by Talking Humanities | May 19, 2016 | Features, Fellowships & Networks, Graduate Study, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Research & Resources, Training and Research
Image created using tagxedo.com Dr James Hadley, researcher in translation/translingual studies at the School of Advanced Study, gives a taster of a ground-breaking new project on the world of legal translation that is bringing together the expertise of the Institute...
by Talking Humanities | May 17, 2016 | Features, Fellowships & Networks, Public Engagement, Research & Resources, The Social Scholar, Training and Research
The New Generation Thinkers scheme is an annual competition run jointly by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and BBC Radio 3 to give ten early career researchers from across the arts and humanities the chance to get their research onto broadcast media....
by Talking Humanities | May 3, 2016 | Interviews, Music, Research & Resources, Researcher Series, Training and Research
Dr Fay Hield conducts a burgeoning performance career alongside one as a University of Sheffield academic. The award-winning folk singer explains how a BMus in folk and traditional music gave her the academic bug. Tell us about yourself I am a folk singer and...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 28, 2016 | Digital, History & Classics, The Social Scholar, Training and Research
Live Twitter commentary and Q&As – both official and unofficial – have become a feature of historical TV programming. What opportunities can this format offer academics? How does it break down conventional hierarchies, and how does it create new ones? What are the...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 26, 2016 | Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Republished, Research & Resources, Training and Research
We project our ideals, generally, on blank sheets of paper. But what if my own projection – of a postcapitalist economy within 50 years – had to be projected on the first ever urban capitalist economy: the city of Amsterdam. I mean the 250-500 year old brick built...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 19, 2016 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Research & Resources, Researcher Series, Training and Research
Image © Depositphotos.com/lenanet Dr Lucy Bowes, associate professor in the department of experimental psychology, Dr Siân Pooley, associate professor in the faculty of history, and PhD students Michelle Degli Esposti (experimental psychology) and Jono Taylor...
