by Talking Humanities | Mar 1, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Director Series, Interviews, Politics & Law
We talk to the director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) about legal challenges, and the dramatic increase in the need to adapt the law, and understand our rights in an increasingly digital age. Jules Winterton, who took up the IALS directorship in...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 23, 2016 | Director Series, History & Classics, Interviews
Featured image: © S.Borisov / Shutterstock We talk to the director of the Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) about how to bring the latest research to the public’s attention, and why it’s worth studying classics for the same reason we send probes beyond Pluto and...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 16, 2016 | Director Series, Fellowships & Networks, Interviews, Languages & Literature
We talk to the director of the Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR) about her desire for the institute to take the lead in putting modern languages high on the government’s agenda and the importance of modern languages research in multilingual, globalised...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 9, 2016 | Director Series, History & Classics, Interviews
We talk to the director of the Institute of Latin American Studies about the institute’s Caribbean and Latin American research initiatives. Professor Linda Newson, who received an OBE in 2015 for services to Latin American Studies, became director of ILAS in 2012. She...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 2, 2016 | Director Series, History & Classics, Interviews
We talk to the director of the Institute of Historical Research about the history of history and the rise of statistical thinking in the Victorian period. Professor Goldman has nearly three decades of experience teaching modern British and American history. From 2004...
by Talking Humanities | Jan 19, 2016 | History & Classics, Interviews, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Claire Launchbury, School of Advanced Study’s (SAS) research fellow in French and city studies in the Institutes of Modern Languages Research (IMLR) and Historical Research (IHR), discusses her research into Beirut’s memory cultures and how buildings and streets...
