News News stories 6 June 2025 5 ½ Moments when Alcohol Shaped the World A historical podcast series about the impact of alcohol on human societies and relationships. Written and presented by Prof Phil Withington and Dr Nick Groat. Produced by Julia Letts and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. 15 April 2025 Digital Humanities Institute travel to the University of Saarland in Saarbrücken for the second MSCA doctoral network training camp Find out more about the second CASCADE training camp, where groups of researchers exchange ideas and perspectives about interdisciplinary methods that could be used to analyse how language expresses meaning in various, changing contexts over time. 3 March 2025 R. I. (Bob) Moore (1941-2025) We are very sad to share the news that Bob Moore, who was a Professor of History at Sheffield University, has passed away. Search Business Leader Talks 2023 Digital technology, new media and AI for storytelling, fashion, dance, music, theatre, gaming, creativity and interactive entertainment - the DHI Business Leader Talks are back. 14 February 2023 Winners of School Essay Prize Competition Announced We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 Philosophy essay prize. The competition is open to school years 10, 11 and 12 and is run annually by the Department of Philosophy. 13 August 2020 Black Death 'Plague Pit' discovered at 14th-century monastery hospital A mass burial of bodies, known to be victims of the Black Death, has been discovered at the site of a 14th-century monastery hospital at Thornton Abbey, Lincolnshire. 19 February 2020 Undergraduates to collaborate with academic staff on SURE research projects 27 April 2017 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Current page 7