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Lost knife belonging to WW1 soldier to be displayed at archaeology open day
A free archaeological exhibition day on Saturday 21st February in Bexhill Drill Hall will explore the lives of World War One soldiers who trained at nearby Cooden Camp.
03 Feb 2026
Wilfred Jana passes PhD viva on water governance, urban development and inequality in Lilongwe
We’re delighted to celebrate Wilfred Jana’s successful PhD viva, highlighting his research on water governance, urban development and inequality in Lilongwe, Malawi.
03 Feb 2026
Beacons and Military Communication from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period
New open-access book, Beacons and Military Communication, explores pre-modern signalling systems and landscapes of defence.
02 Feb 2026
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Structural Hypocrisy? The Rise of the Thailand-Israel Migration Circuit and the Problem of Ideology11:00 - 13:00
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Behaviour and information transmission in Middle Palaeolithic handaxes via Geometric Morphometrics16:00 - 17:00
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