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Read more at: Dr Abigail Moffett awarded ERC Starting Grant
Dr Abigail Moffett

Dr Abigail Moffett awarded ERC Starting Grant

20 September 2023

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the successful scientists who have been awarded ERC Starting Grants. Dr Abigail Moffett, current Research Fellow at the Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the University of East Anglia, has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for her...

Read more at: Cambridge best in UK for Anthropology and Archaeology in 2024
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Cambridge best in UK for Anthropology and Archaeology in 2024

12 September 2023

We are thrilled to share that Cambridge has been ranked best for Anthropology and Archaeology by the Guardian for 2024. We have been awarded 100/100 for our Guardian score. Each year the Guardian produces University league tables based on eight different scores including information from the annual National Student Survey...

Read more at: Europa Prize for Prof Marie Louise Stig Sørensen

Europa Prize for Prof Marie Louise Stig Sørensen

8 September 2022

Prof Marie Louise Stig Sørensen has won the 2023 Europa Prize from the Prehistoric Society.

Read more at: Landscape Archaeology Medal for Prof Charly French

Landscape Archaeology Medal for Prof Charly French

6 September 2022

Prof Charly French has been awarded the 2022 Landscape Archaeology Medal from the British Academy.

Read more at: DNA from human remains found in medieval well shines new light on Jewish history

DNA from human remains found in medieval well shines new light on Jewish history

30 August 2022

Researchers identify victims and sequence oldest genomes from Jewish individuals.

Read more at: Medieval friars were ‘riddled with parasites’, study finds

Medieval friars were ‘riddled with parasites’, study finds

19 August 2022

Research examining traces of parasites in medieval Cambridge residents suggests that friars were almost twice as likely as ordinary working townspeople to have intestinal worms – despite monasteries of the period typically having far more sanitary facilities.

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