by Talking Humanities | Oct 3, 2019 | History & Classics, Republished
Miriam Leonard, professor of Greek literature and its reception at University College London (UCL), reports on a new exhibition at the Freud Museum supported by a public engagement grant from the Institute of Classical Studies (ICS). For a number of years I have been...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 24, 2019 | Digital, Interviews, Politics & Law, Republished
Postdoctoral researcher Dr Damian Clifford underscores some challenges with the current legal framework in addressing commercial practices such as ‘puffing’. He also recounts a few highlights from the Information Law and Policy Centre’s (ILPC)* annual conference, and...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 17, 2019 | Features, Languages & Literature, Republished
Professor Susan Watkins, Leeds Beckett University, reviews The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s eagerly awaited follow-up novel which is set more than 15 years after The Handmaid’s Tale. SPOILER ALERT: This review contains plotlines and details from The...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 4, 2019 | Human Rights, Politics & Law, Republished
Professor Nando Sigona from the University of Birmingham analyses the results of ‘EU families and Eurochildren in Brexiting Britain’, a study investigating the fragility of the legal position of EU citizens in the UK. Mirela left Croatia in 1991 because...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 8, 2019 | Bloomsbury Festival, Digital, Features, Human Rights, Public Engagement, Republished
To celebrate International Women’s Day, researcher and artist Dr Elizabeth Dearnley explores the ideas behind the Bloomsbury Festival’s ‘Senate Women’ audio installation. It tells the stories of ten women working in Senate House. In a series of interviews recorded...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 23, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Events, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Music, Politics & Law, Republished
What was the music of the women’s suffrage campaign? Who were the leading female composers and musicians of the 1910s and 20s? What was their contribution to the suffrage cause? On 1 November, the Institute of Historical Research and Senate House Library will co-host...
