by Talking Humanities | May 3, 2016 | Interviews, Music, Research & Resources, Researcher Series, Training and Research
Dr Fay Hield conducts a burgeoning performance career alongside one as a University of Sheffield academic. The award-winning folk singer explains how a BMus in folk and traditional music gave her the academic bug. Tell us about yourself I am a folk singer and...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 19, 2016 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Research & Resources, Researcher Series, Training and Research
Image © Depositphotos.com/lenanet Dr Lucy Bowes, associate professor in the department of experimental psychology, Dr Siân Pooley, associate professor in the faculty of history, and PhD students Michelle Degli Esposti (experimental psychology) and Jono Taylor...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 12, 2016 | Fellowships & Networks, History & Classics, Research & Resources, Researcher Series, Training and Research
Image from St. Marcella’s church, Denbigh Sarah Ward scrutinises the history and culture of Wales, and challenges the popular image of Wales and the Welsh. Who is a Welshman? When you picture him in your mind, do you see a serious, chapel-going miner? When you...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 10, 2016 | Features, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Cinematic portrayals of the university, I am not the first to observe, can be a good gauge of the public valuation of the humanities at any given point in time, says Helen Small, professor of English at the University of Oxford. A striking pairing of American movies...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 3, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, History & Classics, Interviews, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Laura King, a university academic fellow in the history of health, family and the everyday at the University of Leeds, discusses her research that includes investigating the role of children as ‘agents of future’ and the meaning of families’ personal archives. Tell...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 18, 2016 | Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Alain Wolf, who lectures in language and translation studies at the University of East Anglia, reflects on the individual threads of his research, what unifies them and academia’s limiting ‘Queer’ agenda. When I reflect on the many individual threads of my...
