Mathematical research in Cambridge has a breadth that extends from the purest of theory to the most practical of applications.
A digital archive of 500-year-old 'filofaxes' offers extraordinary insight into early thought and writing practices.
Medieval culture pervaded Shakespeare's life and work. Professor Helen Cooper examines its influence on the work of the world's greatest playwright...
It is widely believed that women live long post-reproductive lives to help care for their grandchildren. Now research suggests that the pattern may...
Tracing popular beliefs from medieval to early modern times is highlighting the durability of debates about the dead.
Two early-career academics in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages have been recognised by the Philip Leverhulme Prize.
The gay history of Cambridge University will be revealed in a public lecture this Wednesday at Lucy Cavendish College.
John Morrill explores one of the most extraordinary and least understood aspects of Anglo-Irish history - the rebellion of 1641.
A 900,000-word eyewitness account of life in Restoration England, viewed as a “rival” to Pepys' diary but virtually forgotten since the 1700s, is...
Analysis of the results of a Europe-wide social survey is providing clues as to why some Europeans are happier than others.
Professor Nigel Weiss, an expert in solar magnetic fields, has rebutted claims that a fall in solar activity could somehow compensate for the man-...
