Forum for Studies on War
In several Faculties, Schools and Departments at the University o
f Reading, research is being conducted on topics relating to war:
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Professor Colin Gray in the School of Politics & International Relations heads a Centre for Strategic Studies at the School of Politics & International Relations with many different activities.
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One of these activities is Dr Geoff Sloane's and Professor Colin Gray's Seminar Series on 'Technology, Strategy & Warfare' (MS Word - 103 KB) (Funded by General Dynamics).
In the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, there are:
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'Bombing, States and Peoples in Western Europe, 1940-1945' (project funded by AHRC: co-investigator Professor Andrew Knapp)
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Languages at War: policies and practices of language contacts in conflict' (project funded by AHRC: Principal investigator Professor Hilary Footitt).
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An inter-faculty project on The Liberal Way of War' (funded by Leverhulme) is run by Professor Alan Cromartie from within the School of Politics and International Relations.
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Dr Martin Parsons' project on The Effects of War on Children currently run from the Department of Education, includes a variety of activities, such as:
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'The children's war: evacuees in the countryside, 1939-45', an Exhibition in the Museum of English Rural Life, open to the public.