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 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...
by Talking Humanities | May 29, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Philosophy, Politics & Law
‘All men by nature desire to know,’ wrote Aristotle. But in this post-truth era where fake news abounds, emotions trump facts, and the truth has allegedly ceased to matter, we might wonder, says Dr Michael Hannon, how important is knowledge in daily life. Even...
by Talking Humanities | May 22, 2018 | Interviews, Philosophy, Research & Resources
Dr Gulzaar Barn explores the ethics of the buying and selling of ‘bodily labour’ such as commercial surrogacy, live organ donation and paid participation in clinical trials, and how concern about these services might make the body out of bounds. Tell us about...
by Talking Humanities | Jan 11, 2018 | Features, History & Classics, Philosophy, Republished
Image: Étienne Delaune (c. 1518–1583), Plate 14 from the series The Genesis showing the building of the Tower of Babel. Engraving, 1550–1572. © The Trustees of the British Museum Ahead of their sell-out live discussion at the British Museum on 26 January scientists...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 1, 2017 | Interviews, Philosophy, Research & Resources, The Human Mind Project
Dr Mattia Gallotti, manager of ‘The Human Mind Project’ at the School of Advanced Study, discusses the launch of the first Grand Challenges Public Consultation on the key questions in the study of the mind. Open to early-career and established researchers, and the...
