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Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · 14h

📰 Historians get Curious about video games in Edinburgh / Haneswyr yn trafod gemau fideo yng Nghaeredin

cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2969409-historians-get-curious-about-video-games-in-edinburgh

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Dysgu Gydol Oes / Lifelong Learning @learncardiff.bsky.social · 16d

Our friends in Caer Heritage have launched a podcast. Discover more about the Caer Heritage Project in Caerau & the importance of community engagement & lifelong learning. www.publicengagement.ac.uk/caer-heritag... @sharewyatt.bsky.social @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social @cujournmedcul.bsky.social

CAER Heritage Podcast | NCCPE

www.publicengagement.ac.uk

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Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · 19d

📸 @muslimcouncil.bsky.social, @relmedcentre.bsky.social

Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · 19d

🎉 This week marks 20 years of the @islamukcentre.bsky.social at @cardiffuni.bsky.social!

Pro Chancellor Jason Mohammad chaired the celebrations with several hundred guests joining us, including our Vice-Chancellor Wendy Larner and the Lord Mayor of Cardiff.

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Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · 19d

🎉 Yr wythnos hon, rydyn ni’n dathlu 20 mlynedd o'r @islamukcentre.bsky.social yn @cardiffuni.bsky.social

Cadeiriwyd y dathliadau gan Pro Chancellor Jason Mohammad gyda channoedd o westeion yn ymuno â ni, gan gynnwys Arglwydd Faer Caerdydd.

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Islam UK Centre @islamukcentre.bsky.social · 20d

National Poet of Wales, Hanan Issa, performing her poem ‘where the two rivers meet’, written to mark the Centre’s anniversary

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Islam UK Centre @islamukcentre.bsky.social · 20d

Closing remarks from HM Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan Morfudd Meredith, President and Founder of the Muslim Council of Wales Saleem Kidwai, and our Head of School Professor Vicki Cummings

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Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Culture @cujournmedcul.bsky.social · 19d

Cardiff University has been crowned the number one university in Wales in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 👇
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...

Best universities in Wales and the UK named in prestigious rankings

Cardiff is first in Wales with Swansea runner-up while Aberysytwyth and the University of Wales Trinity St David both got awards in The Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2026

www.walesonline.co.uk

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Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Aug 18

📰 The Welsh POWs who survived Japan’s captivity, and their activism for remembrance and reconciliation: nation.cymru/feature/the-...

The Welsh POWs who survived Japan’s captivity, and their activism for remembrance and reconciliation

Helena F. S. Lopes Eighty years ago, on 16 August, Les Spence wrote in the diary he secretly kept at the prisoner-of-war (POW) camp he was held in in Japan: ‘What a day. It will live in my memory’. He...

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Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Aug 18

📰 Y carcharorion rhyfel Cymreig a oroesodd gaethiwed Japan, a'u hymgyrch i gofio a chymodi: nation.cymru/feature/the-...

The Welsh POWs who survived Japan’s captivity, and their activism for remembrance and reconciliation

Helena F. S. Lopes Eighty years ago, on 16 August, Les Spence wrote in the diary he secretly kept at the prisoner-of-war (POW) camp he was held in in Japan: ‘What a day. It will live in my memory’. He...

nation.cymru

Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Aug 15

We have #Clearing places available!

Our Clearing call centre is open from 08:00 until 20:00 today.

📲 0333 241 2800

Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Aug 15

Mae lleoedd ar gael gyda ni drwy #Clirio!

Mae ein canolfan alwadau Clirio ar agor o 08:00 tan 20:00 heddiw.

📲 0333 241 2800

Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Aug 14

📰 Archaeological insights into the Tower of London’s medieval past / Cipolwg archaeolegol ar orffennol canoloesol Tŵr Llundain: cardiff.ac.uk/cy/news/view/2930194-archaeological-insights-into-the-tower-of-londons-medieval-past

Cipolwg archaeolegol ar orffennol canoloesol Tŵr Llundain

Technegau gwyddonol yn cynnig gwybodaeth am y bobl sydd wedi'u claddu yn ei furiau

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Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Aug 14

We have #Clearing spaces available!

☎️ Our Clearing call centre is open 8am until 8pm today: 0333 241 2800

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Mae gennym lleoedd #Clirio ar gael.

Mae ein canolfan galwadau Clirio ar agor o 8am tan 8pm heddiw: 0333 241 2800

Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Aug 12

🗣️"We need to take them seriously, and we’re looking forward to doing that with our audience (in-person and online)."

Find out more about the panel: historicalgames.net/rse-curious-event/

RSE Curious event: Unreal pasts, playful presents: history and fantasy in games and media | Historical Games Network

This September, in collaboration with the Imperial War Museums Institute and the Royal Society of Edinburgh‘s Curious Festival 2025, the Historical Games Network will be hosting a discussion panel eve...

www.historicalgames.net

Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Aug 12

🗣️ "Exploring and understanding the significance of games, and their relationship to other digital media forms, is as important now as it ever has been -..." 🧵

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Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Aug 12

The panel will explore history, fantasy, digital games and media.

Dr Wright said, "I’m excited to be chairing this panel, and helping to bring our guest speakers’ expertise on video games, fantasy and conflict to the
@royalsoced.bsky.social's Curious Festival..." 🧵

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Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Aug 12

🧵 Next month, Dr @enwright.bsky.social is co-running and chairing a panel with the @historygamesnet.bsky.social and the Imperial War Museums Institute as part of the @royalsoced.bsky.social's Curious Festival.

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Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Aug 12

"Mae angen i ni eu cymryd o ddifrif, ac rydyn ni’n edrych ymlaen at wneud hynny gyda'n cynulleidfa (wyneb yn wyneb ac ar-lein).

Rhagor o wybodaeth am y panel: historicalgames.net/rse-curious-event/

RSE Curious event: Unreal pasts, playful presents: history and fantasy in games and media | Historical Games Network

This September, in collaboration with the Imperial War Museums Institute and the Royal Society of Edinburgh‘s Curious Festival 2025, the Historical Games Network will be hosting a discussion panel eve...

www.historicalgames.net

Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Aug 12

Mae ystyried a deall arwyddocâd gemau, a'u perthynas â ffurfiau cyfryngau digidol eraill, yr un mor bwysig nawr ag y bu erioed -..." 🧵

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Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Aug 12

Bydd y panel yn trin a thrafod hanes, ffantasi, gemau digidol a'r cyfryngau.

Dywedodd Dr Wright, “Rwy'n edrych ymlaen at gadeirio'r panel hwn, a helpu i ddod ag arbenigedd ein siaradwyr gwadd ar gemau fideo, ffantasi a gwrthdaro i Ŵyl Curious, Cymdeithas Frenhinol Caeredin..."🧵

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Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Aug 12

🧵 Y mis, nesaf bydd Dr Esther Wright yn cyd-gynnal ac yn cadeirio panel gyda'r Historical Games Network a Sefydliad yr Amgueddfa Ryfel Ymerodrol yn rhan o Ŵyl Curious, Cymdeithas Frenhinol Caeredin.

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Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Aug 11

Got your results? We have spaces available for you to start your studies with us in September 2025.

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Wedi cael eich canlyniadau? Mae gennym leoedd ar gael i chi ddechrau eich astudiaethau gyda ni ym mis Medi 2025.

#clearing #clirio

Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Jul 10

📰🏆 Cardiff University historian @daviddoddington.bsky.social wins the Owsley award for distinguished book on the American South: cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2924271-cardiff-university-historian-wins-the-owsley-award-for-distinguished-book-on-the-american-south

Cardiff University historian wins the Owsley award for distinguished book on the American South

Dr Doddington wins 2025’s Southern Historical Association (SHA)’s Frank L. and Harriet C. Owsley Award

www.cardiff.ac.uk

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Cardiff Uni School of History, Archaeology and Religion @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social · Jul 10

📰🏆 Hanesydd o Brifysgol Caerdydd yn ennill y wobr Owsley am lyfr arbennig ar Dde’r Unol Daleithiau: cardiff.ac.uk/cy/news/view/2924271-cardiff-university-historian-wins-the-owsley-award-for-distinguished-book-on-the-american-south

Hanesydd o Brifysgol Caerdydd yn ennill y wobr Owsley am lyfr arbennig ar Dde’r Unol Daleithiau

Mae Dr Doddington yn ennill Gwobr Frank L. ac Harriet C. Owsley 2025 o Gymdeithas Hanes De America (SHA)

www.cardiff.ac.uk

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