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New Warwick book tells human tale behind decline of industrial cities
The stories behind the warehouses, mills and factories left abandoned in cities that were once heartlands of heavy industry are the subject of a new University of Warwick book.
Appeal for Yiddish speakers to help translate UK and USA archives
A new crowdsourcing project to find Yiddish speakers to help translate archive material has been launched by the Modern Records Centre (MRC) at the University of Warwick.
Warwick academic launches new book on celebrated Coventry Cathedral architect
A new book on the career of Coventry Cathedral architect Sir Basil Spence is being launched next week at the celebrated city centre venue.
Details of the Plague preserved by Warwick historian
Details of how to bury those who died from the plague and parish council notes and accounts are just two of the intriguing documents uncovered by Dr Stuart Jennings from the University of Warwick during his research into the Civil War.
Hispanic studies bolster the Arts at Warwick
Warwick is set to bolster its complement of Arts studies as it introduces Hispanic Studies to its range of courses for 2013.
Green biased yellow fever swept through Irish Immigrants in 19th century US
New research by University of Warwick historian Dr Tim Lockley has found why yellow fever had a "green" bias in 19th century fever outbreaks in the southern states of the US. Almost half of the 650 people killed by yellow fever in Savannah Georgia in 1854 were Irish immigrants.