by Talking Humanities | Nov 16, 2015 | Being Human festival, Republished
We asked the Aberdeen Being Human festival hub to answer some questions about its ‘Bringing the arts and humanities to life’ series, which explores the overlapping histories and cultures of the city – from Vikings and medieval Aberdonians to Romanian artists and...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 22, 2015 | Being Human festival, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Republished
Do gothic novels really stir the pulse, as their Romantic authors claimed? Aberystwyth University Romanticist Professor Richard Marggraf Turley, discusses the ‘Quantified Self’ movement and how he plans to use art and biometric analysis to count the chills and measure...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 13, 2015 | Being Human festival, Features, Republished
The full independent Being Human 2014 report, including recommendations, is available to view here. We’re pleased to present an independent evaluation of last year’s Being Human festival of the humanities, especially because it reports that the festival was...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 6, 2015 | Being Human festival, Features, Republished
Orkney was largely untouched by the Highland Clearances, but Rousay saw the clearance of two townships by George William Traill in the mid-19th century. Dr Keir Strickland looks back on a guided summer walk on Rousay, part of the Being Human event, ‘Landscapes of...
by aseifert | Jun 16, 2015 | Being Human festival, Events, Public Engagement
Preparations for the second Being Human festival of the humanities got underway in earnest on Wednesday 10 June at our first ever Being Human Summer Social. More than 150 people from across the country came to the School of Advanced Study’s home at Senate House in...
by aseifert | May 7, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Public Engagement
To mark the launch of our first SAS/Senate House Library ‘Public Engagement Innovators Scheme. We asked some staff from across the School about their experiences of public engagement and how it has influenced their research and professional practice. In this fifth...