Unseen Histories and Unseen Helpers
Pint of Science Festival 2026
- Date and time
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- Attendance
- This is an in-person event
- Location
- National Science and Media Museum, Bradford, BD1 1NQ
During this lecture, held at National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, we reveal how archaeology, forensics, and geophysics can uncover traces of Nazi German war crimes without excavation, showing why identifying buried but invisible evidence still matters in the present.
We also explore how humanitarian rescue dogs have worked alongside humans in the past, continue to operate today, and may shape future disaster response, examining their training, labour, care, and inviting light audience participation.
Tickets: £5.00 and helps support the non-profit organisaton.
Your Speakers:
Dr Michal Pisz, Lecturer in Archaeology
Buried Dark Heritage - Revealing traces of Nazi German war crimes without digging: Archaeological prospection uses non-invasive tools to scan over and beneath the ground, helping archaeologists map buried remains and rebuild lost landscapes without excavation. Yet the buried past is not only archaeology. Some hidden traces belong to dark heritage: painful sites and histories that perpetrators tried to erase. Using examples from Nazi German extermination camps and other atrocity sites, this talk explores how modern science can reveal hidden evidence, protect memory, confront denialism and offer a measure of closure to affected communities through prospection methods pioneered in Bradford.
Dr Becky Alexis-Martin, Lecturer
Disaster Dogs - The more than human lives of rescue animals: This talk examines the evolving roles of humanitarian rescue dogs across time, from early search efforts to contemporary disaster response and future possibilities. It considers how these animals shape and are shaped by human systems of care, risk and responsibility. Bringing together history, geography technology, and ethics, it invites audiences to rethink rescue work as a more than human collaboration.
Pint of Science is an annual worldwide science festival which brings researchers to your local pub/cafe/space to share their scientific discoveries with you - no prior knowledge required.
It is a grassroots non-profit organisation that has grown astronomically over the few years since two people decided to share their research in the pub. Although their mission has expanded, their core values remain the same: to provide a space for researchers and members of the public alike to come together, be curious, and chat about research in a relaxed environment outside of mysterious laboratories or daunting dark lecture theatres.
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