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100 years on: the legacy of Mametz Wood

7 July 2016

A leading historian gives a fresh perspective on the notorious World War One battle involving Welsh volunteers.

Emeritus Professor Miranda Aldhouse-Green receives her award at the Society for American Archaeology Awards on 8 April in Orlando.

CSI meets ancient bog bodies

23 June 2016

Cardiff academic’s new book scoops international award

Putting a new spin on witchcraft

20 June 2016

Cardiff historian makes 2016 Royal Historical Society awards shortlist

British composer Hubert Parry

Jerusalem at 100

21 April 2016

How song inspired by William Blake’s poetry became an anthem for patriots and suffragettes

Deer

Deer to the islands

7 April 2016

Scottish Red Deer have European ancestors

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Alumnus returns to alma mater as Professor of Ancient History

11 March 2016

Switching Celtic capitals, alumnus Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones returns to Cardiff this year in a new professorial post in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion.

Offa's Dyke

New revelations about Offa’s Dyke revealed

9 March 2016

Fifty years after Sir Cyril Fox’s seminal work, a new major study of the ancient linear earthwork Offa’s Dyke is to be launched at Cardiff University.

front cover of Midnight's Children

BBC New Generation Thinker to give School's first Distinguished Research Lecture

9 March 2016

‘Ain’t it a ripping night’: Alcohol & the Legacies of Empire in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children’ begins the School of History, Archaeology and Religion’s new Distinguished Research Lecture series.

Student running

PhD student’s three major races

9 March 2016

Rhiannon’s runs motivated by grandmother’s illness

 Iron Age burial renewals

Macabre variety of Iron Age burial practices

2 March 2016

Research reveals the diverse and unusual ways dead people were treated more than 2,000 years ago