The rise of horsepower 4,200 years ago
All domestic horses living on the planet today, whether racetrack champions, pony-club companions, or heavy draft giants, find their origins...
Archaeology and History
‘Lost’ Elizabethan manor house rediscovered in Devon
A long-lost Elizabethan manor house that swapped hands between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War has...
D-Day 80th anniversary: A Second Front at Last?
In the week of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, academics from across the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and...
Acclaimed visual artist Naiza Khan to bring her latest documentary to Societies and Cultures Institute event at the University
A world-renowned visual artist is to visit the University of Exeter this month and provide a rare insight into her...
Number of male Oxbridge students from elite schools declined significantly in the middle of the twentieth century, study shows
The number of male students at the University of Oxford from elite schools declined significantly by the middle of the...
Professor Helen Berry inducted into Martin Luther King Collegium of Scholars
A University of Exeter academic has been honoured for her work to promote social justice by Morehouse College, one of...
Acclaimed new book turns modern economic history on its head
The leading advocates of free trade during the mid-19th-20th centuries were inspired by left-wing, anti-imperialist, feminist and pacifist motivations, according...
University historian shares research knowledge on Sir Tony Robinson podcast
An expert on early modern medical history at the University of Exeter is a guest star on the latest edition...
Historian publishes shocking new book on the rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan
A powerful new history book that seeks to demystify the notorious Ku Klux Klan has been published by an expert...