News from the Faculty of History.
While the carbon footprint of the meat industry may be clear, the proposition of eating less beef and lamb is fueling heated debate. If widespread change would be such a good thing, why can't – or won't – many people stop eating it?
A mouth-watering / stomach-churning new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum explores our complex relationship with food
A ‘radical’ plan by three members of the same family to boost UK growth has been named as one of the first winners of the £100,000 Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) Economics Prize, one of the world’s largest prizes in the discipline.
A new study of pioneering counselling sessions explores how women sought to overcome sexual difficulties at a pivotal moment in Britain’s sex history.
Vice-Chancellor Stephen J Toope visited Paris on Wednesday to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding with Sciences Po President Frédéric Mion that will further strengthen collaboration at the research and doctoral levels between the two universities and renew a partnership developing research links in disciplines including politics, history and public policy.
Ostrich feathers are often associated with glamorous women but this wasn’t always the case. In the sixteenth century, it was Europe’s men who spearheaded this trend. Now experts in Cambridge and London have brought this forgotten moment in fashion history back to life by recreating a lavish...
On International Stammering Awareness Day (22 October), a new study reveals that Britain’s first speech therapists emerged at least a century earlier than previously thought.
New research conducted for the current independent inquiry suggests that – despite recent policy improvements – cultures of child abuse are liable to emerge while youth custody exists, and keeping children in secure institutions should be limited as far as possible.
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