Oral history project recovering voices of Spanish and Latin American women celebrated at Spanish Embassy
An oral history project that is creating powerful video postcards to recover and preserve the legacies of prominent Spanish and...
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‘Big Five’ increasingly written out of longlist for prestigious international literature prize as independent publishers transform the sector
The role of independent publishers in driving lasting change in international literature continues to be one of the main narratives...
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...
Red Hand Day 2025: Historical Perspectives on Child Soldiers
Between 2005 and 2022, more than 105,000 children are estimated to have been recruited and used in armed conflict around...
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...
Hidden ‘highways’ connect Brazil’s rainforests
Forests flanking Brazil’s rivers act as “highways” that have allowed tree species to move between the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests...
Major new study to examine treatment and impact of opiate addiction in India
A major new study will analyse the impact of high rates of drug use in India, and how doctors and...
Kenya study highlights complexity of tree-planting schemes
Research with smallholder farmers in Kenya shows that tree-planting schemes must account for complex local issues and preferences. Tree planting...