Press Releases
Divorced, Bigamist, Bereaved? New research makes it easier to understand family trees
Research from the University of Warwick is set to help genealogists better understand family history by providing a fresh insight into attitudes towards divorce, bigamy and bereavement through the ages.
SMALL PEOPLE AND THE SMALL SCREEN The story of children’s television from 1946 to today
A major new exhibition on Children's Television will open at the Herbert Museum in Coventry later this year, with help from the University's Film & Television Department
Napoleon’s Last Stand: 100 Days in 100 Objects
An online exhibition, curated by the University of Warwick, will provide a new angle on the Battle of Waterloo, whose bicentennial anniversary is commemorated this year.
Never Mind Mrs Brown’s Boys, a 5th Century BC Play Shows Cross-Dressing Comedy Stands the Test of Time
Classics students at the University of Warwick will perform a brand new translation of an Aristophanes’ satire Thesmophoriazusae at Warwick Arts Centre later this month.
University of Warwick Classicist Takes to the Skies in new ITV documentary
University of Warwick Classicist, Dr Michael Scott will give viewers a fresh perspective on Roman Britain in a one-off documentary ‘Roman Britain from the Air’ which will be shown on ITV on December 23rd.
First Comprehensive Online Archive of Troubadour Crusade Poetry Created
Researchers from the University of Warwick are editing and collating the first comprehensive archive of troubadour and trouvere poetry and songs covering the Crusades as part of a new Anglo-Italian research project which will open up the lyric poetry of the medieval troubadours and trouveres to its widest-ever audience.