by Talking Humanities | Aug 16, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Graduate Study, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Philosophy
By Robert Newman, president and director of the National Humanities Center For many years we have heard alarming news about the crisis in the humanities. The number of humanities majors in colleges and universities has declined steadily and, because of supply and...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 12, 2020 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, Graduate Study, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources
Dr Matthew Shaw, Joanna Ashe, David Gee and Dr Raphaële Mouren, reflect on the challenges faced by the School of Advanced Study’s (SAS) libraries during lockdown, and look ahead to the way things will change. Among the novel activity of the...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 16, 2017 | Features, Graduate Study, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Training and Research
Chloe Pieters on how increasing attacks on journalists constitute a threat to free speech and human rights On the eve of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, observed annually on 2 November, UN experts warned that the world is...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 13, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Features, From the Archives, Graduate Study, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
During F Scott Fitzgerald’s lifetime, Hollywood released six films based on his works. Below, Martina Mastandrea, whose PhD thesis focuses on the complex relationship between Fitzgerald and these silent film adaptations produced between 1920 and 1926, explains how she...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 11, 2017 | Features, Graduate Study, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Training and Research
Image: © Shutterstock In this post, Dr Juliette Scott reflects on how Brexit could bring unexpected opportunities in legal translation. As I write, it seems inevitable that the UK will be leaving the European Union – potentially accompanied by ‘softer’ negotiations in...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 4, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, Graduate Study, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Republished
Caribbeanist anthropologist Dr Adom Philogene Heron, who is curating a review of the Caribbean studies holdings held by Senate House Library (SHL) and the libraries of the Institute of Historical Research and Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, offers an introduction...
