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Aerial view of Ely area

Archaeologists return to Hidden Hillfort for excavations of the city’s past

26 June 2019

Community dig to uncover historic ramparts

Historian Dr Emily Cock

From shame to sympathy: Marking criminals for life

11 June 2019

New Generation Thinker looks at the way the British State has inflicted facial disfigurement as punishment in first Free Thinking broadcast

Sikh Council of Wales

Sikhism celebrated

14 May 2019

Wales launch for UK wide season of events marking 550th birth of founding Guru

From foiling Hitler’s V2 rockets to championing adult education, Eileen Younghusband Lecture Series continues

8 May 2019

Second annual lecture honours extraordinary life of campaigner who received the British Empire Medal

Cardiff University

Ranking success

1 May 2019

Cardiff University claims top spot in Wales in The Complete University Guide 2020

Prof Mary Heimann

1989 & Beyond: The New Shape of Europe

10 April 2019

Cardiff historian takes part in UK event taking stock of European developments

possible training practices for young squires from marginal illustration from Oxford Bodleian Library manuscript 264

Postgraduate student scoops Journal prize

29 March 2019

History PhD candidate Pierre Gaite has won the De Re Militari Gillingham Prize

Book cover

Hunger Games

25 March 2019

New book explores how cannibalism has long shaped the human relationship with food, hunger and moral outrage

Artist impression of CAER Heritage Centre

£1.65m community project to reveal 6,000-year-old ‘hidden’ historic site in Cardiff

22 March 2019

Community with an inspiring heritage receives National Lottery funding

The Many Faces of Tudor Britain

Cardiff University research leads to new discoveries about the Mary Rose

14 March 2019

Archaeological analysis key to unlocking the diverse pasts of the crew