by Talking Humanities | May 30, 2017 | Digital, Events, Features, Research & Resources
Image: © Shutterstock Given the fragility of web data, and the increasing difficulty to access it freely, how can we establish online evidence as facts, historical evidence or truth?, asks Dr Anat Ben-David, a senior lecturer at the Open University of Israel. She is...
by Talking Humanities | May 29, 2017 | Events, Languages & Literature, PotW
When: Wednesday 31 May 2017, 6.30 – 8.30pm Who: Institute of English Studies Where: The Chancellor’s Hall, First Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Presented by Jon Gilbert, author of the award-winning Ian Fleming Bibliography, antiquarian book dealer...
by Talking Humanities | May 25, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Digital, Discipline, Features, History & Classics, Interviews, Ministry of Information Digital, Politics & Law, Research & Resources
Image: © Shutterstock The Second World War has been the subject of many books, documentaries and films, creating a large popular memory of wartime campaigns such as ‘Make do and mend’ and ‘Dig for victory’. Dr Christopher Bannister, a historian at the Institute of...
by Talking Humanities | May 23, 2017 | Interviews, Philosophy, Politics & Law, Research & Resources
Moral philosopher Dr Simon Beard, discusses existential risk mitigation and why he is standing in next month’s general election. Tell us about yourself I recently completed my PhD in philosophy from the London School of Economics, and am currently working as a...
by Talking Humanities | May 22, 2017 | Events, Languages & Literature, PotW
When: Wednesday 24 May 2017, 6 – 8pm Who: Institute of English Studies Where: The Chancellor’s Hall, First Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Crossing palaeographical borders: bi-alphabetical Hebrew scribes and manuscripts in Egypt, Spain and Northern...
by Talking Humanities | May 19, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Features, From the Archives, History & Classics, Publications, Research & Resources
Image: Wencelas Hollar image: Earl of Essex, Wikimedia Commons This week sees publication, by the Institute of Historical Research, of the Cromwell Association Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers – an online record of more than 4000 officers who fought for...
by Talking Humanities | May 18, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Digital, From the Archives, SAS Space Data Repository
Image: © Shutterstock Harry Raffal, a PhD candidate at the University of Hull, studies the online development of the Ministry of Defence and the British Army. Below, he discusses elements of this work, which will feature at a Web Archiving Week hosted by the School of...
by Talking Humanities | May 16, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics
Image: Woman at her devotions, c.1590–1600, Leandro Bassano (1557–1622) Italy, Veneto (oil on canvas, 105 x 88.5 cm), UK private collection The ‘Madonnas and Miracles’ exhibition at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum is a highly successful example of how interdisciplinary...
by Talking Humanities | May 11, 2017 | Events, Fellowships & Networks, History & Classics, Interviews, The Social Scholar
The School of Advanced Study’s ‘social scholar’ lunchtime seminar returns on 17 May with Dr Peter Jones offering a fascinating discussion on converting research into a form that can be used for teaching school children. Below, Peter hints at what to expect. Could you...
by Talking Humanities | May 9, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Fellowships & Networks, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law, Publications, Research & Resources
Image: bus burned by gang members in El Salvador. ES James/Shutterstock.com The level of violence in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala in recent years has been second only to Syria – but unlike Syria, they are not countries at war. Criminal violence in the ‘northern...
