by Talking Humanities | Jul 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
The theme of the third annual conference of the Refugee Law Initiative – Refugee protection in a hostile world? – reflects on an apparent strengthening of long-standing currents of anti-refugee feeling and other forms of instability in the world. This trend raises...
by Talking Humanities | May 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
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. Tell us about yourself I am a historian of the Ottoman Empire. As...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
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. The number of rhinos poached in South Africa in 2017...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
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...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 23, 2017 | Events, Politics & Law, PotW, Uncategorized
When: Thursday 26 October, 5.30-7pm Who: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Where: 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...
