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History now and then

History now and then

by Talking Humanities | Sep 13, 2016 | Events, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Research & Resources

Daniel Snowman, senior research fellow at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), introduces a further series of public seminars about the ways we use, and abuse, the past. This series at the IHR takes off from an extraordinary (and potentially dangerous) paradox....
Remembering ‘Bad King John’

Remembering ‘Bad King John’

by Talking Humanities | Sep 6, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Graduate Study, History & Classics, Research & Resources, Researcher Series, Training and Research

Image: Horace Barker as King John from a postcard of the Bury St Edmunds Historical Pageant (1907), by permission of the St Edmundsbury Heritage Service. October 2016 marks the octocentenary of the death of King John, the ruler who gave us Magna Carta. Dr Alexander...
From archive to blockbuster movie

From archive to blockbuster movie

by Talking Humanities | Sep 1, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Events, Features, Fellowships & Networks, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Public Engagement, Research & Resources, Researcher Series

Image: Michael Ohajuru, Dr Maria del Pilar Kaladeen, Dr Eva Namusoke, Dr Sumita Mukherjee As part of this year’s Being Human humanities festival, academics from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS) and the University of Bristol, have joined forces to form the...
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