School of History, Archaeology and Religion news

Cardiff University historian wins the Owsley award for distinguished book on the American South

10 July 2025

Dr Doddington wins 2025’s Southern Historical Association (SHA)’s Frank L. and Harriet C. Owsley Award

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Archaeology volunteers uncover Bronze Age burial site

24 June 2025

City park is offering a significant and complex window into Cardiff’s history, experts say

New Learned Society of Wales Fellows to help solve the challenges the world faces

28 May 2025

15 Cardiff University academics have joined the elite ranks of the of the Learned Society of Wales.

Academics investigate impact of digital technologies on society

20 May 2025

New initiative part of drive to scale up digital humanities and culture research

Several academic staff recognised for their outstanding contributions to university life

8 May 2025

8 staff have been nominated for making positive contributions to the student experience

Archaeological excavation at Fonmon Castle site.

New clues uncovered from excavations at Fonmon Castle

23 April 2025

Discovery of Iron Age settlement, which includes ritually buried dog, suggests site is of ‘significant status’

Graphics for the book title The Basque Witch Hunt that won an award

Dr Jan Machielsen wins award for best book in European history category

7 April 2025

Lleading historian of early modern witchcraft and demonology has won an award

Multiple academic staff at the School of History, Archaeology and Religion granted research funding and an award nomination

7 March 2025

Several academic staff recognised for their contributions to teaching and research

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Professor Jane Henderson ACR FIIC selected by Icon for nomination to National Trust Council

3 January 2025

Icon is delighted to announce that Jane Henderson ACR FIIC has been selected by Icon for nomination to the National Trust Council.

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Islam in Wales History Project - Exhibition Launch Event 2024

13 December 2024

The Islam-UK Centre launches new exhibition at Cardiff University

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Former ambassador to Czech Republic delivers fascinating seminar for Cardiff University students

9 December 2024

Ambassador to the Czech Republic visited Cardiff University to deliver an insightful seminar for final-year history students.

Cardiff University project revealing Roman army supply strategies awarded €2m grant

4 December 2024

Cardiff University researcher to lead a project explaining how the Roman army was supplied with food and the impact this had on landscapes and economies across Europe.

Volunteers Excavating Painted Wall Plaster

Luxury Roman villa excavated by local community archaeologists in Wiltshire’s Chalke Valley

28 November 2024

Community volunteers discover major Roman villa in the Chalke Valley in south Wiltshire.

Roman burial within a stone cist prior to excavation by Teffont Archaeology Project

Largest study into the people of Roman Britain set to transform understandings of the period

21 November 2024

Research will combine archaeological, isotopic and ancient DNA evidence

Starter for ten: Cardiff University through to second round of University Challenge

30 October 2024

The team secured a comfortable win over St Andrews in TV’s toughest quiz team tournament.

Communicating without borders

21 October 2024

How Japan pursued new international lingua franca in the century of global conflict

Witchcraft, Werewolves and Magic

2 October 2024

University experts from across Wales lead new Historical Association short course

Protecting our built heritage and collections

1 October 2024

Cardiff University leads one of 31 projects benefitting from £37m boost for conservation and heritage science

Making history: double student success

24 September 2024

Alumnae win prestigious award and Harriet Tubman Prize aimed at supporting a new generation of BAME students to flourish in the discipline

Honouring Indian Independence

12 September 2024

Historian contributes to national event remembering key moment in world history