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Frankentein's monster

Halloween fun

17 October 2018

Celebrating 200 years of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at Cardiff FrankenFest

Glauberg dig team

Unearthing new skills

10 October 2018

Passion for archaeology sets retired science teacher on new path of discovery

Prof Mary Heimann

Historian speaks at major international book fair

3 October 2018

Ground-breaking book Czechoslovakia: The State That Failed to be published for first time in Czech

SHARE with Schools

Shaping aspiration

1 October 2018

Students break down barriers to university with SHARE with Schools project

Marshall Bloom

1968 the year of revolution

11 September 2018

Cardiff historian gives talks at major US universities

Oliver Davis

New learning opportunities for CAER Heritage Project

4 September 2018

Drive to raise the profile of ancient Cardiff hillfort site

Sandcastle

Hillfort in the sand

15 August 2018

Beach fun for all at Barry Island

Eisteddfod 1

Passion for the past at Eisteddfod 2018

6 August 2018

There’s a local flavour to Cardiff University’s activities at the 2018 National Eisteddfod – with experts in Archaeology and History sharing their passion for the past too.

Civil War Petition

Counting the cost of Britain’s most damaging conflict

27 July 2018

Project to shed new light on how the welfare of wounded soldiers, widows, and orphans was managed during and after the British Civil Wars

Excavation at Cosmeston

Experiencing the past first-hand: Students head across the UK and overseas on placements

13 July 2018

More than 100 students of Archaeology and Conservation at the University are now on placement in the hands-down favourite element of the degrees.