Arts & Culture

Societies and Cultures Institute welcomes acclaimed Visiting Researcher

One of India’s preeminent feminist writers and political thinkers has been invited to the University of Exeter to provide a...

Plague transmission may have begun a century before the Black Death, study shows

Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before the Black Death, a...

New research reveals how apartheid-era sexual violence has been ‘collectively unremembered’ by South African society

A generation of women in South Africa have collectively pushed from their memories apartheid-era sexual violence in a cultural process...

Two New Creative Fellowships Announced Between South-West Artists and University of Exeter Academics

Food citizenship and the material culture of wills are two areas of research which are being creatively explored by artists...

Iconic images of historic Mosul almost lost forever exhibited for the first time

Iconic photographs of historic Mosul almost lost forever when Islamic State terrorists invaded the city will be on show for...

Archaeologists discover unique drainage and irrigation system that enabled the “Neolithic revolution” in the Amazon

A pre-Colombian society in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system that enabled them to produce maize throughout the...