Arts and humanities

CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Steve Waters

26 Feb 2024

Steve Waters is a playwright and scriptwriter whose many works include The Contingency Plan and the acclaimed four-part drama Song of the Reed for...

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Poems on the Underground.

Poems on the Underground archive arrives at Cambridge University Library

23 Feb 2024

Beloved poetry project archive contains letters from Nobel Prize winners and Poet Laureates

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A peek at some of the top events at the Cambridge Festival 2024

05 Feb 2024

Fixing the NHS, stopping wars, and the effects of AI on the democratic process headline a packed programme of events at this year’s Cambridge...

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Kirstie Stage in the gardens at Christ's College

The graduate student rewriting Deaf histories and disability histories

05 Jan 2024

When Kirstie Stage was diagnosed with hearing loss, she realised that the experiences of Deaf and disabled people were missing from the history books...

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Murder most foul at Cambridge University Library

19 Dec 2023

2024 brings the UL crime novels, fascinating new research projects, and a major exhibition on our Islamic manuscripts

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The Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2023 for Research Impact and Engagement

13 Dec 2023

Meet the winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2023 for Research Impact and Engagement and learn more about their projects.

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Established Academic 2023

13 Dec 2023

The Established Academic for 2023 is Professor William Sutherland and his research team at Conservation Evidence.

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From ground-breaking research in Nigeria to using novel tools to transform conservation

12 Dec 2023

Researchers from across the University have been recognised for their outstanding research impact and engagement.

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Remains of the theatre at Interamna Lirenas, Italy

Roman ‘backwater’ bucked Empire’s decline, archaeologists reveal

12 Dec 2023

A rare roofed theatre, markets, warehouses, a river port and other startling discoveries made by a Cambridge-led team of archaeologists challenge...

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Large statue of Genghis Khan that sits in the central square of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia

Academics to explore legacy of Genghis Khan

07 Dec 2023

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have signed an agreement with the Mongolian government which will see them explore the legacy of the...

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ActNowFilm

27 Nov 2023

Youth leaders and world figures featured in new ActNowFilm, to premiere at COP28 call for young people to be included in national climate negotiation...

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Silhouette of a woman facing a question mark and microchips

Cambridge Dictionary names ‘Hallucinate’ Word of the Year 2023

15 Nov 2023

A new definition of ‘hallucinate’ was one of many AI-related updates to the Cambridge Dictionary in 2023.

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