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Domestic abuse in popular music: from Ma Rainey to Rhianna

Domestic abuse in popular music: from Ma Rainey to Rhianna

by Talking Humanities | Nov 13, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Research & Resources

For this year’s Being Human festival Dr Amy Kellam, an associate research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, is hosting two events on domestic abuse (see below). My colleagues and I use films – like ‘Gaslight’ – to explore the UK’s upcoming...
Why squeezes on humanities and their status should raise stress levels

Why squeezes on humanities and their status should raise stress levels

by Talking Humanities | Nov 19, 2019 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, Features, Public Engagement, Republished

Geoffrey Crossick, distinguished professor of the humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, argues that in the west we ‘now live in societies where nuance and complexity seem unwelcome, where simple answers to complex realities are the...
Disappearing Berlin: thoughts approaching an anniversary

Disappearing Berlin: thoughts approaching an anniversary

by Talking Humanities | Nov 7, 2019 | Being Human festival, Events, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Republished

Thirty years after the Cold War barrier was removed, Dr João Florêncio, a lecturer at the University of Exeter, and Ben Miller, a writer and researcher, consider the origins of the ‘legend of Berlin’ and how the newly undivided city provided queer folk...
Being Human’s Roman walk – a photo essay

Being Human’s Roman walk – a photo essay

by Talking Humanities | Oct 30, 2019 | Being Human festival, Features, Public Engagement, Republished

Martina Caruso and Harriet O’Neill, assistant directors at the British School at Rome, kick off the international season of this year’s Being Human festival with a photo essay of their Open Valley walk at the Valle Giulia. On 11 October, the British School at Rome...
Your digital guide to Fleet Street: ‘Journeys through print’

Your digital guide to Fleet Street: ‘Journeys through print’

by Talking Humanities | Jan 10, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Digital, Features, History & Classics, Public Engagement

Dr Elizabeth Dearnley, a researcher at University College London and an artist specialising in audio installations, revisits the spiritual home of British journalism. London’s Fleet Street has been associated with printers and bookbinders for hundreds of years, ever...
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