Mrs Gibson on a camel in the Sinai, 1893.

Historic rivals join forces to save 1,000 years of Jewish history

15 February 2013

Cambridge University Library and the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries have today announced their first ever joint fundraising campaign to purchase the £1.2 million ‘Lewis-Gibson Genizah Collection’, currently owned by the United Reformed Church’s Westminster College.

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Fragments of figurines found on Keros

Island of broken figurines

10 June 2011

Why were Bronze Age figurines smashed, transported and buried in shallow pits on the Aegean island of Keros? New research sheds light on a 4,500-year-old mystery.

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El Eternauta, Argentina

New perspectives on Latin America

17 March 2011

At the Centre of Latin American Studies, interdisciplinary research is offering a new perspective on the creativity, challenges and lessons that can be learned from Latin America.

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endangered-languages-database

Endangered languages database launched online

10 January 2011

An open database of endangered languages has been launched by researchers in the hope of creating a free, online portal that will give people access to the world’s disappearing spoken traditions.

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