by Talking Humanities | Jan 14, 2020 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Research & Resources
Dr Tom Smith, a lecturer in German at the University of St Andrews, opens up about his insatiable love of languages and his research into the constructions of race in Berlin’s techno scene. Tell us about yourself I first discovered my love of languages as a...
by Talking Humanities | Jan 2, 2020 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Publications, Research & Resources
It’s January. The evenings remain long. How to fill them? Try some 19th-century parlour magic suggests Dr Karen Attar, Senate House Library’s (SHL) curator of rare books and university art. Try typing ‘winter amusements’ as a title keyword into Library Hub Discover...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 19, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Publications
In the spirit of Christmas, Dr Karen Attar explores Senate House Library’s collection of seasonal books and finds a 19th-century twist on the traditional fairy tale that wasn’t to everyone’s liking. Christmastime, Christmas presents, possibly Christmas books. Think...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 12, 2019 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Professor Philip Murphy, director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, is ‘extremely sceptical’ about the ‘old, tattered, comfort blanket’ of Commonwealth as Empire 2.0. There’s a widespread assumption that if the UK leaves the European Union (EU), the...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 5, 2019 | Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Republished, Research & Resources, Training and Research
The purpose of Eduardo Ho-Fernández’s two months at the Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR) at the School of Advanced Study was to expand on two Renaissance research projects on intersections in linguistic and literary analysis. But he gained much more than...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 3, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Features, History & Classics, Public Engagement, Republished
Professor Sarah Pedersen from Robert Gordon University’s School of Creative and Cultural Business, and Professor Andrea Peach of Konstfack University in Stockholm, chart the rise and fall of the Orkney tweed industry and the stories that were uncovered at their Being...
