by Talking Humanities | May 3, 2016 | Interviews, Music, Research & Resources, Researcher Series, Training and Research
Dr Fay Hield conducts a burgeoning performance career alongside one as a University of Sheffield academic. The award-winning folk singer explains how a BMus in folk and traditional music gave her the academic bug. Tell us about yourself I am a folk singer and...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 19, 2016 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Research & Resources, Researcher Series, Training and Research
Image © Depositphotos.com/lenanet Dr Lucy Bowes, associate professor in the department of experimental psychology, Dr Siân Pooley, associate professor in the faculty of history, and PhD students Michelle Degli Esposti (experimental psychology) and Jono Taylor...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 14, 2016 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Languages & Literature, Republished, Research & Resources
Marília Arantes Moreira, a research student at the School of Advanced Study’s Institute of Latin American Studies, recently met up with Brazilian historian Luiz Felipe de Alencastro in a Paris café to discuss his latest article, The Ethiopic Ocean – History and...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 14, 2016 | Director Series, History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law
We talk to the director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS), who says ‘far from gently fading away, the collective memory of empire and its consequences is becoming an ever more prominent element in current political debates.’ Professor Philip Murphy...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 8, 2016 | CenSes, Director Series, Interviews, Philosophy
We talk to the director of the Institute of Philosophy (IP) about fostering collaborative links between philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists and the launch of CREATE, a centre for experimental aesthetics. Professor Barry C Smith is director of the Institute...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 3, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, History & Classics, Interviews, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Laura King, a university academic fellow in the history of health, family and the everyday at the University of Leeds, discusses her research that includes investigating the role of children as ‘agents of future’ and the meaning of families’ personal archives. Tell...
