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Rehumanising scholarship

Rehumanising scholarship

by Talking Humanities | Nov 12, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Politics & Law, Research & Resources

Dr Farhan Samanani, an anthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, tests himself in a very public way – by working through a commercial publisher This isn’t about me – this is about the value of knowledge in a hurting...
The voyage that never ends: ‘discovering’ our worlds

The voyage that never ends: ‘discovering’ our worlds

by Talking Humanities | Oct 22, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law, Research & Resources

Of all the 18th-century publications about Captain Cook’s voyages at Senate House Library, the major one is undoubtedly that compiled by George William Anderson, A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages round the World, explains Dr Karen Attar, the...
Barrel necessities: Caribbean stories of love and affection

Barrel necessities: Caribbean stories of love and affection

by Talking Humanities | Nov 21, 2017 | Features, Human Rights, Republished

Like many in the diaspora, Dr Adom Philogene Heron, has spent several weekends since Hurricane Maria battered the island of Dominica filling blue shipment barrels with tinned foods, dry goods and other staples to meet the needs of families in the wake of the storm. In...
Shaping the global past and future of knowledge: the LAGLOBAL project

Shaping the global past and future of knowledge: the LAGLOBAL project

by Talking Humanities | Nov 2, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Research & Resources

Professor Mark Thurner, who leads the Leverhulme Trust-supported LAGLOBAL international research network based at the Institute of Latin American Studies, talks about the project and its goals. A wave of exciting research across the humanities, arts and sciences is...
Introducing the Caribbean Collections Project

Introducing the Caribbean Collections Project

by Talking Humanities | Jul 4, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, Graduate Study, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Republished

Caribbeanist anthropologist Dr Adom Philogene Heron, who is curating a review of the Caribbean studies holdings held by Senate House Library (SHL) and the libraries of the Institute of Historical Research and Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, offers an introduction...
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