by Talking Humanities | Jan 19, 2016 | History & Classics, Interviews, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Claire Launchbury, School of Advanced Study’s (SAS) research fellow in French and city studies in the Institutes of Modern Languages Research (IMLR) and Historical Research (IHR), discusses her research into Beirut’s memory cultures and how buildings and streets...
by Talking Humanities | Jan 14, 2016 | History & Classics, Interviews, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Catherine Fletcher associate professor in history and heritage at Swansea University, says her interest in history was kindled by a holiday in Florence, and hopes her Alessandro de’ Medici research will bring debates about historical concepts of ‘race’ to new...
by Talking Humanities | Jan 5, 2016 | History & Classics, Interviews, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Tom Hulme, early career lecturer in urban history at the School of Advanced Study’s Institute of Historical Research (IHR), explains how ‘shock cities’ and those that used to be shocking (such as Manchester and Chicago in the first half of the 20th century), shape...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 22, 2015 | Human Rights, Interviews, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Catherine Gilbert, research officer at the School of Advanced Study’s Centre for Postcolonial Studies, discusses her current research analysing the role of China’s official cultural institutions in Africa, and the resources she is working on for policymakers and...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 8, 2015 | Interviews, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Joanne Anderson, a lecturer in art history at The Warburg Institute and convener of the MA in Art History, Curatorship and Renaissance Culture, talks about her research, which focuses on art and visual culture during the medieval and Renaissance periods. My...