#PoTW: Black Lives in England 1500–1800 Wikipedia workshop
AfroCROWD UK, part of an international initiative to create and improve information about the African diaspora, is holding a Wikipedia workshop at the Institute of Historical Research on 30 March, 10am–4pm. During the 6-hour event, which is run in partnership with the...
Agents of change: Senate House women on the lasting effects of ‘everyday activism’
To celebrate International Women’s Day, researcher and artist Dr Elizabeth Dearnley explores the ideas behind the Bloomsbury Festival’s ‘Senate Women’ audio installation. It tells the stories of ten women working in Senate House. In a series of interviews recorded...
#PoTW: Women and AI: harms, impacts and remedies
Our daily interactions with gendered AI-driven technologies such as Siri, Alexa, and Cortana are becoming increasingly normalised.
The thriller writer and the Ministry of Information
Dr Henry Irving traces the hidden history of the famous authors who worked for the Ministry of Information during the war. Although government institutions can appear impersonal, all are shaped by those who work for them. This was especially true of the Ministry of...