by Talking Humanities | Oct 15, 2018 | Events, Languages & Literature, PotW
This Dickens Day conference, jointly run by Birkbeck, University of London, Cardiff University, the Dickens Fellowship and the Institute of English Studies at the School of Advanced Study, will explore all aspects of Charles Dickens, families and communities. The...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 8, 2018 | Events, Human Rights, PotW
This conference, organised by the Human Rights Consoritium, Institute of Modern Languages Research and Brunel University Law School, marks the 15th anniversary of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003). Building on this...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 1, 2018 | Events, PotW
How did Denmark become the modern, wealthy, welfare state that it is today? Reports of Danish modernity have emphasised the importance of the agricultural sector and especially the shift from grain to animal production in the late nineteenth century. Moreover, pork...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 24, 2018 | Events, Languages & Literature, PotW
To mark The European Day of Languages, the Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR), School of Advanced Study, University of London, has organised a concert of song in languages from across the globe performed by the New London Children’s Choir and the N10...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 10, 2018 | Events, Human Rights, Politics & Law, PotW
Privacy in the new public sphere, its value and its threats will draw together philosophers, legal scholars and practitioners to facilitate an interdisciplinary dialogue focused on the value of privacy in contemporary society, and the threats it faces. Organised by...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 4, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Events, Features, From the Archives, History & Classics, Libraries & Publications
Rights for women: London’s pioneers in their own words is a free exhibition at Senate House Library (SHL), which runs from 16 July–15 December. It explores the famous and also lesser-known stories of more than 50 female pioneers who used London as a platform to...