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Environment - History / Archeology - 19.04.2023

History / Archeology - 19.04.2023
Safeguarding an endangered cultural heritage
Safeguarding an endangered cultural heritage
Asia Minor Research Centre documents state of cultural monuments in the region in Turkey hit by earthquakes The images of the massive earthquakes which occurred in south-eastern Turkey on February 6 are shocking.

Campus - History / Archeology - 18.04.2023

History / Archeology - 17.04.2023

Life Sciences - History / Archeology - 14.04.2023
Analysis: DNA study opens a window into African civilisations that left a lasting legacy
Analysis: DNA study opens a window into African civilisations that left a lasting legacy
PhD candidate Nancy Bird (UCL Genetics Institute) describes in The Conversation how her genetics research reveals evidence of the migrations of ancient people across Africa, and other major events of the past, embedded in the genomes of today's inhabitants. Pre-colonial African history is alive with tales of civilisations rising and falling and of different cultures intermingling across the continent.

History / Archeology - 14.04.2023
Sacred ground: Stepping off the map and onto the beaches, cliffs of Normandy
Sacred ground: Stepping off the map and onto the beaches, cliffs of Normandy Unprecedented staff ride helps U-M ROTC candidates process the reality of D-Day Story by Fernanda Pires, photos and video

Astronomy / Space Science - History / Archeology - 11.04.2023
How female 'eclipse chasers' contributed to science in Australia
How female ’eclipse chasers’ contributed to science in Australia
Known as 'female computers' and 'amateur astronomers,' they were deeply involved in expeditions Dr Toner Stevenson from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences writes about the forgotten history of late 19th century women and their contributions to astronomy.

Art and Design - History / Archeology - 11.04.2023

Music - History / Archeology - 11.04.2023
New details of Billie Holiday's early life in Baltimore
New details of Billie Holiday’s early life in Baltimore
New Billie Holiday collection reveals details of her life in Baltimore A showcase at the Baltimore Museum of Art offers a first glimpse of a newly acquired collection A baby photo.

Campus - History / Archeology - 05.04.2023

History / Archeology - Health - 05.04.2023
Students discover stories of girls who lived at former Hopkins orphanage
Students discover stories of girls who lived at former Hopkins orphanage
The course is part of the ongoing Hard Histories at Hopkins project, which examines the role that racism and discrimination have played at the institution Johns Hopkins University students are workin

History / Archeology - 05.04.2023

History / Archeology - Agronomy / Food Science - 04.04.2023

Art and Design - History / Archeology - 04.04.2023

History / Archeology - 31.03.2023
Deepfakes: has the camera always lied?
Date Fake footage is a centuries-old problem that began long before digital technology, according to a Leeds academic. A new research paper, published in the philosophy journal Synthese , argues that deepfakes aren't as unprecedented as they may seem, as photos and videos have been the subject of manipulation for more than a century.

History / Archeology - Social Sciences - 30.03.2023
The untold history of the horse in the American Plains, a new future for the world
The untold history of the horse in the American Plains, a new future for the world
The continent of North America is where horses first emerged. Millions of years of evolutionary changes transformed the horse before it became the natural companion of many Indigenous Peoples and the flagship symbol of the southwest.

History / Archeology - 30.03.2023
21st century methods to record 2,000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt
21st century methods to record 2,000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt
Simon Fraser researchers are learning more about ancient graffiti-and their intriguing comparisons to modern graffiti-as they produce a state-of-the-art 3D recording of the Temple of Isis in Philae, Egypt. Working with the University of Ottawa, the researchers published their early findings in Egyptian Archaeology and have returned to Philae to advance the project.

History / Archeology - Social Sciences - 30.03.2023
Overlooked history in sacred places
Overlooked history in sacred places
Students trace overlooked history in sacred places The Johns Hopkins course Researching the Africana Archive: Black Cemetery Stories brings together a community of scholars to discover, recover, and

History / Archeology - Health - 28.03.2023
University of Münster receives funding of 7.3 million euros for two research groups
University of Münster receives funding of 7.3 million euros for two research groups
Study of foreign rule, and systemic inflammations: German Research Foundation (DFG) provides funding for new Humanities group and continues its support for a medical alliance Over seven million euros

Politics - History / Archeology - 27.03.2023

Career - History / Archeology - 23.03.2023
The history of the Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij in times of war and crisis raises the issue of executive responsibility
The Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij (NHM, the predecessor of the KNHM Foundation and Arcadis) was the main private employment contractor in the Netherlands and supervised the employment of Jews from Jewish labour camps during the Second World War.

History / Archeology - Religions - 23.03.2023
Can Holocaust education prevent antisemitism?
The recent Nazi-tainted demonstration in Melbourne has highlighted the vulnerability of our ethical codes.

Linguistics / Literature - History / Archeology - 22.03.2023
Dissident literature: University of Toronto researcher helps build 'an honest record' of Soviet history
Dissident literature: University of Toronto researcher helps build ’an honest record’ of Soviet history
While the world continues to witness the exchange of bombs and gunfire in Urkaine, the University of Toronto's  Ann Komaromi  is involved in the exchange of underground journalism and literature about the former Soviet Union.

Criminology / Forensics - History / Archeology - 21.03.2023
Will Putin ever stand trial in The Hague? 'I don't rule it out'
Will Putin ever stand trial in The Hague? ’I don’t rule it out’
On 17 March 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issued a warrant for Putin's arrest.

Sport - History / Archeology - 17.03.2023
Sport Stadiums as Focal Points of Societal and Cultural Dynamics
A German-French research project including University Freiburg researchers is studying the significance of arenas in the "long twentieth century" Stadiums and other sport arenas are not merely functi

History / Archeology - Politics - 17.03.2023
Imperialism: from antiquity to now
Imperialism: from antiquity to now
In his new book, historian Samir Saul dissects imperialism through the ages to describe its chameleon-like nature and economic underpinnings.

Computer Science - History / Archeology - 14.03.2023
A Victorian-era computer pioneer gets to speak for herself
A Victorian-era computer pioneer gets to speak for herself
Arts + Culture Ada Lovelace published the first description of a computer program; a UCLA doctoral candidate is using AI to reveal her forgotten story Arts + Culture Ada Lovelace published the first d

History / Archeology - 14.03.2023
Cult of the Gods in Pre-Egyptian Society
Cult of the Gods in Pre-Egyptian Society
Researchers study the staging of religion on thousands of years old rock images The desert in southern Egypt is filled with hundreds of petroglyphs and inscriptions dating from the Neolithic to the Arab period.

History / Archeology - 10.03.2023
A Recipe for Understanding
"Food is not neutral.It is a very rich and deep way of looking at Palestinian and Israeli identity and history.

Campus - History / Archeology - 07.03.2023

Life Sciences - History / Archeology - 03.03.2023
Domingo Carlos Salazar, European Microbiology Societies award for the best scientific article in 2022
Domingo Carlos Salazar, biomolecular archaeologist and researcher at the Department of Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History of the University of Valencia, has been one of the winners of the aw

History / Archeology - Art and Design - 28.02.2023

Campus - History / Archeology - 28.02.2023

Social Sciences - History / Archeology - 27.02.2023

Career - History / Archeology - 27.02.2023

Campus - History / Archeology - 26.02.2023

Event - History / Archeology - 24.02.2023
Object, Idea, Desire: Exhibition of Freud's antiquities collection co-curated by UCL academic
Object, Idea, Desire: Exhibition of Freud’s antiquities collection co-curated by UCL academic
A new exhibition at the Freud Museum London and accompanying digital archive bring rarely seen antiquities from Sigmund Freud's extensive collection into dialogue with his key theories, co-curated by UCL Professor Miriam Leonard.