Politics
Order! In Conversation with The Rt Hon John Bercow MP
Van Emden Lecture Theatre Edith Morley Building, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomThe Department of Politics and International Relations invites you to join them on Friday February 3 as the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Rt Hon John Bercow MP joins Dr Mark Shanahan and RUSU President Ben Cooper in conversation. With everything from Brexit, to PMQs via reforming the Commons to the renovation of the Palace […]
Policy in Practice Seminar
HumSS 128 Edith Morley Building, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomMichaela Bergman, Chief Counsellor for Social Issues at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Under the Shadow film screening
Minghella Cinema, Minghella Building Whiteknights Campus, United KingdomThe School of Politics, Economics and International Relations would like to invite you to the launch of Under the Shadow A 54 minute documentary by Fiona Lloyd-Davies Followed by a discussion […]
Trumps’s First 100 Days
Chancellors Building Whiteknights Campus, Reading, United KingdomReading Interdisciplinary Research Network for the Study of Political History & Politics in America This is a one day conference to mark the launch of the new reading Interdisciplinary research network - The Monroe Group for the study of politics in the Americas. The Monroe Group, is designed to encourage dialogue between scholars in the […]
The Fate of Europe and the West Book Launch
Van Emden Lecture Theatre Edith Morley Building, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomThe Fate of the West The Decline and Revival of the World's Most Successful Political Idea Bill Emmott, former editor of the Economist Free entry. No reservation necessary. The idea of ‘the West’ has underpinned our prosperity and security for over seven decades. It stands for democratic institutions and values, a rules-based system of steadily […]
Suffrage and Citizenship Lecture
Palmer G10 Palmer Building, Whiteknights Campus, Reading, United KingdomSuffrage is arguably the most important single event in women's history; despite popular conception it was not a fight for freedom, it was the campaign for equal citizenship waged by men and women across the class divide and the political spectrum. The refusal of the law to allow women to take part directly in political […]
Department of History Seminar Series
Edith Morley 126 Edith Morley, Whiteknights House, Reading, United Kingdom‘Suburban Relapse: British Punk and the Politics of Boredom’ – a seminar by Matthew Worley (Reading)