by Talking Humanities | Jan 26, 2016 | Being Human festival, Public Engagement
As part of the 2015 Being Human festival, Dr Samuel Merrill postdoctoral researcher in digital sociology at Sweden’s Umeå University, and visiting fellow at the School of Advanced Study’s Centre for Study of Cultural Memory, led a group of people on an urban...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 10, 2015 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Politics & Law, Republished
The National Archives records specialist Vicky Iglikowski and education officer Rowena Hillel, describe their innovative event that marked the start of an initiative to reclaim the largely forgotten histories of the black British civil rights movement. ‘Have you...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 26, 2015 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Languages & Literature, Music, Republished
Swansea University’s series of Being Human festival events utilised a variety of venues on the south-west Wales coast to explore ‘heritage, health and wellbeing’ through a range of media. The team behind these activities explain how drama, debate, poetry, art and...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 24, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, Features, Public Engagement
Professor Geoffrey Crossick, Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, gave one of the ten-minute ‘lightning talks’ at the Being Human Lab on the first day of the Being Human festival (12–22 November). He was challenged to discuss...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 19, 2015 | Being Human festival, Languages & Literature, Republished
In this blog post Dr Emily Marshall, senior lecturer in postcolonial literature at Leeds Beckett University’s School of Cultural Studies, reflects on the forthcoming screening of a film based on her grandfather Joseph Zobel’s novel, La Rue Cases-Nègres. It is a...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 18, 2015 | Being Human festival, Republished
Amy Ryall, University of Sheffield’s hub coordinator, tells us about their series for Being Human, which will showcase the university’s innovative research through a smorsgasbord of creative events. Sheffield’s hub events bring the university to the city, taking over...