by Talking Humanities | Jul 2, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law, Republished, Research & Resources
Historian Christopher Phillips compares specialist involvement in the Covid-19 crisis with civilian expertise in government during the First World War. Though very different situations, both point to the importance of experts in planning for and responding to an...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 22, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Diversity expert, Dr Felicity Daly, is wary of Boris Johnson’s ‘Global Britain’ vision in light of the merger of the world’s leading aid agency into the Foreign Office and hopes this new ‘super department’ does not forget Britain’s legacy and unfinished business. A...
by sams | May 12, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Events, Features, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Research & Resources
As increasing numbers of epidemiologists and journalists highlight the UK government’s consistently missed opportunities to tackle the spread of Covid-19, Dr Joseph Ford, early career researcher at the Institute of Modern Languages Research, wonders why...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 29, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law, Publications, Research & Resources
The coronavirus presents the British monarchy with a set of unique short-term and long-term challenges. In this third and final article, written in connection with the release of The Family Firm, Dr Ed Owens reflects on the royal response to the Covid-19 crisis and...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 23, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Digital, Features, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Research & Resources
As the lockdown continues, Dr Laura Cleaver, senior lecturer in manuscript studies and principal investigator of the European Research Council (ERC)-funded CULTIVATE MSS project at the Institute of English Studies, discusses how her team is keeping connected via...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 21, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Republished
Professor Sarah Churchwell, director of the School of Advanced Study’s annual Being Human festival, reflects on the role of the arts and humanities during the coronavirus pandemic, and on the importance of human connection. I’m not in the business of prophecy,...
