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Rhino population continues to plummet in Kruger National Park

Rhino population continues to plummet in Kruger National Park

by Talking Humanities | Feb 23, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Politics & Law

Over the past nine years, the white and black rhino populations of the Kruger National Park have plummeted by 66.4 and 64.5 per cent respectively. Professor Keith Somerville, a writer and lecturer on African affairs, reveals the crisis behind the figures. There are...
So you’ve read ‘Moby-Dick’? Which one?

So you’ve read ‘Moby-Dick’? Which one?

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...
The blues across four centuries – Robert Burton’s ‘Anatomy of Melancholy’

The blues across four centuries – Robert Burton’s ‘Anatomy of Melancholy’

by Talking Humanities | Jan 13, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, Libraries & Publications, Publications

Self-help books about depression are nothing new. Institute of English Studies fellow, Dr Karen Attar, looks at an important example that was first published in 1621. The Anatomy of Melancholy is the subject of a double anniversary for Senate House Library. The year...
Can technology address the legal needs of vulnerable groups during the pandemic?

Can technology address the legal needs of vulnerable groups during the pandemic?

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...
Domestic abuse in popular music: from Ma Rainey to Rhianna

Domestic abuse in popular music: from Ma Rainey to Rhianna

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...
Extreme imagination: What do we see with our mind’s eye?

Extreme imagination: What do we see with our mind’s eye?

by Talking Humanities | Nov 3, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Philosophy, Republished, Research & Resources

Following the recent publication of his team’s research, Adam Zeman, professor of cognitive and behavioural neurology at the University of Exeter, looks back on his project The Eye’s Mind, an Arts and Humanities Research Council Science in Culture Theme initiative led...
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