by aseifert | Oct 7, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, Languages & Literature, Philosophy, Public Engagement, Training and Research
By Dr Sharon Lockyer In this guest post Dr Sharon Lockyer, Director of the Centre for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR) at the Brunel University, reflects on the importance of humour as a core aspect of ‘being human’, and how academics in the humanities are...
by aseifert | Feb 14, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Interviews, Languages & Literature, Philosophy
Back in January it was announced that a film to which Colin Blakemore, Professor of Neuroscience and Philosophy in the School of Advanced Study, had contributed was nominated for a BAFTA as well as being shortlisted for an Oscar nomination. We caught up with him...
by aseifert | Feb 10, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Interviews, Philosophy, The Human Mind Project
Professor Colin Blakemore’s work branches out into a plethora of disciplines delving into the mechanisms of the brain, thought and perception, in his role as Professor of Neuroscience and Philosophy in the School of Advanced Study. As a renowned neuroscientist with a...
by aseifert | Jan 28, 2014 | Philosophy, The Human Mind Project
The Human Mind is an ambitious international and multidisciplinary project representing a coordinated effort to define the major intellectual challenges in understanding the nature and significance of the human mind. Central to the project is the importance of...
by aseifert | Dec 6, 2013 | Analysis & Comment, Digital, Features, Philosophy
What is Big Data and what is the usefulness of Big Data in the Humanities? These are some of the questions asked by Professor Barry Smith in a blog post on ‘Big Data in the Humanities’ written following his attendance at the IEEE Big Data Conference in Silicon Valley...
by aseifert | May 21, 2013 | Events, History & Classics, Philosophy, PotW
An exciting upcoming event this week. The Afterlife of Plutarch – 23 – 24 May 2013 This conference will address the uses of Plutarch’s historical and philosophical works by late antique, medieval and early modern scholars, writers and artists. It is by The...
