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Power failures, sovereignty and environmental justice in Lebanon

Posted on 13 November 2023 by Keir Waddington

In his post, Owain Lawson explains As I work towards finishing my first book—Power Failures: Development, Sovereignty, and Environmental Justice in Lebanon—I have become preoccupied with the question of whether […]

Cymro a’i Geiniog / A Welsh King and his Coin

Posted on 2 November 2023 by Keir Waddington

Doedd brenhinoedd y Cymry ddim yn rhai i roi eu henwau ar geiniogau – fel arfer. Mae un eithriad: ceiniog sy’n dwyn yr enw Hoƿæl Rex. Hywel ap Cadell (Hywel […]

Fire, News and Slate: The Story of the ‘Hamburg Bluchers’

Fire, News and Slate: The Story of the ‘Hamburg Bluchers’

Posted on 26 October 2023 by Keir Waddington

Porthmadog Museum in north Wales displays a pair of heavy work boots called ‘Blutsiars Hambro’ or ‘Hamburg Bluchers’, their heavy wooden soles matched with rough leather and metal buckles. The […]

History and Trauma in Twelfth-Century Jerusalem

History and Trauma in Twelfth-Century Jerusalem

Posted on 17 October 2023 by Bronach Kane

Writing in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem sometime in the late 1180s or early 1190s, with the recent trauma of the Holy City’s loss to the Muslim sultan, Salah al-Din, […]

HAP24 comes to Cardiff

HAP24 comes to Cardiff

Posted on 16 October 2023 by Keir Waddington

In partnership with The National Archives, Royal Historical Society, and the Institute of Historical Research, Cardiff History and Cardiff University Special Collections and Archives will be hosting  ‘History and Archives in Practice’ […]

Global Slaveries, Fugitivity, and the Afterlives of Unfreedom: Interconnections in Comparative Dialogue

Global Slaveries, Fugitivity, and the Afterlives of Unfreedom: Interconnections in Comparative Dialogue

Posted on 12 October 2023 by Keir Waddington

It was to my great shock (and delight) that I was invited to participate in the Sawyer Seminar, “Global Slaveries, Fugitivity, and the Afterlives of Unfreedom: Interconnections in Comparative Dialogue,” […]

New book: Neutrality and Collaboration in South China

Posted on 11 October 2023 by Keir Waddington

How could a small East Asian territory of 15 Km2 be a hub for global connections in World War Two? In my first book, Neutrality and Collaboration in South China: […]

Václav Havel dialogues 2023

Posted on 25 September 2023 by Keir Waddington

The first Central and East European event for the new academic year is coming up on 10 October 2023. The event is organised by the Czech Embassy in London and the Centre […]

The Treaty of London (1373) and the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance

Posted on 6 September 2023 by Bronach Kane

16 June 2023 marked the 650th anniversary of the conclusion of the Treaty of London, one of the four principal treaties that mark the formation of the Anglo-Portuguese alliance – […]

Welcome to History@Cardiff!

Posted on 2 May 2023 by Blogs Admin

Welcome to History@Cardiff, the blog site for the History department at Cardiff University! Our aim is to publish engaging and accessible articles that showcase the exciting range of work (archival, historiographical, and community-based) within […]