by Talking Humanities | Apr 2, 2018 | Events, Human Rights, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, PotW, Public Engagement
When: 5 April 2018, 6.30–8.30pm Who: Senate House Library, in collaboration with Queer Tours of London with special guests from the Gay Liberation Front Where: Seng Tee Lee Seminar Room, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Polari, the gay slang which faded...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 22, 2018 | Features, Interviews, Public Engagement
On 28 March the School of Advanced Study’s public engagement team will host a celebratory ‘graduation’ event at Senate House with Arts Emergency (AE), the educational charity that helps aspiring students from disadvantaged backgrounds ‘counter the myth that...
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 | Nov 14, 2017 | Being Human festival, Events, Features, Human Rights, Languages & Literature, Public Engagement
The Paris Centre for Migrant Writing and Expression, under the guidance of University of London Institute in Paris’ director of research, Anna-Louise Milne, has been working with migrants and asylum seekers in Northern Paris for more than five years. As part of...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 31, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement
Image: Mihály Munkácsy – Un Vagabond de Nuit , c.1872, (left); Etching by T. Smith, 1816 (right) Peter T A Jones, early career lecturer in urban history at the Institute of Historical Research’s Centre for Metropolitan History, sets out the agenda for the ‘Stray...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 24, 2017 | Being Human festival, Digital, Events, Features, History & Classics, Public Engagement
Image: The London by Willem van de Velde the younger © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London The London exploded and sank off Southend, concealing herself for centuries on the estuary bed. Her wreck was found in 2005, revealing a hidden history of early modern...
