by aseifert | Jun 17, 2014 | Digital, Events, The Social Scholar
The final Social Scholar seminar this term will focus on a project based at the School of Advanced Study which has placed social media as a central part of the project. The event will take place in room 246 of Senate House between 1pm-2pm on Wednesday 18 June 2014....
by aseifert | Jun 13, 2014 | Graduate Study, History & Classics, Training and Research
This autumn sees the launch of the new MA Garden and Landscape History at the Institute of Historical Research. We asked course tutor Barbara Simms to share with us her thoughts about the relevance of garden and landscape history and to suggest why you might...
by aseifert | Jun 12, 2014 | Digital, Events, The Social Scholar
Next week (18 June 2014) the Social Scholar is back with a case study seminar focused on the AHRC Science in Culture Theme. Using this theme as a casestudy, Dot Fallon and Abhay Adhikari will explore how social media can be used to create impact and engagement for...
by aseifert | Jun 10, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, Public Engagement
By Nicholas Stern We live in a time when the world faces problems of trust in institutions and a weakening of confidence in existing ideas and models. The geo-political landscape is shifting fundamentally. Politicians in many countries, including the UK, are failing...
by aseifert | Jun 5, 2014 | Events, Features, From the Archives, Libraries & Publications, Public Engagement
Karen Attar (Senate House Library) For several years now Senate House Library has been supporting conferences hosted by SAS Institute’s wherever possible. Usually this is through small displays of books pertinent to the conference theme, to enhance the...
by aseifert | Jun 3, 2014 | Training and Research
Science in Culture is one of the key areas of AHRC funding and supports projects committed to developing reciprocal relationships between scientists and arts and humanities researchers. It is not easy to impress judges in any competition, but the 14 Early Career...
by aseifert | May 29, 2014 | Digital
Here at the School of Advanced Study we are always looking for new ways to promote, discuss, and facilitate research in the humanities. For some time now we have operated a variety of blogs (including this one) allowing our staff to talk about and discuss a variety of...
by aseifert | May 22, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Republished
Republished from From time to time members of the School of Advanced Study publish about their research on other websites. This post republishes that work from the original article. By Rembrandt Duits, School of Advanced Study (The Warburg Institute)...
by aseifert | May 15, 2014 | Digital, SAS Space Data Repository, Training and Research
This post takes a quick look at some of the things that the School of Advanced Study is doing to enable researchers to think about the research process and to consider their underlying ‘data’ as a commodity in its own right. What is ‘data’ and why should we care...
by aseifert | May 13, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Interviews, Libraries & Publications
Last year the three volume set of the History of Oxford University Press was published under the general editorship of Simon Eliot. The books span five centuries of printing and publishing including highlights such as the foundation of the Oxford English Dictionary...
