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Poetic pathways to peace

by Talking Humanities | Jul 23, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law, Public Engagement

Dr Maria Castrillo and Rebecca Simpson introduce Senate House Library’s new exhibition, ‘Writing in Times of Conflict’. It highlights the power of words to achieve peace and reconciliation in response to conflicts – a very topical theme and quite extensively covered...
The frocks of my tears: the academic with a passion for fashion

The frocks of my tears: the academic with a passion for fashion

by Talking Humanities | Jul 2, 2019 | History & Classics, Interviews

Ten academics from across the country were selected for the 2019 New Generation Thinkers scheme run by the BBC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Among them is Dr Jade Halbert, a historian at the University of Huddersfield. Below, she explains how her love...
Neolithic humans offer a radical perspective on how society can be organised

Neolithic humans offer a radical perspective on how society can be organised

by Talking Humanities | Jun 27, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, History & Classics, Interviews, Research & Resources

Susan Greaney, an Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded PhD candidate at Cardiff University, is unearthing the attitudes of Neolithic humans to the ground beneath them and the underworld. She is one of ten 2019 New Generation Thinkers whose research will be made...
Calligraphy with a female voice: meet the guardian of an ancient Japanese script shaped by women

Calligraphy with a female voice: meet the guardian of an ancient Japanese script shaped by women

by Talking Humanities | Jun 25, 2019 | Events, History & Classics, Interviews, Languages & Literature, Public Engagement

Kaoru Akagawa, a Master of Japanese calligraphy and guardian of the Kana Shodo (Women Hand) script, discusses her work and why it is her ‘duty to preserve this old tradition’ and bring it to the world’s attention. As a guest of the Book and Print Initiative at the...
Shame about the face: the politics of imperfection

Shame about the face: the politics of imperfection

by Talking Humanities | Jun 13, 2019 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Research & Resources

Dr Emily Cock (above), an early career research associate at Cardiff University, discusses her research into the historical and regional variations in how physical differences were translated into ‘disabilities’. She is one of ten 2019 New Generation Thinkers whose...
There is more to Middle East politics than ‘tanks, tear gas, and terror’

There is more to Middle East politics than ‘tanks, tear gas, and terror’

by Talking Humanities | May 30, 2019 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law, Researcher Series

Dr Dina Rezk, associate professor of modern Middle Eastern history and politics at the University of Reading, would like the conversation about politics and political transitions in the Arab world to be more about the people, and less about ‘tanks, tear gas, and...
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