by Talking Humanities | Dec 15, 2020 | Digital, Features, Projects, Research & Resources
In the summer and autumn of 2020, Dr Naomi Wells (Institute of Modern Languages Research), Dr Christopher Ohge (Institute of English Studies), Dr Gabriel Bodard (Institute of Classical Studies) and Jonathan Blaney (Institute of Historical Research) ran a series of...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 7, 2020 | Digital, Events, Features, Languages & Literature, Projects, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
Ahead of July’s Playing with Prose workshop, actor Jack Tarlton discusses his first experience of running a virtual theatre workshop as the world went into lockdown – and reflects on the ways on which it connected students around the world. In the weeks before the UK...
by Talking Humanities | May 28, 2019 | Analysis & Comment, Digital, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Projects, Training and Research
Dr Ainhoa Montoya, a lecturer at the Institute of Latin American Studies, and international lawyer and researcher, Constanza Pauchulo, report on a project that created a database of legal actions relating to mining conflicts in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 12, 2019 | Features, Human Rights, Projects, Research & Resources
Courts have increasingly become the locus of environmental disputes. Dr Ainhoa Montoya looks at one such case, which occurred in El Salvador, where resource extraction has preoccupied many of its citizens for more than a decade. In 2017, the Salvadoran Legislative...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 12, 2019 | Languages & Literature, Projects, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
Dr María Soledad Montañez, a research fellow in community at the School of Advanced Study (SAS), outlines a new initiative in support of London’s Latin American community, which links several programmes prioritising collaboration, partnership and strategic change. In...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 30, 2017 | Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Projects
Dr Constantin Stefanou, director of the Sir William Dale Centre for Legislative Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, provides an overview of ‘On the Move’. This ambitious collaborative project is designed to address a range of issues related to free...
