by Talking Humanities | Oct 13, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, History & Classics, Ministry of Information Digital, Politics & Law, Projects, Research & Resources
Image: © IWM (D 650A) Katherine Howells, a doctoral candidate at King’s College London, provides an overview of the ‘Publishing and Communications History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-45’ project being undertaken by the Institute of English Studies (IES) in...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 11, 2016 | Being Human festival, Events, Features, Public Engagement, Republished
Dr Michael Eades, who curates the School of Advanced Study’s national Being Human festival of the humanities, provide a glimpse at the events in the 2016 programme. Our theme for the 2016 Being Human festival is ‘Hope and Fear’. We couldn’t have known how well...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 6, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Politics & Law
Image: © Elephants without Borders, ©bush24, ©Keith Somerville Just over a year ago, stealing the title from Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, Professor Keith Somerville wrote a report entitled No longer at ease: clouds on the horizon for Botswana’s conservation...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 4, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Events, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Music, Politics & Law, Public Engagement
L-R: Poland’s Maximilian Maria, South Africa’s Manche Masemola, Uganda’s Archbishop Janani Luwum. West entrance to Westminster Abbey featuring ten Twentieth Century Martyrs © Jean-Christophe Benoist via Wikimedia Commons As part of this year’s Being...
