by Talking Humanities | Feb 12, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Publications, Research & Resources
Dr Christopher Ohge delves into the multiple levels and meanings of a classic piece of American literature. ‘About the “whaling voyage”—I am half way in the work, & am very glad that your suggestion so jumps with mine. It will be a strange sort of a...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 10, 2021 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Publications, Research & Resources
Dr Karen Attar is fascinated by a rare Senate House Library autobiography full of art, politics and scandal. Like any venerable institution, the University of London accrues a variety of artworks. For example, it holds various sculptures: marble busts of Victorian...
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 digital humanities (DH) research training workshops on text encoding and data visualisation. Here, they explain the practicalities for extending digital skills and understanding to researchers.
Cover image courtesy of @brunocervera (puppyhero.com)
by Talking Humanities | Nov 24, 2020 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Republished, Research & Resources
Dr Philip Carter, director of digital and publishing at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), marks the completion of an ambitious research partnership with historians from Birkbeck and University College London to digitise and publish more than 2,500 petitions...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 18, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Digital, Features, Politics & Law, Republished, Research & Resources
Law lecturers, Dr Faith Gordon, Dr Jess Mant and Dr Daniel Newman, examine how technological innovation might help law centres address the ‘justice gap’ and target advice and support for different communities during the pandemic and in the long-term. The COVID-19...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 13, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
For this year’s Being Human festival Dr Amy Kellam, an associate research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, is hosting two events on domestic abuse (see below). My colleagues and I use films – like ‘Gaslight’ – to explore the UK’s upcoming...