A new CRASSH research project is compiling the largest database of plague imagery ever amassed, focusing on a pandemic that peaked in the early 20th century and continues to this day.
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What can the items and objects associated with 18th-century coffeeshops tell us about 18th-century culture? Craig Cessford, of the CRASSH Things That Matter seminar and Cambridge Archaelogical Unit, investigates.
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In 1714, the British Parliament offered large rewards for finding longitude at sea. Men around the world submitted schemes but only one woman, Jane Squire, published a proposal under her own name. Dr Alexi Baker has been investigating the life story of this remarkable trailblazer.
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Open calls for papers for up-coming CRASSH conferences.
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Call for papers for the conference 'Techniques, technologies and materialities of epidemic control', taking place at CRASSH 16-17 September 2016.
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A comprehensive re-assessment of the life, workand legacy of Thomas Robert Malthus at this CRASSH conference.
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Understanding Chinese migration, past and present.
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A call for papers for the conferece Global Muslim Encounters taking palce at CRASSH, 9-10 December 2016.
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A preview of the Things research group, who are running seminars throughout 2016/17.
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An interview with Andrew McKenzie-McHarg one of the conveners of Priestcraft: Early Modern Variations on the Theme of Sacerdotal Imposture, taking place at CRASSH next month.
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