New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51

Dr Will Pooley (Associate Professor in Modern History), University of Bristol The students, we often grumble, don’t read the secondary readings we set for class. Every year, we find ourselves press…

Why Study History Historical Thinking in Everyday Life The AHA offers resources for educators and students on the importance of studying history, and reflections on why learning about the past helps u...

Explore the history of witchcraft belief and persecution during the early modern period in this special study day.

The King’s table was full of flavours from the British empire and beyond.

In this blog post, I explore the life of Ann Davies, an attendant at Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum.

In summer 1802, a Baltimore jury convicted Esther Davis of murdering her newborn child. The newspapers that carried the story assured readers that the evidence against her was “clear and concise,” …

Why did Galenic pharmacopoeia survive for nearly two millennia? This lecture explores the intellectual, cultural, and practical reasons behind its extraordinary resilience.

A medieval choir book offers a behind-the-scenes look at the painstaking work required to protect the University’s rare collections.

In a Latin manuscript from a monastery in Poland, a Latin scholar from Würzburg has found two new sermons by the Doctor of the Church, St Augustine. He is currently working with an edition company on ...

We are delighted to welcome Dr Krista Milne, Esther Freeman and Ruoyu Jia to the Women’s History Network Seminar Series for our panel on women’s reproductive and maternal health. The se…

A small government agency is releasing federal documents by the thousands that shed new light on racial and other forms of violence in the civil rights era—but the clock is ticking on its work.

Nurse, activist and author Jane Salvage discusses and interprets the role of midwives in birth scenes painted by early modern women artists.