
A multi-media installation created by Dr Teresa Murjas, Associate Professor in the Department of Film, Theatre & Television has inspired the work of The National Archives, Kew and its national…Read More >
1917-2017: the social legacy of a socialist revolution
By Andy Willimott, Lecturer in Modern Russian and Soviet History, University of Reading With the centenary of the 1917 October Revolution approaching, historians who focus on this period, like me,…Read More >
How diverse was Roman Britain?
By Dr Matthew Nicholls, Department of Classics, University of Reading A heated conversation arose on social media on Wednesday surrounding the question of the racial diversity of Roman Britain, or…Read More >
‘Shakespeare and us’ – University professor to give prestigious Sam Wanamaker Fellowship Lecture at the Globe theatre
By Professor Grace Ioppolo, English Literature professor at the University of Reading, and 2017 Sam Wanamaker Fellow at Shakespeare’s Globe Although the Sam Wanamaker Fellowship Lecture was scheduled several months…Read More >