by Talking Humanities | Mar 31, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Politics & Law, Republished
A remark by Boris Johnson, that “there is such a thing as society” in a recent press conference reflects the all-encompassing social impact of the coronavirus pandemic, says Dr Ben Williams, a lecturer in politics and political theory at the University of Salford. But...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 19, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Republished
Dr Silvia Panizza, a University College Dublin philosopher in coronavirus lockdown in Italy, on how to think positive about isolation and ‘take the opportunity to think about what the outbreak can tell us about ourselves – and our planet’. ‘I am...
by Talking Humanities | Jan 16, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Republished, Research & Resources
Martin Plaut, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, remembers Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, a leading political voice among South Africa’s ‘coloured’ community whose passionate advocacy changed the course of the country’s legislation and...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 31, 2019 | Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Republished, Research & Resources
To protect people from the impact of climate change and bring about transformation, we need educational institutions to train a new breed of policymakers, managers and scientists who can ‘steer this planet towards less emissions and less waste, while creating...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 17, 2019 | Digital, Features, Republished
Tim Hall and Liam Kelly, student experience managers at the University of London Worldwide, explores the world of artificial intelligence and warns that ‘As technology changes the skills that employers require in their staff, education providers will have to adapt to...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 5, 2019 | Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Republished, Research & Resources, Training and Research
The purpose of Eduardo Ho-Fernández’s two months at the Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR) at the School of Advanced Study was to expand on two Renaissance research projects on intersections in linguistic and literary analysis. But he gained much more than...