by Talking Humanities | Jun 11, 2018 | Events, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Philosophy, Politics & Law, PotW, Training and Research
Following two successful New York City conferences in 2014 and 2016, the International Society for Heresy Studies is holding its third biennial conference at Senate House, hosted by the Institute of English Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 22, 2018 | History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Researcher Series, Training and Research
Image: a picture of Jerusalem from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493) The explosion of virtual reality (VR) technology is transforming how we think about travel, says Dr Matthew Coneys. With a VR headset and the right app you can enjoy a risk-free ascent of Everest, or...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 16, 2017 | Features, Graduate Study, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Training and Research
Chloe Pieters on how increasing attacks on journalists constitute a threat to free speech and human rights On the eve of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, observed annually on 2 November, UN experts warned that the world is...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 11, 2017 | Features, Graduate Study, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Training and Research
Image: © Shutterstock In this post, Dr Juliette Scott reflects on how Brexit could bring unexpected opportunities in legal translation. As I write, it seems inevitable that the UK will be leaving the European Union – potentially accompanied by ‘softer’ negotiations in...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 20, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, Graduate Study, Research & Resources, SAS Space Data Repository, Training and Research
Lisa Davies introduces Law PORT and its collection of online training resources. It is the latest addition to the School of Advanced Study’s platform for Postgraduate Online Research Training (PORT). Since its foundation in 1947 the librarians at the Institute of...
by Talking Humanities | May 2, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Research & Resources, Training and Research, Uncategorized
Photo courtesy Roger Gaskell Rare Books: ‘Filippo Arena (1708–1789), La natura, e coltura de’ fiori (Palermo: A. Felicella, 1767–68), 3 volumes 4to, Tab. 9.’ It’s not just digital images that are being uploaded and catalogued by the gigabyte on the internet. Their...
