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Russian Building

From Russia, with learning

21 October 2016

Leading Russian university academics make historic exchange visit to Wales through international scheme

Welcome reception

Young Norwegians visit Cardiff amid Dahl centenary celebrations

20 October 2016

A century after the birth of one of their most celebrated sons, young Norwegians have visited the city where Roald Dahl was born in a flourishing of links with Cardiff University.

Festival Crowd

Old enough to be in a museum

20 October 2016

Sŵn turns 10 in style

1066 Bayeux Tapestry

Food culture after 1066

10 October 2016

950 years on from the Battle of Hastings, how far did the Norman Conquest impact on diet, habits and health?

iPad with cutout characters on

Exploring utopia

5 October 2016

CAER Model Village project gives young people the chance to reimagine their community on film

archaeologist Rhiannon Philp showed presenter Tessa Dunlop on the Gower peninsular.

Walking in prehistoric footsteps

22 September 2016

A Cardiff University PhD student is shedding light on what the Welsh coastline can tell us about our prehistoric ancestors and the world they inhabited millennia ago in a new BBC2 series.

glamorgan archives

Inspiring young people

15 September 2016

Schools Partnership Project gives youngsters chance to design own work placement

Inspirational scholar’s career celebrated

14 September 2016

A special Crusader conference honouring scholarship inspired by a Cardiff University professor brings world experts to the Welsh capital.

Mesolithic Teeth

Teeth tell a tale

8 September 2016

8,500 year-old human remains advance understanding of changes in prehistoric diet

Scilly

Lyonesse project published

26 August 2016

New study shows impact of 12,000 years of sea level rises on Isles of Scilly

Candle

How did our medieval ancestors live?

5 August 2016

Ground-breaking project to give picture of everyday life from peasants to elite

Pollen Story

Footprints in Time

28 July 2016

Archaeology connects young people with their past and future

Exploring the Past pathway students graduating in 2016

Pathway students graduate in ever-increasing range of degrees

13 July 2016

An innovative Cardiff University scheme offering people a way back into education celebrates its second group of graduates this year.

Cardiff historians in Moscow

Cardiff historians make history

11 July 2016

Historians from Cardiff University begin historic exchange with Russia's most prestigious institution of learning

Image of Mametz Wood today

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.