by Talking Humanities | Apr 1, 2020 | Being Human festival, Digital, Libraries & Publications, Public Engagement
As the world goes on lockdown Rose de Lara, projects and communications officer for the School of Advanced Study’s Being Human Festival, explores various ways to enjoy the humanities at home. Over the past few weeks we’ve witnessed the extent to which people...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 7, 2019 | History & Classics
Cover image: © BBC Dr Paul Dryburgh, principal records specialist at The National Archives, says ‘Danny Dyer’s Right Royal Family’ might be history with its tongue firmly in its cheek, but this fresh approach to TV history is an ‘example of a tiny acorn of a programme...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 22, 2018 | History & Classics, Interviews, Languages & Literature
Dr Daisy Black, an English lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, talks about her research, which focuses on medieval and Renaissance drama, and gender and queer theory. She is one of the ten 2018 New Generation Thinkers whose research will be made into radio...
by aseifert | Apr 8, 2014 | Digital, The Social Scholar, Training and Research
Tomorrow we welcome our next speaker to the Social Scholar seminar (see here for details). In anticipation, here is a summary, slides, and video from the March session. Myles Runham is Head of Online at the BBC Academy. As such it is his job to think about the...
by aseifert | Jun 7, 2013 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Politics & Law, Republished
In his recent blog, Martin Plaut, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, discusses John Simpson’s controversial coverage of white poverty in South Africa. Though poor whites are in a minority, should this mean that the tens of thousands who do live...
