Research

Find out about our world-leading research in History, Philosophy, Archaeology and the Digital Humanities.

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Our research

Archaeology

Digital Humanities

History

Philosophy

Book spotlight

Book cover 'everyday politics, ordinary lives'

Everyday Politics, Ordinary Lives - Adrian Bingham

A distinctive new history of how ordinary British citizens understood and engaged in politics across the twentieth century.
Book cover 'digital editing and publishing in the 21st century'

Digital Editing and Publishing in the 21st Century - Michael Pidd and Sophie Whittle

Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century collects a range of perspectives on the current state and future of digital editing and publishing.
Book cover 'Oppressive Praise'

Oppressive Praise - Jules Holroyd

Praise is often assumed to be a benefit, an expression of positive appraisal that requires little scrutiny or justification. However, Jules Holroyd argues that, on the contrary, our practices of praising can be harmful, and implicated in oppression.

Recent publications

Selected books

Poverty Archaeology - Fennelly K

Oppressive Praise - Holroyd J

Inventing Slavonic - Ivanova M

The Possibility of Moral Community - Lenman J

On Savage Shores How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe - Caroline Pennock 

Everyday Politics, Ordinary Lives - Bingham A 

Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century - Michael Pidd, Sophie Whittle

Emotions, Gender, and Science: The Case of Ornithology in Colonial India, 1800-1960 - Mishra S

Trust and Cooperation - Faulkner P 

Latest publications

Chetwood, J. "Where’s Walh-y? Searching for ‘Invisible Britons’ in Early Medieval England" has been published in the Journal of the English Place-Name Society, 55, pp. 25-52. 

Defant, S. Craig-Atkins et. al. "Isotopic data reveal a localist Roman population in late Roman Albintimilium, Liguria" Nature Scientific Reports. Read the paper here.

Alex Ferguson has written an article for Modern History Review on the 1968 Tet Offensive.

Valeria Vitale and Katherine McDonough (Lancaster University) have edited an open-access Forum in the Imago Mundi journal titled "Maps and Machines: Recent Perspectives on Humanities Research Using AI and Maps".