On 9–10 June, for London’s Open Garden Squares Weekend, the University of London held a series of tours and talks on ‘Leading Women’ associated with Gordon Square and its gardens. These included Dr Elizabeth Dearnley’s introduction to the code-breaker and garden historian Mavis Batey and – here – Dr Philip Carter on Virginia Woolf and […]
Following two successful New York City conferences in 2014 and 2016, the International Society for Heresy Studies is holding its third biennial conference at Senate House, hosted by the Institute of English Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Share this article:
Join us at Senate House on 8 June for a music recital of relevant French repertoire by outstanding young pianist, Alexander Soares. This event, part of the ‘Surrealism and music in France, 1924–52: interdisciplinary and international contexts’ conference organised by the Institute of Modern Languages Research, will include works by Boulez, Messiaen and Jolivet. Share […]
Professor Richard Marggraf Turley explains how ‘self-tracking’ inspired him to develop ‘The Vortex’ – a machine that analyses our reactions to sublime and Gothic works. Share this article:
Dr Elsa Richardson, one of ten academics selected by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council as a New Generation Thinker, examines the history of nutrition, digestive health and emotional wellbeing. Share this article:
When: 5 April 2018, 6.30–8.30pm Who: Senate House Library, in collaboration with Queer Tours of London with special guests from the Gay Liberation Front Where: Seng Tee Lee Seminar Room, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Polari, the gay slang which faded away with the decriminalisation of male homosexuality and the advent of gay liberation, […]
Image: Spine of the Sterling first folio What, one might wonder, remains to be said about any single known Shakespeare first folios? Have not Anthony West’s 2003 detailed twenty-first censuses, alone and with Eric Rasmussen’s 2011 publication covered everything? Not quite, says Dr Karan Attar, and both the Senate House Library first folios have repaid […]
Third year PhD Student Nicole Robertson explores the works of Arthur Schnitzler and the history of the ‘Englishing’ of the great Viennese dramatist. Why does this research matter? It’s a question the best of us might struggle to answer when immersed in the nitty-gritty of humanities study. My own indebtedness to the public purse often […]
Image: Léa de Lonval (Michelle Pfeiffer), the Baronne de la Berche (Bette Bourne), Madame Aldonza (Nichola McAuliffe) and Charlotte Peloux (Kathy Bates) in Mme Peloux’s ‘mausoleum’ in Chéri (dir. Stephen Frears, 2009) Ahead of the release of the biopic Colette, which premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, Dr Will Visconti examines some of […]
Image:Â a picture of Jerusalem from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493) The explosion of virtual reality (VR) technology is transforming how we think about travel, says Dr Matthew Coneys. With a VR headset and the right app you can enjoy a risk-free ascent of Everest, or visit the Australian outback without the inconvenience of flying halfway around […]
