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The latest news stories from the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.

Northern Ireland is stuck – fresh thinking is needed

published on: 13 August 2019
Rare prehistoric jewellery unearthed during excavations

published on: 13 August 2019
Archaeology PhD student Mara Schumacher has been awarded a Fitch Laboratory Bursary award

published on: 2 July 2019
Isle of Man Round Mounds: Archaeologists 'confident' of Bronze Age finds

published on: 2 July 2019
The varied life of Newcastle's Town Moor, and why it remains protected

published on: 12 June 2019
Prehistoric faeces reveals evidence of infection among early farmers

published on: 4 June 2019
Violetta Hionidou spending the summer at Princeton University as Visiting Fellow at the Seeger Centre for Hellenic Studies.

published on: 3 June 2019
Sudanalysis- Thoughts on Sudan by Willow Berridge

published on: 28 May 2019

Greek Family History

published on: 16 May 2019
Matt Perry - Mutinous Memories : A subjective history of French military protest in 1919

published on: 16 May 2019
'Literary Review' - Helen Berry's Orphans of Empire

published on: 7 May 2019
'The Times' review of Orphans of Empire: The Fate of London’s Foundlings by Helen Berry

published on: 7 May 2019
'Spectator' review by Fiona Sampson of Helen Berry's new book

published on: 7 May 2019
Mapping the Sacred in Byzantium: Construction, Experience and Representation

published on: 11 February 2019
Key Stage 2 primary school resources for teachers

published on: 29 January 2019
Traces of Bronze Age-era cereals discovered in Swiss mountains

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HCA staff contribute to Gertrude Bell and Iraq A Life and Legacy

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Newcastle University Visiting Fellow announced as a New Generation Thinker 2017

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Research & work experience with the National Trust

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Dr Joan Allen appointed as Research Director of the Centre of Nineteenth Century Studies

published on: 12 December 2016
Research Excellence Academy Studentship in Prehistoric fuel use in the archaeological record: developing the potential of ash through integrating microfossil analysis and geochemistry

published on: 6 September 2016
German History Society Annual Conference 8-10 September 2016

published on: 15 August 2016
From the Border to the Wall: Landscape Survey in North Cumbria 2016

published on: 9 August 2016
Fieldwork at Lufton Roman Villa in Somerset makes the news

published on: 4 August 2016

Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in Time

published on: 29 July 2016
Fieldwork in Naxos, Greece: Apalirou Environs Survey 2016

published on: 29 July 2016
Brave Community: A communal and personal tribute to our friend and colleague, John Gurney (1960-2014)

published on: 11 July 2016
Fieldwork in Sicily - Case Bastione 2016
Newcastle archaeologists have just returned from a successful field trip to Sicily.

published on: 4 July 2016
An introduction to Ancient Greece - a community curriculum project

published on: 8 June 2016
Remembering the Jarrow Crusade

published on: 9 May 2016
The Reformation Colloquium organised by Adam Morton and Luc Racaut. (Newcastle 14-16 September )

published on: 22 April 2016
Who were the Marchers? Dr Matt Perry and the 80th anniversary of the Jarrow Crusade

published on: 22 April 2016

7th Developing International Geoarchaeology (DIG) conference
The 7th biennial DIG conference will be hosted at Newcastle University, 4th-7th September 2017

published on: 23 March 2016
This concert features new reconstructions of some of the world's oldest surviving instruments

published on: 22 March 2016
Gertrude Bell and the “Woman Question”
Professor Helen Berry’s lecture renews interest in Gertrude Bell Archive

published on: 7 December 2015
Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Research Student Symposium 2015

published on: 4 December 2015
Celebrating Research Scholarships and Expeditions 2015
Students from across the university presented 120 posters, with strong representation from the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.

published on: 20 November 2015
Online course exposes dark secrets of Hadrian's Wall

published on: 29 October 2015
Feasts and food choices: the culinary habits of the Stonehenge builders

published on: 26 October 2015
Death of a colleague: Professor John Moles

published on: 7 October 2015

Puncturing the Powerful, James England explores Greek anti-austerity protests in light of past events

published on: 28 September 2015
Just how exceptional is Jeremy Corbyn's victory?
Dr Martin Farr compares the scale of Jeremy Corbyn's victory with those of earlier Labour Party leaders for The Conversation.

published on: 15 September 2015
Jazzy Vacation Scholarship

published on: 20 August 2015