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Campus - History / Archeology - 06.12.2022
Käthe Leichter Forum to be Opened: New Centre for Doctoral Students
Named after a student of Max Weber who earned her doctorate at Heidelberg University and was murdered by the National Socialists in 1942 Käthe Leichter (1895-1942), who did her doctorate with the emi

History / Archeology - 06.12.2022
Q&A: Pouya Alimagham on the protest movement in Iran
Women and girls are at the forefront of the uprising, which is rooted in Iranians' long struggle for freedom, notes the MIT historian.

History / Archeology - Religions - 05.12.2022
Translations trace the path of knowledge
Translations trace the path of knowledge
Philip Bockholt researches the history of the Turkish-Persian world using historical manuscripts When historians devote their attention to translations, they are not primarily concerned with the language.

History / Archeology - 29.11.2022
Over twenty UU historians contributed to this extensive new publication
Over twenty UU historians contributed to this extensive new publication
In total, more than a hundred authors contributed to 'Nog meer wereldgeschiedenis van Nederland' ('Even More Global History of the Netherlands'), editor Professor of Social and Economic History  Lex Heerma van Voss says.

Architecture - History / Archeology - 25.11.2022
Architectural Heritage: Architectural Archive of Styria is Opened
Architectural Heritage: Architectural Archive of Styria is Opened
By Ute Wiedner The architectural holdings of the Archives of TU Graz - including the estates of Herbert Eichholzer, Anna Lülja Praun or Karla Kowalski - form the core of the Architekturarchiv Steiermark (ASt), which will be opened in Graz on 30th November.

History / Archeology - Art and Design - 24.11.2022
Major archaeological discovery in Peru
Major archaeological discovery in Peru
We had met him at the beginning of the year so that he speaks to us about his archaeological excavations in Peru.

History / Archeology - 24.11.2022
Bioarcheologist comes face-to-face with King Tut
Bioarcheologist comes face-to-face with King Tut
Renowned Western researcher Andrew Nelson studies bioarcheology, in part, because it allows him to understand how people lived thousands of years ago.

History / Archeology - Campus - 23.11.2022

History / Archeology - 23.11.2022
Ancient Roman coins reveal long-lost emperor
Ancient Roman coins reveal long-lost emperor
A gold coin long dismissed as a forgery appears to be authentic and depicts a long-lost Roman emperor named Sponsian, according to a new UCL-led study. The coin, housed at The Hunterian collection at the University of Glasgow, was among a handful of coins of the same design unearthed in Transylvania, in present-day Romania, in 1713.

History / Archeology - Earth Sciences - 22.11.2022
Feature: Hunting for Neanderthal spear tips under the sea
Feature: Hunting for Neanderthal spear tips under the sea
A UCL-led team of archaeologists found spear tips and other stone tools that have been submerged under the English Channel since the last ice age, providing new clues about our Neanderthal past.

History / Archeology - Earth Sciences - 22.11.2022
Hunting for Neanderthal spear tips under the sea
Hunting for Neanderthal spear tips under the sea
A UCL-led team of archaeologists found spear tips and other stone tools that have been submerged under the English Channel since the last ice age, providing new clues about our Neanderthal past.

History / Archeology - 22.11.2022
U-M surveys reveals five patterns in consumer responses to inflation
People are scaling back their spending habits and changing attitudes toward saving and borrowing after a year and a half of high inflation, according to a special report from the University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers. Consumers reported an all-time low of consumer sentiment this summer. By October 2022, year-ahead inflation expectations were 5% and long-run expectations were 2.

History / Archeology - 21.11.2022
Jesper Verhoef is the new ’Researcher-in-Residence’ at the KB with research on LGBTQI+ websites
The Royal Library (KB) in The Hague has selected historian and media scholar Jesper Verhoef as KB Researcher-in-Residence 2023 .

History / Archeology - Event - 21.11.2022
BB: Child-Animal Encounters in SEE literature
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Campus - History / Archeology - 18.11.2022
Uncovering the rich connections between South Asia and MIT
Uncovering the rich connections between South Asia and MIT
Showcased in a new exhibit, student research explores the long history of South Asians at the Institute.

History / Archeology - 16.11.2022
Through the dust to the stone: A visit to an archaeological excavation in south-eastern Turkey
Every year, members of the Asia Minor Research Centre at Münster University spend several weeks in the summer in south-eastern Turkey to study the archaeological remains of the village of Doliche.

History / Archeology - Paleontology - 15.11.2022
Vulnerable Prehistoric Giants
Vulnerable Prehistoric Giants
The remains of glyptodonts, a group of extinct giant armadillos, indicate that humans spread to South America earlier than previously assumed. Found in northwestern Venezuela, the fractured skulls could represent evidence of hunting by humans, says UZH paleontologist Marcelo Sánchez. Skilled human hunters are also likely to have contributed to pushing the large, heavily armored animals over the brink.

Earth Sciences - History / Archeology - 14.11.2022
Nicolás Bodin, in 1739, who best shows the pre-industrial landscape of El Grau of Valencia among 16 historical maps and engravings
Nicolás Bodin, in 1739, who best shows the pre-industrial landscape of El Grau of Valencia among 16 historical maps and engravings
The full professor of Geography at the University of Valencia Josep Vicent Boira has studied what the landscape of El Grau of València was like in pre-industrial times through 16 engravings and maps by different authors.

History / Archeology - 14.11.2022
ISR, partners conduct first national study of public libraries’ Black History Month programming
Researchers from the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan have received a $750,000 research grant to conduct a survey of Black History Month programming in public libraries across the country.

Event - History / Archeology - 11.11.2022

Campus - History / Archeology - 09.11.2022

History / Archeology - Innovation - 09.11.2022
’Ballet des Porcelaines’ at MIT
A contemporary reinterpretation of an 18th century ballet reveals the fragility of orientalist fantasies.

History / Archeology - 08.11.2022
12 stunning murals which reveal a remarkable Victorian vision of Manchester
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Environment - History / Archeology - 07.11.2022
Drastic retreat of Norway’s largest glacier highlights scale of climate change
A Geography expert from The University of Manchester has demonstrated the speed and scale of climate change in a new book, by outlining the immense changes to Norway's largest glacier he has observed during his career.

Campus - History / Archeology - 07.11.2022

Art and Design - History / Archeology - 02.11.2022

History / Archeology - 01.11.2022
'Remembering Holland is actually more about Gelderland'
’Remembering Holland is actually more about Gelderland’
Het verhaal van Gelderland (The Story of Gelderland), edited by Dolly Verhoeven, will be published on 10 November.

Architecture - History / Archeology - 24.10.2022

Environment - History / Archeology - 20.10.2022

History / Archeology - 17.10.2022

Linguistics / Literature - History / Archeology - 14.10.2022
New edition of the Mesopotamian classic Epic of Gilgamesh , by two IPOA lecturers
New edition of the Mesopotamian classic Epic of Gilgamesh , by two IPOA lecturers
Cultura Researchers Adelina Millet and Lluís Feliu, members of the Institute of Ancient Near East Studies (IPOA) of the University of Barcelona, have published a new edition of the Epic of Gilgamesh , the oldest literary epic and a classic in universal literature. Recent archaeological findings led to an update of the Epic, of which a first edition was published in Catalan in 2007.

History / Archeology - 10.10.2022

History / Archeology - Environment - 04.10.2022

Campus - History / Archeology - 04.10.2022

History / Archeology - Architecture - 04.10.2022

Campus - History / Archeology - 03.10.2022