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Our research analyses a timeline of more than a millennium. Join our diverse community, and gain a better understanding of our place in time.

We have a dynamic community of researchers who delve into the very essence of the human identity, both as an individual and as a community. They explore the relationship between history, heritage and the present.

Learn more about the Department's research and its researchers

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Research impact

Staff in the department lead on and contribute to a number of important and prize-winning impact projects that seek to inform the future and influence change, including:

  • Dr Jacqui Turner: Vote100: Beyond the ballot, Women’s rights and suffrage from 1866 to today – finalist for the Research and Impact Engagement Awards 2018, Astor100: Celebrating 100 years of women in Parliament, challenging the male narrative – winner of the Research and Impact Engagement Award 2020
  • Dr Natalie Thomlinson: Women and the miners’ strike: Capturing changing gender roles in working-class communities in Britain after 1945 (alongside Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite at UCL)
  • Dr Dina Rezk: Social listening: developing new qualitative methods to understand digital cultures in the past, present and future - winner of the British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award 2017 
  • Professor Matt Worley: Punk in the East - shortlisted for the Research and Engagement and Impact Awards 2017
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Meet the team

Meet the staff who will work with you and enable you to pursue your passions.

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Stories

History is no ordinary subject - which makes the stories we have to tell, extraordinary.

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PhD opportunities

Join us in conducting advanced research that shapes and informs the area of history you're passionate about.

What to expect during your PhD at Reading