Warding off witchcraft with paper: an everyday solution for everyday problems

14 August 2024

Writing in The Conversation, Judith Tulfer from the Department of History and Welsh History discusses her research into the healing and protection charms created by nineteenth-century Welsh dynion hysbys (cunning men).   

Using storytelling to preserve local memories in Myanmar

02 July 2024

Underground educators in war-torn Myanmar are using community storytelling to recapture their histories and celebrate ethnic identities, thanks to a project led by one of our academics.

History and Welsh History crowned Aberystwyth Department of the Year

22 May 2024

The Department of History and Welsh History won the coveted title of Department of the Year at the Undeb Aberystwyth ‘Teaching, Learning & Student Experience Awards’ 2024.

School pupils plant trees in University’s heritage orchard

09 February 2024

Primary school pupils from the Aberystwyth area have planted apple trees in a heritage fruit orchard at the University.

Philanthropist meets beneficiaries of Welsh history scholarship

27 November 2023

A philanthropist who donated half a million pounds to his alma mater has visited Aberystwyth University to meet the first postgraduate students to benefit from his generosity.