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Talking to government – is there an alternative?

Talking to government – is there an alternative?

by Talking Humanities | Jan 5, 2022 | Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law

Should historians talk to government? An apparently straightforward question that’s actually far from it – unpacking the position ‘not talking to government’ gets us started, writes Dr Alix Green, reader in history at the University of Essex. The simplest argument for...
‘History and Policy’ and the communication challenge

‘History and Policy’ and the communication challenge

by Talking Humanities | Jan 5, 2022 | Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law

Cambridge academic Professor Simon Szreter on two decades of the pioneering network for historians Why would professional historians not want their knowledge and expertise to be understood by policymakers, politicians and advisers? Why would any of the latter want to...
The trust and shifting sands between historians and government

The trust and shifting sands between historians and government

by Talking Humanities | Jan 5, 2022 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law, Research & Resources

Courses and learning to compress complex stories are promising aids to communication for government and historians, writes Professor Patrick Salmon. How close should academic historians get to government? ‘Very close indeed,’ their universities would probably say,...
History and the state: supporting institutional memory or challenging national myths?

History and the state: supporting institutional memory or challenging national myths?

by Talking Humanities | Jan 5, 2022 | History & Classics, Politics & Law

Should historians talk to government? Professor of British and Commonwealth history, Philip Murphy, introduces the tensions underlying the relationship between historians and politicians. As an academic discipline, history can be thought of as something between a game...
How politicians only listen to what they want to hear

How politicians only listen to what they want to hear

by Talking Humanities | Jan 5, 2022 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law

Should historians talk to government? It’s tempting to turn this question around and ask instead whether government should talk to historians, writes Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley. Priya Satia, in her brilliant Time’s Monster, has made a compelling case that governments...
‘Community’ or ‘modern’ languages? Isn’t it time for change?

‘Community’ or ‘modern’ languages? Isn’t it time for change?

by Talking Humanities | Dec 7, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Languages & Literature

A ‘Global Britain’ needs to invest in upgrading and expanding its multilingual capacity and that should begin by showing respect for the array of languages used by members of our diverse communities, says Professor Li Wei, director and dean of the UCL Institute of...
Where next for modern languages? From patterns in recruitment to curriculum reform, six academics examine some of the challenges

Where next for modern languages? From patterns in recruitment to curriculum reform, six academics examine some of the challenges

by Talking Humanities | Dec 7, 2021 | Features, Languages & Literature

It is no secret that every area of the humanities is experiencing significant change. Questions concerning the coherence, identity, and purpose of modern languages are certainly the subject of a great deal of debate within the education sector. This edition of Talking...
Modern languages gale warning – er, more like a hurricane

Modern languages gale warning – er, more like a hurricane

by Talking Humanities | Dec 7, 2021 | Features, Languages & Literature

‘Gardening in a gale’ was the great language educator Eric Hawkins’s metaphor to describe practitioners’ experience of teaching languages. Ten years later, following Brexit and the pandemic, and in the midst of a hapless policy landscape, what was a gale now feels...
Resisting systemic racism by decolonising modern languages

Resisting systemic racism by decolonising modern languages

by Talking Humanities | Dec 7, 2021 | Features, Fellowships & Networks, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources

As long ago as 1492 a scholar pointed out ‘Language always escorted the empire’. It’s not enough to just recognise that: it’s time for action, write Durham academics Durham’s School of Modern Languages and Cultures (MLAC) launched its decolonisation initiatives in the...
OWRI, strategy, partnerships and the future of modern languages

OWRI, strategy, partnerships and the future of modern languages

by Talking Humanities | Dec 7, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Fellowships & Networks, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources

The Open World Research initiative (OWRI) has left rich legacies to build on, writes Professor Janice Carruthers, dean of research in arts, humanities and social sciences at Queen’s University Belfast I have just completed a four-year period as priority area...
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