by aseifert | Feb 3, 2015 | Events, History & Classics, Libraries & Publications, Magna Carta 800, Projects, Research & Resources
The four surviving copies of the original 1215 Magna Carta will come together for the first time in history as part of a one-off event organised by the British Library to mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of the historic document. Julian Harrison, curator of...
by aseifert | Feb 2, 2015 | Events, PotW
The John Brooks Memorial Lecture Brazilian Diaries Michael Palin, CBE, FRGS in conversation with Alan Charlton CMG CVO When: Thursday 5 February 2015 18.00 – 19.30 Where: The Beveridge Hall Ground floor, Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU All welcome....
by aseifert | Jan 19, 2015 | Archives & Libraries, Events
By Kate Wilcox Librarians and archivists are great at collaborating. Library collections are often built up with a specific remit so as not to overlap too much with other local or specialist libraries. The Institute of Historical Research library collections,...
by aseifert | Dec 17, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Events, History & Classics
Keith Somerville, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS), who was able to observe at first-hand, developments in South Africa, helped to organise the recent Mandela: Myth and Reality conference. Coming a year after the death of the...
by aseifert | Dec 8, 2014 | Events, Philosophy, PotW
In the Research Unit in Cognitive and Affective Sciences, we have recently performed a series of psychophysical and brain imaging studies together with neuropsychological investigations of brain-lesioned patients to demonstrate that perception is to be considered as...
by aseifert | Nov 25, 2014 | Digital, Events, The Social Scholar
The second Social Scholar seminar of the term takes place on Wednesday 3 December 2014, 1pm-2pm, in room 243 (Senate House). This week our focus will be on Twitter, and in particular on a unique idea for a rotation-curation Twitter account. In this post the founders...