by Talking Humanities | Sep 29, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Fellowships & Networks
In his second look at the rhino-horn trade debate, Professor Keith Somerville, applauds a recent announcement that rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park is on the decline. But is it really a downward trend, or just a re-orientation by poachers in the face of...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 27, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
For years, Dr Clémentine Beauvais has been interested in politically committed literature for children. It is an admission that often prompts questions such as, ‘What, like, propaganda?’, or even, ‘Like Nazi children’s books?’. The academic and children’s author,...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 22, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Graduate Study, Human Rights
Image: Jonathan Goldberg, www.jongoldberg.co.uk Justine Taylor, a human rights activist and student on the School of Advanced Study’s MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights, was invited by the Victoria and Albert Museum to argue the case for urban farming,...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
In the first in a series of articles about the rhino horn debate, Professor Keith Somerville reports on a fascinating research trip to look at the trade and the coming tussles at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Professor Henning Melber, director emeritus and senior advisor of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, reflects on the notion of solidarity and the legacy of the second United Nations secretary-general, who died in a mysterious plane crash on 18 September, 55 years...
