by Talking Humanities | Jul 30, 2019 | Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Research & Resources
Dr Domenico Giannino, visiting fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies, looks back on the Escazú Agreement, the world’s first legally binding treaty on environmental democracy that compels states to investigate and punish killings and attacks on people...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 24, 2019 | Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Professor Philip Murphy, director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, welcomes a new generation of Commonwealth activists who are using established legal and constitutional tools to tackle its ‘imperial-era homophobic laws’. I went to a rather...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 23, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law, Public Engagement
Dr Maria Castrillo and Rebecca Simpson introduce Senate House Library’s new exhibition, ‘Writing in Times of Conflict’. It highlights the power of words to achieve peace and reconciliation in response to conflicts – a very topical theme and quite extensively covered...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 16, 2019 | Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law, Publications, Research & Resources
Since the death of Cecil the lion at the hands of an American hunter, the issue of the best way to conserve increasingly threatened lion populations has become ever more controversial, says Professor Keith Somerville, whose new book, ‘Humans and Lions. Conflict,...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 11, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Libraries & Publications, Publications
Dr Karen Attar, Senate House Library’s curator of rare books and university art, removes the dust from a 206-year-old household management book to reveal some helpful hints that have stood the test of time. Since 2014, the generosity of University of London alumnus...
