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Welcome to the MOLA blog. Explore our latest news, discoveries, stories and content. Our blog posts are created by archaeologists and specialists from across the organisation and cover a range of fascinating and informative topics. Browse our posts using the tags, join in the discussion and share with your network.

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Winning hearts and minds in favour of well-planned economic and housing growth

Tony Curtis
15.07.2019

Sustained economic growth and building enough houses to meet demand are critical to the country’s future. Yet proposals for growth are so often met with fierce local opposition and resultant indecision. Professor Tony Curtis, considers this and what can be done to smooth the way for much needed housing development.

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MOLA to host PhD students in Collaborative Doctoral Partnership

Emma Dwyer
23.05.2019

From October 2020 MOLA will be supporting three new research students a year to study for a PhD at a UK university., through the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) Collaborative Doctoral Partnership.

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Winning hearts and minds for development

MOLA team
16.05.2019

Our Basingstoke team hosted a discussion exploring how best to win hearts and minds for development, led by speakers Professor Tony Curtis and Dr Carole Fry.

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Prittlewell princely burial secrets revealed in new research

MOLA team
09.05.2019

Today, we’ve published two new books with research revealing previously hidden insights into the Prittlewell princely burial and the man buried.

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CHATmethod call for papers: practical ways to engage with the contemporary and historical past

MOLA team
17.04.2019

We’re delighted to be hosting the CHAT conference this year and are seeking proposals for papers. CHATmethod will venture beyond theory to directly address the basics of what we do and how we do it.

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