Current Projects

 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Archiecture, planning and health – why understanding the past helps the present

Posted on 15 July 2024 by Keir Waddington

Juliet Davis and Keir Waddington reflect on working together across disciplines to understand the interconnections between architecture, planning and health What started as a conversation in 2022 about Covid, planning, […]

Finding traces of Chinese American histories during conference trips

Posted on 17 June 2024 by Keir Waddington

In this blog post, Dr Helena Lopes writes about encountering Asian history in the US. International conferences are a regular part of academic life. Their abrupt interruption or transfer online […]

Living with Seasons

Posted on 11 June 2024 by Keir Waddington

In this multi-authored post, a series of scholars from Cardiff explore the idea of living with seasons from different perspectives It is the time of year when trees are in […]

Perishables: Encounters with the Ephemeral in the early East India Company Archive

Posted on 28 May 2024 by Keir Waddington

In this blog, Mark Williams reflects on what a chance encounter with 350-year old pieces of cloth in an archive might tell us about the history of the English East […]