Fall in love Roman-style by playing board games
For ancient Romans, many of the gestures now associated with Valentine’s Day would be unfamiliar, if not completely puzzling. Love and desire were not confined to a single day, nor...Read More >
Heritage & Creativity
Challenging the corporate wellness narrative through art
Video still from Alan Warburton, Psychometrics, HD CGI video , 2016 – as featured in the forthcoming monograph How Artists Critique Wellness Narratives in the Workplace. Image courtesy of the...Read More >
Is consciousness everywhere?
Dr Walter Veit (Dept. of Philosophy) discusses the notion of 'panpsychism' and offers some viewpoints on this divisive philosophical concept. Is consciousness everywhere? In every rock and atom? That...Read More >
Shrimps on the barbie: an Australian Christmas
Dr Walter Veit, lecturer in Philosophy, has written on the topic of animal consciousness and welfare. In this blog, he reflects on shrimp welfare and the 'empathy gap' between us...Read More >
We built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals
Battle of Sluys, 1340, depicted by Jean Froissart (1337-1410) | Wikimedia Commons When you picture medieval warfare, you might think of epic battles and famous monarchs. But what about the...Read More >
Jacqui Turner – what does it mean to be working class?
As part of the University’s Centenary Celebrations, a team led by David Stack in History has been researching the experiences of students and staff from working-class backgrounds at the University...Read More >
Does BBC Civilisations gets its four stories of collapse correct? Experts weigh in
In four episodes, the BBC’s Civilisations series tells the story of the fall of the Romans, Aztecs, Egypt’s Ptolemies and Japan’s Edo Samurais. The show tells these stories through a...Read More >
The Children’s Booker prize will include works of translation – here are five expert recommendations to get your kids excited
Photo by Eliott Reyna on Unsplash The buzz around the newly announced Children’s Booker has focused on its potential to “tell kids they matter”, as they get their own version...Read More >
The afterlives of the Eternal City – ancient Rome and modern Italian imperialism
Mussolini's triumphant Roman restoration in “The History of Rome through Architecture”, Publio Morbiducci. Photo by Samuel Agbamu. Winner of the Research Output Prize 2025 – Heritage & Creativity Samuel Agbamu,...Read More >
Tracing rebellion in the chemistry of Roman coins
Kathryn Murphy, Data Scientist on the REMADE project, explains how the changing silver content of ancient coins tells a tumultuous story of political upheaval in the third-century Roman Empire. In...Read More >
