by Talking Humanities | Apr 14, 2021 | Events, Features, Human Rights, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law
As part of the School of Advanced Study’s ‘Open for Discussion’ series, the Institute of Modern Languages Research is holding two public events on 22 and 27 April to debate the lessons that can be learned by looking beyond our borders and languages. The first,...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 12, 2021 | Features, Politics & Law, Publications
Prince Philip, who was one of the most popular and long-serving members of the House of Windsor, has died aged 99. Dr Ed Owens, historian, royal commentator, and author of The Family Firm: Monarchy, Mass Media and the British Public, 1932-53, looks back at a royal...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 2, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Known for its steep, defined, fragile and mysterious landscape, the Himalayas, the third pole, recently witnessed a devastating flood. Dr Rahul Ranjan, a political anthropologist at Oslo Metropolitan University, explores the emotional impact of the disaster. On 7...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 26, 2021 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Republished
Investigating Lesbian responses to the natural world, particularly the ‘back to the land’ movements of the late-20th century, Professor Nancy C Unger, author of Beyond Nature’s Housekeepers: American Women in Environmental History, considers how LGBTQ+ experiences...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 23, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Politics & Law
Over the past nine years, the white and black rhino populations of the Kruger National Park have plummeted by 66.4 and 64.5 per cent respectively. Professor Keith Somerville, a writer and lecturer on African affairs, reveals the crisis behind the figures. There are...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 16, 2021 | Features, Human Rights, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law, Publications, Research & Resources
Graham McKerrow, a contributor to ‘Queer Between the Covers’ (University of London Press, May 2021), looks at Operation Tiger, the British state’s attempt in the 1980s to prohibit the importation of all queer books, newspapers and magazines, including the latest...