Humanities - History/Archeology

Frequin was one of three speakers on the Paleissymposium. Assistant Professor Sanne Frequin was one of the three speakers at the Paleissymposium, with King Willem-Alexander as host.

Show all news items As we reflect on pivotal moments throughout history, such as the suffragette movement, the Second World War, or the abolition of slavery, there is a tendency to overlook the names and stories of disabled individuals who played a critical role in shaping the course of history.

A possibly pre-Christian temple from the time of the East Anglian Kings, some 1,400 years ago, has been found at Rendlesham, near Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, by a team of archaeologists led by UCL researchers.

MIT's Malick Ghachem extends the "Dialogues across Differences" lecture series with a talk about the past and present of university politics.

A team of archaeologists, co-led by a researcher at the University of Southampton, believe they have located the site of the lost Monastery of Deer in Northeast Scotland.

Paula Neira, the program director of LGBTQ+ Equity and Education at Johns Hopkins Medicine, shares her journey from a dream job in the Navy to a life of service, purpose, and impact beyond.

At Laveyron, Inrap archaeologists have uncovered a wine-making facility built in the 1st century AD, on top of large buildings dating from the 1st century BC.

Ridley Scott's Napoleon biopic offers a window into the prevailing fashion trends of a hugely significant period in history, every detail of which was scrutinised in the French press, writes Tania Sheikhan in The Conversation.

A collection of over 200 coins from over 200 years of Celtic British history is now available to a worldwide audience.

Recent research has shown that engravings in a cave in La Roche-Cotard (France), which has been sealed for thousands of years, were actually made by Neanderthals. This research was performed by Basel archaeologist Dorota Wojtczak together with a team of researchers from France and Denmark, whose findings reveal that the Neanderthals were in fact the first humans with an appreciation of art.

Over 2,000 seal impressions discovered provide vivid insights into city administration in Roman Antiquity.

UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics BCSP Among the questions the initiative will explore: What might psychedelics reveal about how societies change? How have they shaped music, history and art? Can they shed new light on age-old questions about what it means to be human, to think and to exist? On November 15, the University of Califo