We continue to mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague, Ladislav Šmejda. An obituary has now been published by Ladislav's colleagues at the University of West Bohemia. If you knew Ladislav or were touched by his work, please [...]
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of our project partner Ladislav Šmejda during the night from 26 to 27 November. Ladislav's death is not only a great loss for his family and especially his three [...]
As soon as I heard the news of the toppling of the slaver Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol, I was reminded irresistibly of Richard III. Just as Colston’s statue was pulled down, rolled roughly through the streets, and thrown into [...]
The statue of the merchant and slave-trader Edward Colston has been pulled from its plinth in Bristol. In Oxford there are renewed calls for the image of Cecil Rhodes to come down. Across the southern United States, monuments to Confederate [...]
by Erica Askew-Jones ‘What a fantastic idea. Bringing history to life by being site specific. A great mix of facts, drama and entertainment’ (Anonymous feedback) On Thursday 7th March I hosted a public engagement event at the oldest [...]
Do you remember the Bowling Green Massacre? This mysterious atrocity was introduced to the world by Presidential Counselor Kellyanne Conway in an interview on Thursday 2 February. Justifying Trump’s immigration ban, Conway reminded us that “two Iraqis came here to [...]
In my first public presentation of DEEPDEAD research, I gave a paper at the British Shakespeare Association conference in Hull, UK (October 2016), on “Shakespearean Exhumations.” Here’s a snippet of the talk: In February 2007, a team of Italian archaeologists [...]
