Join our PGTs for their annual conference! 📢 Researching the past 📅 Thursday 11 December 9.30-4.30 📍 Talks in Streatham Court LTC and posters displayed in Marchant Syndicate Room A in Building One Do come along to support our students and socialise ❤️

We're very excited that our next research seminar will be given by Dr Lee Bray of Dartmoor National Park, giving us an update on the fascinating Cut Hill Bronze Age cist excavation. Thursday 4 Dec, 12.30pm. DM us for the Teams link if you'd like to join!

Great news! Our AHRC-funded Warhorse book has been nominated as Book of the Year in the 2026 Current Archaeology Awards. Prof Oliver Creighton's 'From Bayeux to Bosham' project is also up for Project of the Year! Voting is open at www.archaeology.co.uk/vote

There was a great turnout yesterday to Prof Alex Pryor's (birthday) talk on 'Hunters of Giants: How to kill an Upper Palaeolithic mammoth, revealed by stable isotopes and DNA'. This was part of our Centre for Human-Animal-Environment Bioarchaeology (HumAnE) series of events, to which all welcome!

On 18 November we organised an Employability Event attended by over 70 Undergraduate and Postgraduates from across the HASS Faculty. The panellists provided advice, guidance and perspectives on how they had utilised archaeology and history degrees in their careers. Many thanks to the panel!

History in the spotlight! On 12 Nov, a moving premiere of 'Albert Figg & the Battle for Hill 112' showed the courage and sacrifice of 7,000 men in one of WWII's bloodiest battles. Hosted by Prof Richard Follett & Rear Admiral Chris Snow CBE DL, showing the resilience of those West Country regiments

Here at Exeter we are offering three AHRC-funded PhD scholarships in humanities subjects. Please contact us if you'd like to come and research archaeology or history? Apply by 23 February: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Next up in our archaeology seminar series is a talk by Dr Duncan Wright from Newcastle University on how medieval aristocracy established their authority through lordly centres. All welcome! Thursday 20 November, 12.30pm. Online - Teams meeting details on image.

🔥Hot off the press: Extensive dog diversity existed thousands of years before humans began selective breeding 🐩 “These results highlight the deep history of our relationship with dogs,” said Dr Carly Ameen “Diversity among dogs is a legacy of thousands of years of coevolution with human societies”

Join us for the Movember Special History Talk! 🧔To Beard or Not to Beard: The History of Facial Hair in Britain 1650-1900 with Dr Alun Withey 📅 Wednesday 19 November 🕰️ Doors open at 6pm, start at 18:15 🎫 fixr.co/event/movemb...

📚 News from the world of peace and economic history ☮️ Dr Marc-William Palen’s Pax 'Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World' has just received the Elise M. Boulding Prize in Peace History🏆 for groundbreaking work that rethinks how free trade once carried hopes for ending empire and war🌍

Come join us (for a little while at least)! Associate Lecturer job at Exeter in archaeology (especially people with human osteology, zooarch or forensic skills), until 30 April 2026: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI165/a...

Congratulations to Dr Aaron Deter-Wolf, one of our PhD by publication students, who successfully passed his viva yesterday. Aaron is one of the world’s leading experts on ancient tattoos & was recently featured in National Geographic magazine: www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

🐾 Explore 'Do Not Feed the Animals?' where science meets art to reveal the surprising stories behind why we feed animals, from home to zoo. Experience vibrant artworks, hands-on research and reflect on your own animal encounters!🦉 📍Queens Building, Streatham campus 📆Until 12 December, all welcome

Staff member Joe Hirst has a new paper out! 'Modelling Maize Agriculture by the Pre-Columbian Casarabe Culture of Amazonian Bolivia: An Agent-Based Approach', is published in the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation: www.jasss.org/28/4/5.html

A round up of recent @materialwills.bsky.social project news below 👇 Including recent @zooniverse.bsky.social milestones, project meetings, and new blog posts! #earlymodern #history #skystorians @leverhulme.ac.uk @uoearchhist.bsky.social @cemsexeter.bsky.social

Last week some of our first year students got to head out into Dartmoor and see some archaeology. They visited Merrivale, and also Lydford Saxon earthworks and castle/prison and were very glad the rain held off!

🌿🔍 From ancient soils to modern crime scenes, we are connecting the past and present in surprising new ways! See how forensic ecology is stepping into the spotlight => news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Dr Todd Gray MBE, local historian and honorary appointment in our department, has brought together stories of Devon life during the Second World War, after years of painstaking research🔍 📖 New book: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Days 2 and 3 of our Experimental Archaeology fieldtrip to the Ancient Technology Centre saw our students preparing cow hides to make leather, thatching, wooden spoon and bowl making with expert Martin Hazell, chalk cob wall building and flint knapping! Rounded off with a Viking style historic meal 😀

Our Masters students taking a module in Experimental Archaeology visited Stonehenge yesterday to learn about reconstructed Neolithic houses and a new project to build a large Neolithic education building, based on timber structure Durrington 68 😍 Also starring Ed's Late Neolithic decorated hard hat👷

Are you around London this Monday (27 Oct)? Do come and say hello 👋 to Laura Evis and Hajnalka Herold at the University Archaeology day! Lots of interesting stuff to see and hear, all welcome 😊 🎫 Tickets www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/10-... 👉 Livestream bournemouth-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Yesterday, Prof. Stephen Rippon was invited to London to be presented the prestigious British Academy Landscape Archaeology Medal, awarded for distinguished achievement in that field of archaeology. Many congratulations on this much deserved honour!

Are you considering a PhD? 🤔 Join our 'Masterclass - PhD proposal and funding 101' 📅Wednesday 3 December 🕰️ 10am or 4pm 📍ZOOM All welcome! 🎫 Book your *free* ticket: • 10am: fixr.co/event/master... • 4pm: fixr.co/event/master...

Come and see the house at St Nicholas Priory, Exeter brought to life in 1602, exploring a 'New history of women's work'. Sunday 26th October 11am - 3pm Historical research by Jane Whittle, Mark Hailwood, Hannah Robb and Taylor Aucoin.

The West country premiere of award-winning documentary film 📽️ A CANTERBURY TALE Albert Figg and the Battle for Hill 112 🪖 followed by Q&A 🎤 📅Wednesday 12 Nov 19.15 📍Exeter Alumni Auditorium, Forum 🎫 www.thehill112.com/a_canterbury... £10 Suggested donation* * Students free: fixr.co/event/a-cant...

🛰️ Ancient hunters left their mark - and it’s only now visible from space! Satellite images show vast South American 'desert kites' once used to trap game across the Andes. A glimpse into how past societies shaped whole landscapes for survival 🏜️🐾 Read more here 👉 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Last week most archaeology staff were retrained in First Aid skills, keeping us updated for another three years. Sadly many injuries were sustained during the session!

Join us at the *free* FUTURES Festival (11–12 Oct Exeter) for inspiring events celebrating history, archaeology, science & culture! With @lsangha.bsky.social and Chris Hoban live music based on stories from 16-18th century wills🎵 and Laura Evis in the SHArD 3D Lab news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...

Has Halloween come early? No, last week some of our 3rd year archaeology and forensics students carried out a crime scene recovery exercise in our woodland on campus.

Step back to 1086 and explore the fascinating world behind the oldest surviving Domesday manuscript!📜 Dr Chris Lewis speaks on the mysteries, gaps and stories of Exon Domesday. 👉 When: 30 October 7:30pm 👉 Where: Exeter Cathedral and online 👉 Tickets: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/eve...

💎Do you know about the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum on Streatham Campus? They have a really cool exhibition* on that celebrates cinema’s monstrous icons 🦖🐉👾 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... *free entry daily, on until Christmas

A piece of one of Britain’s most iconic trees is now revealing hidden stories🌳 Adrián Oyaneder Rodriguez and Julia Hopkin are using cutting-edge experimental techniques to uncover new insights from the felled Sycamore Gap tree. 👉 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

When a historian swaps dusty archives for TikTok tricks 🎬🧐Dr Alun Withey stepped out of the lecture theatre and into the world of influencers in a brand-new BBC Radio 4 series 🎙✨ How did he fare? Curious to see how history goes viral? 👉 Read more here news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

How do psychiatry and world history collide? 🧠🌍 Dr Chris Sandal-Wilson just received a €1.5m ERC grant to explore how mental health and humanitarianism shaped lives during some of the twentieth century’s greatest crises. 👉 Read the full story here: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

🔎A forgotten household object, a spark of curiosity… and suddenly we’ve got fresh insight into queer domestic life in the Georgian era 🌈 Historian and actor Dr Anthony Delaney completed his PhD in 2022 and has now published his book 'Queer Georgians' Read more 👉 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Devon Archaeology Society are leading guided walks exploring Exeter's amazing city walls on 20 Sep! 11am-4pm, meet at South Gate or East Gate (Princesshay) to start, regular tours. Part of #HeritageOpenDays - free and pre-booking not required.

Update from our team in Poland, excavating at Jaskinia Nietoperzowa! Finds so far include cave bear teeth & bones from a range of other animals, plus pottery & Neolithic flints. The main chamber was used by cave bears during winter hibernations but was also visited by Upper Palaeolithic humans.

Did you know that in some 18th-century Devon communities, up to a quarter of all children were bound as pauper apprentices? Dr James Fisher’s research looks at the realities of forced child labour in early modern Britain. Open access articles: - doi.org/10.1017/S026... - doi.org/10.1017/S026...

Some of our 2nd year students are currently working with Dr Alex Pryor and Dr Jarek Wilczyński at Nietoperzowa Cave in Poland. They're spending four weeks excavating early Upper Palaeolithic layers previously made famous for finds of Jerzmanowician lithic points and human remains!

Another great story ❤️ from the Alumni magazine: Dan & Emma Richter fell in love over History 🤩 We got together in 2000 and were married in 2002. We have been married 22 years, and have four children, two dogs, six chickens and about 26,000 bees publications.exeter.ac.uk/alumni-magaz...

Finding the stories behind centuries-old wills 📜✨ Dr Laura Sangha and her team are analysing 25,000 English wills (1540–1790) to uncover how everyday objects - beds, teapots, jewellery, even livestock - shaped lives and relationships in a time of economic transformation 👉 @lsangha.bsky.social

One of our about to be 2nd years students Mathu-Andrew "Magnus" Budge is finalist in the 🏆 YMCA Youth Matters Awards🥳 After experiencing homelessness, Magnus arrived at YMCA Exeter in 2023 and began rebuilding his life. He continues to give back volunteering weekly 👉Vote now ymca.org.uk/finalists/

14–18 years old and love history? Exclusive, hands-on sessions in Exeter Cathedral’s Archives this August 📜 🔎 Explore the Tudors & Elizabethans (13 Aug) 🌍 Uncover stories from the World Wars (20 Aug) Both sessions: 2-4pm | Just £5 | Limited spaces! Book 📨 [email protected]

Ever wondered how travellers from the past felt every bump, jolt and thrill of the journey? 🛤️🚶Dr Alun Withey’s research looks at the embodied realities of travel between 1650 and 1900, exploring how people sensed, described and coped with motion, discomfort, and danger🌍✋ 👉 tiktok.com/@dralunwithey

Such a lovely story this 😍 Jan Oke is an Exeter Archaeology alumnus and Fairlynch Museum’s Curator of Archaeology. She is a former recipient of the Angela and Tony Colmer prize 🏆 herself and was part of the team who awarded it to Phoebe Holland today ♻️ for outstanding Fieldwork in Local Archaeology👇

Celebrating a major achievement for our department! 🎉 Dr Eve Worth has been appointed to the DWP’s Methods Advisory Group, bringing her expertise in modern British social history to influence national policy. Demonstrating how our research shapes society! 🏛️📚 👉 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

How have human-animal relationships shaped our world across centuries? 🐇🐎 Dr Carly Ameen’s research uses bioarchaeology and digital imaging to find the stories written in animal bones, from rabbit domestication to the lives of medieval warhorses. 👉https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/27196-carly-ameen

📢Great new will of the month from @emilymayvine.bsky.social just out📢 Emily explores the will of a more humble testator, a servant whose will is one of the only records of her life left behind. What can it tell us? sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult... #EarlyModern 🗃️ @uoearchhist.bsky.social

Some of our staff and students are currently out in Kazakhstan, excavating at Borly, an early Neolithic site. The site director is Alan Outram, thanks to him for these photos. We think the location looks pretty idyllic!