by Talking Humanities | Nov 15, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
As part of this year’s Being Human humanities festival, academics from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS) and the University of Bristol, have joined forces to form the ‘Archive to Blockbuster Four’ (A2BFour). During an evening event at Senate House on 21...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 4, 2016 | Being Human festival, Events, Features, Fellowships & Networks, History & Classics, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
Image: John Blanke – black trumpeter to Henry VII and Henry VII. Detail from Westminster Tournament Roll 1511, © College of Arms used with permission Michael Ohajuru is a fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London’s School of Advanced...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 27, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Graduate Study, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Minah Ahn, a student on the understanding and securing human rights master’s course at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, reflects on a Geneva study tour, a highlight of the programme which is offered by the University of London’s School of Advanced Study (SAS)....
by Talking Humanities | Oct 18, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, Events, Features, From the Archives, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Professor Clem Seecharan (above) has written some ten books on the colonial history of Guyana including the recent Hand-in-Hand: History of Cricket in Guyana, 1865-1897. As part of this year’s Being Human humanities festival, academics from the Institute of...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 17, 2016 | Features, Graduate Study, History & Classics, Human Rights, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Research & Resources, Researcher Series, Training and Research
Image: Tati Nova/Shutterstock The 3 G Network conference, ‘Imagining the Guyanas: ecologies of memory and movement’, is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the history, culture and peoples of the three Guyanas – Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana. Sonya...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 13, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, History & Classics, Ministry of Information Digital, Politics & Law, Projects, Research & Resources
Image: © IWM (D 650A) Katherine Howells, a doctoral candidate at King’s College London, provides an overview of the ‘Publishing and Communications History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-45’ project being undertaken by the Institute of English Studies (IES) in...
