by Talking Humanities | Aug 13, 2020 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Libraries & Publications, Research & Resources
Institute of English Studies research fellow, Dr Karen Attar, argues for wider recognition for the achievements of a giant of print. Libraries worldwide commemorated the 500th anniversary of the death of the Italian scholar-printer Aldus Manutius with conferences and...
by Talking Humanities | Aug 4, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Libraries & Publications, Publications, Research & Resources
As we celebrate the Year of the Nurse and the 150th anniversary of the British Red Cross, Institute of English Studies research fellow Dr Karen Attar, takes a look at an eye-witness account of a nurse who accompanied Florence Nightingale, ‘the lady with the lamp’, to...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 22, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Republished, Research & Resources
Earlier in her career, Professor Linda Newson, director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, wrote extensively on the devastating demographic impact of ‘Old World’ diseases in colonial Latin America following the arrival of Europeans. In the current Covid-19...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 15, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Research & Resources
Professor Henning Melber explores the German version of colonial amnesia, which he says is not about a lack of historical research, but a failure to acknowledge – emotionally and politically – what is known. The German colonial empire was...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 7, 2020 | Digital, Events, Features, Languages & Literature, Projects, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
Ahead of July’s Playing with Prose workshop, actor Jack Tarlton discusses his first experience of running a virtual theatre workshop as the world went into lockdown – and reflects on the ways on which it connected students around the world. In the weeks before the UK...
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...