by Talking Humanities | Jun 21, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Training and Research
Strengthened deterrence at the southern US border, increased deportations to Honduras and El Salvador, and a political crisis in Nicaragua. ‘Where can displaced people in Central America find safety?’ asks Suzanna Nelson-Pollard, a researcher on...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 19, 2018 | Features, History & Classics, Research & Resources
Dr Matthew Phillpott, the School of Advanced Study’s digital projects officer, on his historical journey to learn about the honeybee and one of its primary products used and prized by humans – honey. Imagine if you will, being asked to stand up to your neck in a...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 18, 2018 | Events, Human Rights, Politics & Law, PotW
This one-day workshop, sponsored by the School of Advanced Study at the University of London, will pose a number of questions about global decolonisation. Was ‘decolonisation’ a European invention designed to ease the ‘white man’s burden’ and pave the way for a...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 14, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Philosophy, Research & Resources
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...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 12, 2018 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law, Publications
The abolition of slavery was the catalyst for the system of indenture, under which the British brought Chinese and East Indians to the Caribbean to labour on the region’s sugar plantations. The first wave arrived in Mauritius in 1834, followed by Guyana (1838) and...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 11, 2018 | Events, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Philosophy, Politics & Law, PotW, Training and Research
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...
