Press Releases
Warwick author wins award for Nottinghamshire County Council
History researcher, and Warwick Chaplain, the Rev Dr Stuart Jennings’ latest Book has helped Nottinghamshire County Council’s Archive service win a national award for publishing a book charting how a quarter of a county town’s population was wiped out in the 1640s.
19th Century ‘Protestant work ethic’ at heart of Europe’s North/South debt crisis split
Research from the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) at the University of Warwick suggests the 19th Century ‘protestant work ethic’ could have given the economies of northern Europe a head start on their southern neighbours, and is still shaping popular northern European feeling that rankles against bailing out struggling southerners.
Research reveals Common-law Marriage is myth created by 1970s press
The myth that co-habiting couples have the same legal rights as those who are married can be traced back to misleading press reports in the 1970s, according to research from the University of Warwick.
Transcript of Nixon phone call reveals depth of collapse of the US UK special relationship in 1973
The collapse of the US UK special relationship in August 1973 is the focus of the latest BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Document’, featuring University of Warwick Professor of International Security Richard J. Aldrich. The programme examines a transcript of a conversation between President Nixon and Henry Kissinger which reveals the depth of the US antagonism towards Edward Heath’s pro-European stance.
Graduating twins say: ‘For she’s a jolly good Fellow …’
A Professor of History at the University of Warwick misses celebratory dinner for her election as a Fellow of the British Academy to be present at student graduation ceremony.
Wars steadily increase for over a century, fed by more borders and cheaper conflict
New research by the University of Warwick and Humboldt university shows that the frequency of wars between states increased steadily from 1870 to 2001 by 2% a year on average. The research argues that conflict is being fed by economic growth and the proliferation of new borders.