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Warwick Centre for Global Jewish Studies arrives
A new Centre for Global Jewish Studies has been created at the University of Warwick, Co-directors Dr Anna Hájková and Professor Stephen Shapiro say that the Centre’s goal is to increase awareness, promote conversation, and lead research into the richness and variety of Jewish heritage.
University of Warwick professor shortlisted for prestigious British Academy Book prize
Dr James Poskett, Associate Professor in the History of Science and Technology at the University of Warwick has been shortlisted for the prestigious British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding.
Study sheds new light on the origin of civilisation
New research challenges the conventional theory that the transition from foraging to farming drove the development of complex, hierarchical societies by creating agricultural surplus in areas of fertile land. In The Origin of the State: Land Productivity or Appropriability?, a team of economists shows that it is the adoption of cereal crops that is the key factor for the emergence of hierarchy.
Celebration for Coventry’s Kare Adenegan at the University of Warwick
An official celebration marking the success of Coventry Paralympian, Kare Adenegan ,has been held at the University of Warwick.
'Dear John...' - new book reveals the untold story of the wartime break-up letter
In her new book Professor Susan L. Carruthers explores romantic life in wartime, how and why relationships break down, and the consequences for men and women in uniform, through the phenomenon of the “Dear John” letter, that most notorious of wartime missives.