by uoladmin | Oct 21, 2022 | Digital, Libraries & Publications, Publications
By Professor Jane Winters Humanities researchers disseminate their work in a wide range of venues and formats, depending on an ever-shifting combination of factors. These include disciplinary norms, the demands of particular career stages and assessment cycles,...
by uoladmin | Oct 21, 2022 | Digital
By Dr Naomi Wells With many social media platforms now entering their second decade, the ‘new media’ label has become increasingly redundant. Nevertheless, at least within the humanities, social media research continues to be treated as a novelty or curiosity, even...
by uoladmin | Oct 21, 2022 | Digital
By Dr Anna-Maria Sichani Let’s admit it: what is common in every single digital scholarly output and in every single digital project is the agony around their sustainability. A concept so close yet so far is my contribution to the newly published The Bloomsbury...
by uoladmin | Oct 21, 2022 | Digital, Research & Resources
By Michael Donnay Science fiction writers love to imagine a future where people have radically different relationships to their books. In some fictional worlds, an implanted chip in your brain provides access to a wealth of information while in others books are...
by uoladmin | Aug 16, 2022 | History & Classics
By Sue Horth, IHR Practitioner in Residence, 2022 In April 2022 I was given the enormous privilege of joining the Institute of Historical Research as its first practitioner in residence, and for the last four months I’ve experienced joy and renewal as part of the...
by uoladmin | Aug 16, 2022 | History & Classics
By Professor Philip Murphy, Director of History & Policy Intellectually, we are all aware of the pitfalls of using history to guide policy and political strategy. The past doesn’t repeat itself and historians thrive on dispute and debate, making it almost...
by uoladmin | Aug 16, 2022 | History & Classics, Uncategorized
Professor Claire Langhamer, Director of the IHR History today is challenging, complex, and creative; it is collaborative, energetic and purposeful. In a world that stumbles from crisis to crisis, historical analysis is more critical than ever before. Only by...
by uoladmin | Aug 16, 2022 | History & Classics
By Professor Catherine Clarke, Director of the IHR’s Centre for the History of People, Place and Community Understanding our places – their past, present and possible futures – has never been more firmly on the political agenda than today. The so-called ‘Place Agenda’...
by uoladmin | Jun 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
The broad field of arts and humanities still possesses this capacity to take us away from what is known By Professor Ruth Livesey It would be exaggerating to say rereading a novel by Anthony Trollope saved my professional life in summer 2021. But there was a moment of...
by uoladmin | Jun 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ethical issues are at the forefront of experimental humanities. By Professor Ophelia Deroy Maja is cruising in a new self-driving car. In the back is her baby son, singing and giggling. An overhead, electric cable has fallen on the side of the road, and the car will...
