by Talking Humanities | Mar 12, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law, Publications, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Tripurdaman Singh, who holds a British Academy Fellowship at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, has just published his new book Sixteen Stormy Days, exploring one of the pivotal events in Indian political history. As India marks the 70th anniversary of the...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 10, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Libraries & Publications, Publications, Research & Resources
Dr Matt Shaw and Michael Townsend talk about the Institute of Historical Research’s (IHR) plans to develop its library holdings and respond to the important charge that discussion and initiatives around ‘decolonisation’ is sometimes just another form of ‘equality...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 25, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law, Publications, Research & Resources
As the royal commentariat pore over the minutiae of the statement released by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex concerning their transatlantic future, the bigger question now is how does the House of Windsor move on from the Harry-Meghan episode and set a new course of...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 18, 2020 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law, Publications
Dr Juanita Cox, a research fellow on the ‘Windrush Generation’ history project at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies’, celebrates Stockwell’s Bronze Woman, a tribute to Caribbean women which ‘demands the right to be viewed through deracialised...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 13, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law, Publications
History is not repeating itself. Harry and Meghan are not Edward and Wallis. Prince Andrew’s transgressions are unlike those committed by other members of the royal family in the recent past. The slimmed down monarchy of 2020 looks different to the monarchy of 2010,...
by Talking Humanities | Jan 2, 2020 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Publications, Research & Resources
It’s January. The evenings remain long. How to fill them? Try some 19th-century parlour magic suggests Dr Karen Attar, Senate House Library’s (SHL) curator of rare books and university art. Try typing ‘winter amusements’ as a title keyword into Library Hub Discover...
