Press releases

New ways of using the latest digital technology to engage and immerse audiences in performance events such as dance and theatre are being unveiled in an arts festival with a difference in Nottingham this November.

Untold stories of how people in Nottinghamshire rallied to protest the racist regime of apartheid in South Africa have come to light thanks to new research by historians at the University of Nottingham.

People living in a remote rural village in northern India now have access to a range of world-leading literature after a University of Nottingham historian founded a library in the place where he grew up.

What can photographs of the Holocaust teach us about how to view modern day images of the victims of war, persecution and refugees? That’s the central question discussed in a new free online course from the University of Nottingham.

A 500 year old tunic found during excavations in the East Midlands is among the objects on display at a new exhibition showcasing the cloth and clothing of the region in medieval times.

A new study by media experts at the University of Nottingham has revealed that gender inequality in the UK television industry has grown significantly worse because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Professor of French and Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham has been elected to a prestigious leading role at the British Academy.

Fascinating untold stories of the rise and fall of Nottingham’s world-famous lace industry are being brought to life thanks to new research by historians at the University of Nottingham.

A University of Nottingham academic will be researching how personal narratives of illness and recovery can be used to transform the way eating disorders are understood and treated in adolescents, as part of a £3.8m research project.

A beautiful sketch of a bear’s head by Leonardo da Vinci goes up for auction at Christie’s in London this week. Described as ‘one of the most important works from the Renaissance still in private hands’, the drawing is expected to fetch at least £12 million.