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Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, who last year co-authored an appeal to the Pope for moral leadership on climate change, will back his recent encyclical and stress that humanity's attitude towards the natural world needs to undergo a fundamental moral shift.

Margaret Thatcher's previously unpublished memoir of the Falklands War has been acquired for the nation - after Arts Council England today announced the acceptance in lieu of inheritance tax of papers from the estate of the former Prime Minister.

18 June 2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, the final battle of the Napoleonic wars that followed the French Revolution.

It is a conundrum that has puzzled scholars for centuries, but now experts from the Magna Carta Project have established the scribe of at least one and possibly two of the original Magna Cartas of 1215. The discovery by scholars at King's College London and the University of East Anglia, of who wrote the Lincoln charter - and probably also the Salisbury charter - comes on the eve of the 800th anniversary of the ratification of Magna Carta.

Sussex academic's vision of Islam helps stage Glyndebourne opera A University of Sussex professor's knowledge of Islam has played a significant role in the creation of one of the major new-season att

A series of defensive ditches designed to protect St Mary's Church, Berkeley, that span nearly a millennium, have been uncovered by University of Bristol archaeologists digging at Berkeley Castle. There are five ditches in total, all running north-south to the west of St Mary's Church. It is well known that St Mary's Church has Anglo-Saxon origins, with the current church having some Anglo-Saxon masonry within its existing fabric.

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A University of Warwick academic will be seen crawling through ancient sewers and visiting burial chambers in an upcoming BBC 1 documentary.

Whilst the UK suffers the post-election blues, a new book by Professor Oliver Bennett, founder of the University of Warwick's Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, looks at how societies maintain hope in the future in an increasingly divided and threatening world.

A comprehensive record of those who did not want to fight in the First World War will from today be opened up to the public as part of Imperial War Museums' permanent digital memorial.

The history, archaeology and conservation of one of Wales' finest medieval buildings - St Mary's Priory Church, Abergavenny - is the subject of a new book, edited by University of Bristol archaeologist, Dr George Nash.

Dr Kylie Murray of the Faculty of English Language and Literature and Balliol College, discovered a twelfth-century copy of the 'Consolation of Philosophy' by Boethius, a statesman of the late Roman Empire, at the University of Glasgow. Dr Murray, a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, found the document in the University of Glasgow's Special Collections.

Artists, academics and activists come together to consider the role of art in influencing and shaping our understanding of belief and conflict in the UK.

A researcher at the University of Glasgow has discovered the oldest surviving non-biblical manuscript from Scotland. The find was made in the University of Glasgow's Special Collections by Dr Kylie Murray, a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow from Balliol College, Oxford, who is currently at Glasgow on a Visiting Fellowship.

University of Manchester PhD researcher presents findings to British Sociological Association's annual conference today.

Discrimination by employers has meant that Muslim women are much more likely to be unemployed than white Christian women even when they have the same qualifications and language abilities, new research from the University of Bristol shows.

The Commission on Religion and Belief in Public Life (CORAB) is coming to the University of Glasgow on Monday 13th April for an evidence hearing from over 30 distinguished members of the Scottish faith and belief sectors, as well as Scottish politicians, journalists and civic leaders.

Ivan Rajic's interest in the economic roots of independence movements is based on his personal experience of growing up in Belgrade.

The Bishop of Manchester is set to open The Playing God Film Series on Thursday 5 March. This unique film series, which is the first of its kind, will focus on the roles of science and religion in movies.

A unique film series which is the first of its kind opens in Manchester next month focusing on the roles of science and religion in movies.

'Western Europe will not find a partner of values and morals in Vladimir Putin', said Sir John Sawers, former Chief of MI6 in his inaugural lecture as Visiting Professor at King's College London.

The threat to peace posed by the Islamic State group has been described as "unprecedented in the modern age", yet research on the rise and fall of an extremist group in 1980s Lebanon suggests that we may have seen this all before.

We can but hope, argue sociologist Dr Jeff Miley and Gates Scholar Johanna Riha, who here summarise some of their observations following a recent field visit to Rojava in northern Syria, and give a brief overview of the political and social ideologies underpinning the Kurdish revolution.

The United Arab Emirates security is seriously challenged by the conflict with extremist groups in its neighbouring countries, the son of the Emir of Abu Dhabi told an audience at King's College London on 28th January.

In this post, Professor Tim Bale of QMUL's School of Politics and International Relations, discusses the findings of new polling data on attitudes to Jewish political leaders.

Dr Catherine Fletcher from the University of Sheffield's Department of History comments on her role as advisor to the BBC's forthcoming version of Wolf Hall.

What does Love mean to you? Don't miss the Jewish Museum London's first crowd-sourced exhibition featuring everyday objects, historic artefacts and works of art inspired by love.

'Attack on Freedom'; 'La Liberté assassinée'. Headlines like those in The Times and Le Figaro proclaim that the commando-style attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday was an attack on free speech itself.

Research in Religious Studies at Lancaster University has been ranked as having the biggest impact on culture and society in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF).

Research finds support for attacks on civilians in the United States among people in some Muslim countries is linked to negative views of American culture rather than perceptions of its foreign polic

QMUL's Dr Christopher Phillips argues that despite a weaker economy and the domestic threat of ISIS, Moscow is unlikely to change course on Syria.

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 her own name.

Leading historian Professor Amy-Jill Levine is to give this year's Edward Cadbury Lectures at the University of Birmingham.

An epic new history of England offers some eye-catching conclusions on Englishness - suggesting, among other things, that a "remarkable" level of cultural unity and a relative openness to other cultures are both key components of English national identity.

Bonfire night marks a plot in 1605 to burn down the Houses of Parliament. It's also a reminder of the ferocious divides that existed between Protestants and Roman Catholics.

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Research by a digital anthropologist is looking at how new religious movements are harnessing online platforms.

Anglican clergy are very concerned with maintaining a high level of welfare spending, and see it as a way of protecting the weak and the poor - a left-leaning political stance out of step with most of the general population and most Anglicans.

Papers opened to the public today reveal how the Brighton bombing stopped Margaret Thatcher from widening her infamous 'enemy within' rhetoric to include not only the striking miners but also the wider Labour movement and Party.

This lunchtime the new Principal and President, Professor Ed Byrne, was installed at the College's Opening of Year Service.

A major international research project led by the University of Leeds has attracted significant funding from the AHRC to shine new light on forgotten works by Jewish artists.

Ahead of the UN summit on climate change, two leading scholars in the field make a watershed appeal to religious leaders for help in mobilising public opinion on the planet's future.

A £1.1m campaign by Cambridge University Library to secure one of the most important New Testament manuscripts - the seventh-century Codex Zacynthius - has been a success.

04 Aug 2014 New research on the Scottish Census data reveals that almost all minority communities in Scotland were more likely to claim a Scottish identity in Scotland, than an English identity in England. The picture is complicated, however, because many minorities in Scotland were just as likely to choose a 'British only' identity as a 'Scottish only' identity.

New research on the Scottish Census data reveals that almost all minority communities in Scotland were more likely to claim a Scottish identity in Scotland, than an English identity in England. The picture is complicated, however, because many minorities in Scotland were just as likely to choose a 'British only' identity as a 'Scottish only' identity.

In this article - originally published on CRIAViews, the blog of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs - Lucy Thirkell explores some of the reasons behind the tragic and seemingly endless cycle of conflict in Gaza.

" Wherever you look you can find the Bible lurking. What is new in the latest offerings from Hollywood is how it's packaging the Bible - but then the Bible is constantly repackaged and retold for new audiences.