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#PoTW:  Public commemoration and women’s history

#PoTW: Public commemoration and women’s history

by Talking Humanities | Apr 23, 2018 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, PotW

When: 1 May 2018, 6–8.30pm Who: Institute of Historical Research Where: IHR Wolfson Conference Suite, NB01/NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU How are women remembered, commemorated and celebrated in public? How is this different from...
#PoTW: Queer creative writing and Polari workshop

#PoTW: Queer creative writing and Polari workshop

by Talking Humanities | Apr 2, 2018 | Events, Human Rights, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, PotW, Public Engagement

When: 5 April 2018, 6.30–8.30pm Who: Senate House Library, in collaboration with Queer Tours of London with special guests from the Gay Liberation Front Where: Seng Tee Lee Seminar Room, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Polari, the gay slang which faded...
#PoTW: The novel as commodity: rewiring book history

#PoTW: The novel as commodity: rewiring book history

by Talking Humanities | Mar 26, 2018 | PotW

When: 28 March 2018, 5-7pm Who: The Institute of English Studies in partnership with the the Open University’s Postcolonial and Global Literatures Research Cluster and the History of Books and Reading Research Collaboration Where: Senate House, Malet Street, London...
A secret history – 250 years of queer literature

A secret history – 250 years of queer literature

by Talking Humanities | Jan 9, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Events, Features, From the Archives, Languages & Literature, Public Engagement

 Image: © Mark Mitchell Dr Richard Espley, head of modern collections at Senate House Library, explores highlights from its collection of queer literature and introduces ‘Queer between the Covers’, the University of London’s latest exhibition and events series...
What’s in a name? 

What’s in a name? 

by Talking Humanities | Nov 14, 2017 | Being Human festival, Events, Features, Human Rights, Languages & Literature, Public Engagement

The Paris Centre for Migrant Writing and Expression, under the guidance of University of London Institute in Paris’ director of research, Anna-Louise Milne, has been working with migrants and asylum seekers in Northern Paris for more than five years. As part of...
#PotW: Inaugural Liberty Lecture – Ali Smith

#PotW: Inaugural Liberty Lecture – Ali Smith

by Talking Humanities | Nov 6, 2017 | Events, Languages & Literature, PotW

When: Monday 6 November, 6-8pm Who: Institute of English Studies Where: The Beveridge Hall, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Ali Smith CBE FRSL, the award-winning Scottish author, playwright, journalist, and academic, will deliver the first...
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