It’s that post-election hangover. Canada hung on to its democracy under a barrage of American economic threats, invasion rhetoric, misinformation campaigns, and head-spinning electoral politics. It seemed like five minutes ago that Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government was waning and every “bro dude” in my office was gleefully counting down to Pierre Poilievre’s imminent victory. Then […]

Science and spirituality are often not compatible, because spirituality usually entails believing in God or a supernatural being that often does not reside in the materially oriented scientific way of thinking. Religions were primarily developed to guide people in their everyday matters, and to pass down values of harmony and not division, such as compassion, […]

Join us for an exciting talk on Maximus, a revolutionary modular query engine for data analytics on heterogeneous systems. Presented by Marko Kabić, a Ph.D. student from ETH Zurich System Group, this session will explore how Maximus harnesses the power of GPUs and CPUs to tackle the complexities of modern data processing. Title: Maximus: A […]

Welcome to the website of the Caliphal Finances project! This website is the online space of the Caliphal Finances project to share upcoming events, collaborations and conversations with other researchers and research teams, and other exciting news. We will also regularly shine a spotlight on specific documents, objects, or issues that we are grappling with […]

This series of interviews shines a spotlight on researchers working on or with the Caliphal Finances project. Each interview showcases the variety of scholarship connected to our research. This week, we feature one of the project’s first guests from May 2022, Dr Harry Munt, a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of York. […]

Wednesday, 22 May 2025 13.00-14.00 BST – Zoom Webinar  (Register via Eventbrite here) ‘Expert investigators’ and export permits: Uncovering unacknowledged 19th century Egyptian heritage contributions   Dr Margaret Maitland Principal Curator of the Ancient Mediterranean and Head of the Mediterranean, Africa, Americas, and Oceania Section National Museums Scotland  Historically, narratives about early Egyptology have been […]