by Talking Humanities | Jul 13, 2021 | Analysis & Comment
King’s College London PhD student Sandra Araya Rojas explores the 19th-century colonisation programme implemented by the Chilean state in indigenous territories. Last month’s grim discovery of the remains of 250 children at Kamloops Indian Residential...
by Talking Humanities | May 13, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Publications, Research & Resources
As the year-long calendar of events to mark the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante gets underway, Dr Karen Attar, Senate House Library’s curator of rare books, looks at Virgil, the prominent character in the great poet’s epic work, The Divine Comedy. The literary...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 20, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, Politics & Law, Publications
The birth of a ‘school-book of political economy’, which originated from the notes of a teenager two centuries ago, is hailed by Dr Karen Attar, Senate House Library’s curator of rare books. Imagine yourself as a 13-year-old boy being dragged on daily walks by your...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 18, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Philosophy, Research & Resources
Why do irrational beliefs spread so easily? Lisa Bortolotti, professor of philosophy at the University of Birmingham, revisits her project, The Epistemic Innocence of Imperfect Cognitions, part of the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Science in Culture Theme led...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 16, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Publications, Research & Resources
Hyenas, the antithesis of gorgeous, graceful African wildlife, needs a rebrand. Ahead of the publication of his new book, ‘Humans and Hyenas: Monsters or Misunderstood’, Professor Keith Somerville says it is time to replace the myths with a more accurate...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 2, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Known for its steep, defined, fragile and mysterious landscape, the Himalayas, the third pole, recently witnessed a devastating flood. Dr Rahul Ranjan, a political anthropologist at Oslo Metropolitan University, explores the emotional impact of the disaster. On 7...
