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Keir Waddington

Keir Waddington

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Heritage and History at the portside

Posted on 13 January 2025 by Keir Waddington

In November 2024, the Norwegian Church Arts Centre and the Cardiff Centre for Welsh History joined forces to host a fascinating workshop on the heritage and history of Welsh port […]

Writing the Supernatural

Posted on 15 December 2024 by Keir Waddington

In his post, Jan Machielsen, Reader in Early Modern History, writes about a new venture where his students write blogs to showcase the work they are doing on the supernatural. […]

 Two Czechoslovakias

Posted on 18 November 2024 by Keir Waddington

Liz Kohn is an MPhil student working with Prof Mary Heimann and Dr Tetyana Pavlush on ‘Invisible Women in the Slánský Trial‘. In her blog, she explores two different sides […]

Supporting a new generation of students

Posted on 24 October 2024 by Keir Waddington

Two History graduates from the Class of 2024 win prestigious awards. Rhian Davies (BA 2024, History) has won a place to continue her studies in the USA through the highly competitive […]

Who’s that man? Wales, Empire and a painting in ‘Glamorgan Building’ / Pwy yw’r dyn hwn? Cymru, yr Ymerodraeth a darlun yn ‘Adeilad Morgannwg’

Posted on 16 October 2024 by Keir Waddington

In this post, Marion Löffler, Reader in West History, talks about a painting and her historical detective work to find the story behind the figure in Indian dress. Compton, Charles; […]

Making Histories

Posted on 7 October 2024 by Keir Waddington

In this blog, Esther Wright (Senior Lecturer in Digital History), Steph Ward (Senior Lecturer in Modern Welsh History), and 10 students reflect on their experiences of writing group projects for […]

New Year, New Research

Posted on 23 September 2024 by Keir Waddington

In his post, Dr Ian Rapley, Senior Lecturer in East Asian History at Cardiff, talks about the joys and the trepidations of starting a new research project. The onset of […]

Launch of the Cardiff Centre for Welsh History / Lansiad Canolfan Hanes Cymru Caerdydd

Posted on 4 September 2024 by Keir Waddington

Stephanie Ward, Rebecca Thomas, and Lloyd Bowen reflect on the launch of the new Cardiff Centre for Welsh History / Canolfan Hanes Cymru Caerdydd The History Department at Cardiff University […]

A Week in Tainan (T’ai-nan) city, Taiwan

Posted on 13 August 2024 by Keir Waddington

In this blog post, Federica Ferlanti reflects on her time in Tainan, Tawain, and the connections between past, present and teaching. Friday (June 28th): I feel emotional boarding the plane […]

Taking The Long View: Muslims, Political Protest, and The European Public Sphere

Posted on 8 August 2024 by Keir Waddington

in his post, Gavin Murray-Miller draws on work for his forthcoming book on Muslim Europe to explore the longer history of Muslim public activism in Europe and the crucial role […]