Summer Showcase

Recently sleep, or more accurately the lack of sleep, has been making headlines. What can our ancestors teach us about sleeping well? Professor Sasha Handley gives five top tips from the early modern era on how to sleep better.

Since the beginning of the conflict in Syria, archaeologists and heritage specialists have been working to document and safeguard the heritage of this region for the future. However, one of the most significant agents of destruction to archaeological sites has been agriculture. Dr Jennie Bradbury shows some examples of how agriculture has affected archaeology and natural heritage in Syria.

US cultural historian, Dr John Wills explores how 'Far Cry 5' offers an interesting and subtle lens on contemporary American life.

These South Sudanese-led projects are hugely important for maintaining a sense of hope in the current crisis. Many people living in the Protection of Civilians site in Juba have fled from — and remained haunted by — traumatic experiences. Different forms of self-care displacement is extremely important for residents. Zoe Cormack discusses the work of the Maale Foundation.

East and Southeast Asians in Britain are now one of the fastest growing ‘ethnic’ groupings. Yet, they remain almost invisible in both academic and policy debates on citizenship, multiculturalism and diversity.

While variations in types of disability are huge, they can appear to be united by an idea of absence, a sense of lack or loss. The disabled body, this logic runs, is not complete, somehow not whole. However, a non-disabled person looking at someone with disabilities can be made uneasy by a feeling that there’s too much to see, too much to take in, too much difference. Disability can be a reminder of just how precarious our understanding of humanity and ‘the human’ is.

What did Anglo-Saxons know about comets? Recordings of comet sightings are abundant in medieval chronicles, where they figure continually as portents of war, pestilence, famines, and the fall of kingdoms. Explore some of the ways comet sightings were recorded in the medieval period on our interactive map.

The holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims across the globe refrain from eating and drinking between dawn and sunset, has just ended. In physically demanding career sectors, such as the Armed Forces, how do Muslim personnel manage? What accommodations are in place to support them in their faith while on duty?