by Talking Humanities | May 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
Professor Keith Somerville dons his safari jacket and pith helmet to check whether a new game can help succour conservation in a time of shrinking funds. Wildlife conservation is a complex and highly nuanced issue. There are no simple and easy solutions for...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
On 13 November, the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and History of Parliament hosted ‘One person, multiple votes’, a panel discussion on the history of university seats in British politics, 1868–1950. The event marked the 150th anniversary of Robert...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Jordan Landes, research librarian at Senate House Library and a co-organiser of History Day, on what to expect at this year’s event. History Day has developed and changed since the first event in 2014. The innovation in 2018 is the introduction of shorter lightning...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
In the fifth of a series of scholarly articles marking the Armistice centenary, Marika Sherwood, from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, on the lack of accurate data about the African men, women and children co-opted in a war that saw Britain and France carve up...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
On 29 October 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, courtier, soldier, explorer, poet, historian, was beheaded. Four hundred years later to the month Dr Karen Attar, Senate House Library’s curator of rare books and university art, looks at the official contemporary justification...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
On 22 September 1568 Archbishop Matthew Parker wrote to William Cecil informing him of the completion of a new Bible translation. Four hundred and fifty years later, Dr Karen Attar, curator of rare books and university art at Senate House Library, takes a close look...
