Dr Louise Steel during the cone-making workshop in the Materialities lab

The blog below was written by one of our Ancient History and Archaeology students, Heather: I can put a spell on you!! …well not you, but I can cast a spell on your dead body… You are probably thinking that I …

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Satish Kumar

6pm, Friday 22nd April Arts Hall, Lampeter Campus, University of Wales Trinity Saint David This talk is open to the public and free of charge. The University is delighted to host Satish Kumar on the 22nd April and welcomes members …

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Dressing up as a Roman family, with Dr Matthew Cobb as the pater familias.

The blog below was written by one of our Ancient History students, Stephany Aymerich: Hello everyone, I am Steph, second year Ancient history and anthropology student. Togidubnus!!! …You may think that I have just made that word up but it’s actually …

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A knitted elephant discussed by the students in the module Material Worlds.

The blog below was written by one of our Anthropology students, Stephany Aymerich: Well this being my first post I guess I should start by introducing myself. I am Steph, a second year student of Ancient History and Anthropology at UWTSD …

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Spirits and Trance in Brazil book cover

We are looking forward to Professor Bettina Schmidt’s monograph Spirits and Trance in Brazil An Anthropology of Religious Experience which will be published by Bloomsbury in 2016. The exciting new monograph examines the “social dimension of spirit possession” by exploring …

New Monograph explores ‘Spirits and Trance in Brazil’ Read more »

Preparing for one of the battle re-enactments.

The blog below was written by one of our Classics students, Gemma Russell: “Ahhhh!” Exclaimed Kyle as he fell off the stage with a dagger in his back. Wait a minute. I should probably give you some background into this. …

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Dr Martin Bates

An archaeologist from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David will be involved in a ground-breaking project to reconstruct an ancient landscape now hidden beneath the North Sea. Archaeologists, molecular biologists and computer scientists will work together to digitally re-construct …

UWTSD Archaeologist Supports Major Project to Uncover Ancient Land Lost Under the Sea Read more »

UWTSD is the proud home of the Roderic Bowen Library and Archives (RBLA). The RBLA has in its collections 35,000 early printed works, 8 medieval manuscripts, around 100 post medieval manuscripts, and 69 incunabula. The RBLA is open not only to …

Looking Beyond the Text – Lampeter Bookbindings Read more »