2024 Being Human Festival events

A workshop to get creative with rare collections, tell undiscovered stories and find out how to unlock archives for content creation and creative production.

A celebration of our local landmark businesses and how they contribute to our environment to create pillars of society

Join Cardiff Business School at this showcase to celebrate the diversity and successes of our local landmark businesses.

Meet your local small businesses, sample and buy some products and learn how they contribute to the economy,  environment, community and society.

Learn about sustainable, ethical and human approaches to the market and society, and how they contribute to small business success.

Learn how research by our School of English, Communication and Philosophy on enemy encounters contributed to the War and the Mind exhibition currently on display at the Imperial War Museum, London.

View some of the key exhibits, learn about our research and hear narratives that give an insight into the mental and emotional experience of war for combatants and civilians.

Join our researcher, Professor Holly Furneaux, the exhibition’s Senior Curator, Laura Clouting, and Karin Diamond, Artistic Director at Re-live (a life story arts charity that features in the exhibition), to explore the challenges of presenting difficult histories, and gain an understanding of the mental and emotional experiences of conflict.

Following the talk and Q&A, there will be an opportunity for audience members to share their own experiences, should they choose, through group discussions and interactive creative practices.

15 November 2024,14:00 - 18:00

A celebration of 6,000 years of history of Ely and Caerau.

Making History in Cardiff brings together researchers from our School of History, Archaeology and Religion, community partners and artists, alongside a dedicated team of local volunteers, to explore exciting histories of the area, build skills and create opportunities for the vibrant communities of Caerau and Ely.

We welcome members of the Caerau and Ely community to the Caer Heritage Centre to explore the incredible community-led discoveries of the areas past from the stone age to the modern era. Experience remarkable Bronze Age artefacts from the first known house in the city, step back in time to explore the Iron Age and get hands-on with heritage-themed ancient crafts.

16 November 2024, 11:00 - 15:00

Come and explore 6,000 years of history at our fun, family celebration

Making History in Cardiff: Discovery Day will be hosted at Cardiff West Community High School, next to the site of a Roman villa and Cardiff’s oldest known house dating to the Bronze Age.

The day will be jam-packed with family fun and interactive activities that explore the past: sample Roman foods, walk through Bronze-Age landscapes, compose medieval sagas, discover tales of witches and witch hunts, learn about oral history and co-create heritage-themed art.