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You're invited! School of Advanced Study Festival of Research and Engagement, Thursday 8 October 2026

Explore the profound impact of the 1976 drought in Britain, its lessons for today's climate, and the role of media in public perception.

London’s livery companies (or guilds) have long been seen as bastions of privilege, but their members have never been equally privileged or esteemed. Their mechanisms of power and status are highly...

Cambridge Core - Global History - History and Artificial Intelligence

“Xavier owns an apartment that he rents out at a loss of $1 billion/month. Seeing this success, he decides to make financial commitments to construct $850 bi...

The School, formerly the Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School, returns for its 49th year. In 2025 The Ranulf Higden Society took over the organisation of the Latin and Palaeography Summer Sch…

8-12 June, University of London This course will provide an introduction to manuscript-production in Britain and Ireland over the course of a millennium. It will explore questions of palaeography, …

It's summer (allegedly), and all around the country, small vans are driving around residential estates playing music out loud -- and people are smiling when they hear it.

Open Maps Meeting: November 5 & 6 2024 at the Dutch National Archives and National Library

This course introduces students to the complicated and messy processes of production through which pre-modern manuscripts were created. It offers a mixture of talks and practical sessions that give…

Project opportunity - AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) - The Making of the National Archive: The First Century of the Public Record Office at the University of Leeds

Jobs and tasks offer very different ways of investigating the nature of work. Jobs or occupations summarize the unique aspects that characterize a person’s overall work activities, while work tasks fo...

YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council

The School, formerly the Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School, returns for its 49th year. In 2025 The Ranulf Higden Society took over the organisation of the Latin and Palaeography Summer Sch…

This course will provide an introduction to manuscript-production in Britain and Ireland over the course of a millennium. It will explore questions of palaeography, diplomatic, and processes of tra…

"Studying history, we know that nothing is inevitable."

Join us for a hands-on workshop designed to help postgraduate students and researchers make the most of archival collections.

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