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School of History, Archaeology and Religion news

Ambulance driver holding organ donation box

Empowering families with knowledge

22 January 2019

What do changes to the law on organ donation mean for Muslims?

Leadership, Authority and Representation in British Muslim Communities

8 January 2019

Centre for Study of Islam in the UK addresses key contemporary questions at special conference

Conservation student scoops prestigious award

14 December 2018

Outstanding MSc Conservation Practice student awarded 2018 Zena Walker Scholarship

contributors to Digging for Britain programme

Latest science reveals new secrets of multi-cultural Iron Age communities and their final rites

10 December 2018

New archaeological research challenges perceptions of Iron Age mortuary ritual

Cardiff ScienceHumanities enters next stage of development

7 December 2018

Wellcome Trust grant enables focus on Populations, Energies and Healthy Futures

Walls of hope

5 December 2018

Historian and eye witness to fall of Berlin Wall contributes to a new television series looking at some of the world’s most iconic walls.

Improving diversity in the profession of conservation

20 November 2018

Conservation alumnae join the debate

Making Connections: Stonehenge in its Prehistoric World

20 November 2018

Archaeologist undertaking PhD tells story of links between the British Isles and Europe in new exhibition at world famous heritage site

Old Age and American Slavery

14 November 2018

Historian undertaking research for new book project

New project examines early modern Catholicism between Rome and its northern heartlands

13 November 2018

Cardiff historian to make accessible the letters of four key sixteenth-century figures in Rome

Halloween fun

17 October 2018

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

Unearthing new skills

10 October 2018

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

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

Shaping aspiration

1 October 2018

Students break down barriers to university with SHARE with Schools project

1968 the year of revolution

11 September 2018

Cardiff historian gives talks at major US universities

New learning opportunities for CAER Heritage Project

4 September 2018

Drive to raise the profile of ancient Cardiff hillfort site

Hillfort in the sand

15 August 2018

Beach fun for all at Barry Island

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.

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

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.