John Siberch: Cambridge’s first printer (and record debtor?)
17 Nov 20212021 is the 500th anniversary of the first works printed in Cambridge
The historian gathering fragments of the past to understand how humans tick
07 Sep 2021After he began studying at Cambridge, Sujit Sivasundaram, found the freedom to let his imagination and curiosity roam. Yet his interests and intellectual life continue to be shaped by the global South. Today, as Professor of World History, he is passionate about bringing the untold and forgotten...
Growing old in Georgian England
10 Aug 2021A new study examines the words and behaviour of older people who went on to take their own lives in 18th-century England.
A baker, a plumber, and a... swan taker
10 Aug 2020Cambridge University Library's joint project with the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, continues to reveal the secrets of crime and punishment in the Isle of Ely
Professor David Abulafia awarded Wolfson History Prize 2020
16 Jun 2020Abulafia wins for his epic history of humanity’s relationship with the world’s oceans, The Boundless Sea.
Saving Turkey's Children
12 Jun 2020Exiled by Hitler, Albert Eckstein turned his medical expertise to saving Turkey's poorest children from the curse of infant mortality.
The Fetcher who became keeper to millions of books
22 Nov 2019Robin James has worked at Cambridge University Library for 26 years. Today, he leads the team responsible for the Library’s ‘Cathedral of Books’ – a vast Amazon-style warehouse on the outskirts of Ely; the opening of which marks the latest chapter in the UL’s 600-year history.
Annotating history: thoughts of an Elizabethan scholar revealed
21 Sep 2019Previously unrecorded book from Gabriel Harvey’s collection extends our knowledge of one of the most conspicuous and fascinating early modern annotators
Cambridge University Library unveils the rich histories, struggles and hidden labours of Women at Cambridge
05 Sep 2019One hundred and fifty years since the first women were allowed to study at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Library will be sharing the unique stories of women who have studied, taught, worked and lived at the University, in its new exhibition The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge.
The curious tale of the cancer ‘parasite’ that sailed the seas
01 Aug 2019A contagious canine cancer that conquered the world by spreading between dogs during mating likely arose around 6,000 years ago in Asia and spread around the globe through maritime activities.
