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 | Dec 31, 2019 | Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Republished, Research & Resources
To protect people from the impact of climate change and bring about transformation, we need educational institutions to train a new breed of policymakers, managers and scientists who can ‘steer this planet towards less emissions and less waste, while creating...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 24, 2019 | Analysis & Comment, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Malta’s handling of the case of the murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, has not only pushed the country into a political and constitutional crisis, it has also highlighted the power wielded by the media and the many threats it constantly faces, says Syed...
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 10, 2019 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s prime minister, and her ‘Christchurch Call’ campaign to curtail the spread of online extremism is proving to be a breath of fresh air in the current world of global politics, says Dr Kiran Hassan, a research fellow at the...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 28, 2019 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Republished
India’s liberation experience shows us the importance of differentiating between elites and subordinates, rather than just looking at race, says Martin Plaut, senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS) at the School of Advanced Study,...
