by Talking Humanities | Jan 10, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Digital, Features, History & Classics, Public Engagement
Dr Elizabeth Dearnley, a researcher at University College London and an artist specialising in audio installations, revisits the spiritual home of British journalism. London’s Fleet Street has been associated with printers and bookbinders for hundreds of years, ever...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 27, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, From the Archives, History & Classics, Research & Resources
In September 2018, the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) launched Layers of London – a new website that enables the mapping and sharing of London’s history through community participation. The project is now engaging thousands of Londoners from across the city’s...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 21, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Digital, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Dr William Crawley, senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, calls on south Asian countries to adopt an ethical administrative and legal framework in which press and media freedoms can be protected, and legitimately enhanced. Accusations of...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 19, 2018 | Digital, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Dr Kiran Hassan, associate fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, says it is still too early to assess whether Imran Khan, Pakistan’s newly elected prime minister, is going to deliver on his promise to transform the country. There are three indicators...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 17, 2018 | Digital, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law
A combination of fragile democracies, autocratic regimes and weak civil societies has put internet access and social media in Africa at serious risk, says Martin Plaut, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, part of the School of Advanced...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 11, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Digital, Features, Human Rights, Research & Resources
Lilija Alijeva, Dr Anna-Mária Bíró, Dr Corinne Lennox and Marcus Oda on a new web-based forum designed to amplify the voices of minority groups, who continue to struggle to find a suitable place where they can raise issues and concerns. The voices of minority groups...
