Dr Michael Talbot, one of this year’s BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council New Generation Thinker, explores the Ottoman Empire’s interactions with other powers and peoples. Share this article:
Dr Dafydd Daniel, a Christian ethics lecturer at the University of Oxford and one of ten academics selected by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council as a New Generation Thinker, talks about his interest in the much-maligned ethical theory of rational intuitionism. Â Share this article:
Image: White rhino in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa © Keith Somerville Professor Keith Somerville applauds South Africa’s war against rhino poachers, but cautions against complacency.  Share this article:
How will our stories be found and our lives remembered in the future? And how might our stories connect with those who’ve gone before? Naomi Wells invites Latin Americans in the UK to explore these questions through the physical and online collections of the British Library as part of Being Human, the School of Advanced […]
When:Â Thursday 26 October, 5.30-7pm Who:Â Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Where:Â Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR Diamond Ashiagbor, professor of law and director of research at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, will deliver her inaugural lecture, examining regions, market building, and labour law in the European Union and the African […]
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 very means of production – from cut woodblocks to engraved metal plates and lithographic stones – are […]
When: Tuesday 11 April 4 – 6pm Who: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Where: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR Professor John Spencer is a Professor of Law (emeritus) at the University of Cambridge, former Director of the Cambridge University Centre for European Legal Studies and President of the UK European Criminal Law Association. […]
Professor Keith Somerville reviews Robin Lustig’s highly personal memoir, which describes a career spanning more than 40 years, from his childhood as the son of German refugees to interviewing some of the world’s most revered and reviled leaders – from Nelson Mandela to former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadžić. Share this article:
When: Thursday 22 September 2016, 6pm Who:Â Institute of Modern Languages Research Where:Â Wolfson Conference Suite, NB01/NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU Professor Penny Corfield (Royal Holloway), Professor Linda Levy Peck (George Washington University), and Professor Nicholas Tyacke (UCL) reflect upon and celebrate the life and work of the late Professor Conrad Russell, […]
In the first in a series of articles about the rhino horn debate, Professor Keith Somerville reports on a fascinating research trip to look at the trade and the coming tussles at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) conference, which will be held in South Africa at […]
