by Talking Humanities | May 20, 2019 | Events, History & Classics, PotW, Public Engagement
Many art historians, among the most famous of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, have used the graphic instrument to study art in all its forms (architecture, painting, sculpture …), but that fact is often ignored. For example, Carl Jacob...
by Talking Humanities | May 16, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, From the Archives, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Philosophy, Research & Resources
Research librarian Andrea Meyer Ludowisy recalls the thrill of being invited to talk about Professor William Rose, a translator and proponent of a new psychoanalytical approach to German studies, and Sigmund Freud’s influence on his work. Professor Rose’s...
by Talking Humanities | May 13, 2019 | Events, Human Rights, Politics & Law, PotW, Public Engagement
Organised by the School of Advanced Study’s Human Rights Consortium (HRC), the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex and the University of Glasgow’s Human Rights Network, this conference is a one of a series of three aimed at postgraduate students working...
by Talking Humanities | May 1, 2019 | Features, From the Archives, History & Classics
May 2019 sees the 150th anniversary of the first examination sat by women students at a British university. Dr Philip Carter, of the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), considers the challenges and the questions they faced. Over the week of 3–7 May, the IHR will...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 30, 2019 | Interviews, Languages & Literature, Public Engagement
The Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women’s Writing, one of the six research centres affiliated to the Institute of Modern Languages Research, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year with a series of events that show the variety of its work. Below, its...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 22, 2019 | Events, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, PotW, Public Engagement
Activists, enthusiasts, students and scholars are invited to come and join the conversation about Mary Wollstonecraft’s legacy on 27 April, the 260th anniversary of her birth. The day’s programme reveals a great line-up of speakers (see list below) who will...
