by Talking Humanities | May 4, 2017 | Features, History & Classics, Interviews, Languages & Literature, Philosophy, Public Engagement, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Hetta Howes (above), a lecturer in medieval literature at Queen Mary University of London, teases the emotional links in our interconnected world – all lubricated by liquids. Tell us about yourself I grew up in Skipton, North Yorkshire, where I could usually be...
by Talking Humanities | May 2, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Research & Resources, Training and Research, Uncategorized
Photo courtesy Roger Gaskell Rare Books: ‘Filippo Arena (1708–1789), La natura, e coltura de’ fiori (Palermo: A. Felicella, 1767–68), 3 volumes 4to, Tab. 9.’ It’s not just digital images that are being uploaded and catalogued by the gigabyte on the internet. Their...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 27, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Republished
Image: © Francis Azevedo Dr Claire Launchbury, whose first ever political action was stripping down posters of Jean-Marie Le Pen in Orléans in the run up to the 1995 presidential elections, hopes France resists the siren of the Front National and warns that the...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 25, 2017 | History & Classics, Interviews, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Emma Butcher (above) teaches in the English department at Manchester Metropolitan University. She argues that children provide some of the most thoughtful perspectives on war and their writing should be promoted as a useful historical resource. Tell us about...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 21, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement
In a major speech two weeks ago Baroness Patricia Scotland, the Commonwealth Secretary General, called for a set of guidelines for the Commonwealth to develop a more prominent and active role in preserving media freedom and journalistic independence across its...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 20, 2017 | History & Classics, Interviews, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Joanne Paul, a lecturer in early modern history at the University of Sussex, discusses her research on 16th and 17th-century political culture and ideas, and unpicks Theresa May’s election announcement. Tell us about yourself I’m primarily an...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 11, 2017 | Features, Graduate Study, Philosophy, Projects, Research & Resources
Professor Manos Tsakiris, a world expert on psychology and cognitive neurosciences, introduces the interdisciplinary ‘Body and Image in Arts and Sciences (BIAS)’ project. Based at the Warburg Institute, part of the School of Advanced Study, University of London, it...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 6, 2017 | Features, Graduate Study, Interviews, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Daisy Fancourt (above), an early-career scientist, talks about her research which focuses on the effects of arts participation on health, the use of the arts within clinical settings, and the psychosocial impact of cultural engagement at an individual and public...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 4, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Events, Features, Graduate Study, History & Classics, Public Engagement
Image: IHR’s pop-up portrait exhibition of London women historians Despite two wide-ranging feminist movements, the position of women historians – both as subjects of historical study, and as modern-day researchers and teachers – still leaves much to be desired,...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 30, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, Fellowships & Networks, From the Archives, Graduate Study, History & Classics, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
Dr Cynthia Johnston discusses the benefits of the ‘academic partnership’ between the Institute of English Studies and the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, which she says has resulted in the rediscovery of a major research resource in the UK. In 2014, the Institute of...
