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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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What should you do if you find a 17th–century ‘witch bottle’?

Nigel Jeffries
16.04.2019

How can 'witch bottles' be identified, and what should you do if one (quite literally) falls down your chimney?

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