by Talking Humanities | Sep 4, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Events, Features, From the Archives, History & Classics, Libraries & Publications
Rights for women: London’s pioneers in their own words is a free exhibition at Senate House Library (SHL), which runs from 16 July–15 December. It explores the famous and also lesser-known stories of more than 50 female pioneers who used London as a platform to...
by Talking Humanities | Jan 9, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Events, Features, From the Archives, Languages & Literature, Public Engagement
Image: © Mark Mitchell Dr Richard Espley, head of modern collections at Senate House Library, explores highlights from its collection of queer literature and introduces ‘Queer between the Covers’, the University of London’s latest exhibition and events series...
by Talking Humanities | Aug 3, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, From the Archives, History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law, Republished
American geographer, author and travel writer Joshua Jelly-Schapiro takes Adom Philogene Heron on a journey through the Caribbean while discussing his new book, Island People, and the late CLR James whose personal papers are housed in Senate House Library. How did...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 13, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Features, From the Archives, Graduate Study, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
During F Scott Fitzgerald’s lifetime, Hollywood released six films based on his works. Below, Martina Mastandrea, whose PhD thesis focuses on the complex relationship between Fitzgerald and these silent film adaptations produced between 1920 and 1926, explains how she...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 13, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Features, From the Archives, History & Classics, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
Image: © Shutterstock Martin Luther’s old house in Wittenberg, now a museum Dr Karen Attar, curator of Senate House Library’s ‘Reformation: Shattered World, New Beginnings’ exhibition, is looking forward to showing off the library’s riches of 16th- and...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 8, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Features, From the Archives, History & Classics, Projects, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
Image: © Saira Awan – family lives of residents on the Gascoigne Estate taken for London’s Open Estate Festival Want to see what your street was like 300 years ago, or discover the location of ancient remains in places you pass through every day? What...
