by aseifert | Apr 22, 2015 | Digital, Events, The Social Scholar
This month at the Social Scholar seminar we will be joined by Dr Judith Townend who will be looking at social media and legal concerns. For full details check out our Event Page and register your interest to attend. Title: Legally navigating academic blogging...
by aseifert | Apr 21, 2015 | Being Human festival, Events, Public Engagement
Working in the humanities means uncovering fascinating secrets and stories. It means challenging received ideas, and finding new perspectives on histories, cultures and languages. It means working with archives and collections, and gaining access to places,...
by aseifert | Mar 19, 2015 | Digital, Events
This free event is being organised by Professor Lorna Hughes, SAS’s chair in digital humanities, and Professor Andrew Prescott, AHRC digital transformations theme fellow at the University of Glasgow. It will acknowledge the long tradition of the use of scientific aids...
by aseifert | Mar 10, 2015 | Events, The Social Scholar
This month at the Social Scholar seminar we are going to look at social media campaigns for national festivals as an example of what can work well and what can be learnt from such campaigns. This should prove to be a useful session for those using or planning...
by aseifert | Mar 5, 2015 | Annual Review, CenSes, Events, Philosophy
The best public engagement is underpinned by world-class research. In March, the Institute of Philosophy’s Centre for the Study of the Senses held a launch event for the national charity Fifth Sense that brought together leading researchers,...
by aseifert | Mar 3, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, Events, Features, History & Classics, Magna Carta 800, Projects, Research & Resources
By Danny Millum Magna Carta has inspired some of today’s fundamental liberties, yet it began life 800 years ago as a practical solution to a political crisis. It has since evolved to become an international symbol of freedom, and with the creation of the largest...