by Talking Humanities | Mar 12, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law, Publications, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Tripurdaman Singh, who holds a British Academy Fellowship at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, has just published his new book Sixteen Stormy Days, exploring one of the pivotal events in Indian political history. As India marks the 70th anniversary of the...
by Talking Humanities | May 30, 2019 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law, Researcher Series
Dr Dina Rezk, associate professor of modern Middle Eastern history and politics at the University of Reading, would like the conversation about politics and political transitions in the Arab world to be more about the people, and less about ‘tanks, tear gas, and...
by Talking Humanities | May 8, 2019 | History & Classics, Interviews, Politics & Law, Researcher Series
Dr Majed Akhter, a lecturer in environment and society at King’s College London, talks about his work examining the contentious history of dams built in the 20th century, from the Colorado River, to Ghana, to the Indus, and the politics of international development....
by Talking Humanities | Feb 22, 2018 | History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Researcher Series, Training and Research
Image: a picture of Jerusalem from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493) The explosion of virtual reality (VR) technology is transforming how we think about travel, says Dr Matthew Coneys. With a VR headset and the right app you can enjoy a risk-free ascent of Everest, or...
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 | May 4, 2017 | Features, History & Classics, Interviews, Languages & Literature, Philosophy, Public Engagement, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Hetta Howes (above), a lecturer in medieval literature at Queen Mary University of London, teases the emotional links in our interconnected world – all lubricated by liquids. Tell us about yourself I grew up in Skipton, North Yorkshire, where I could usually be...
