by Talking Humanities | Apr 21, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Republished
Professor Sarah Churchwell, director of the School of Advanced Study’s annual Being Human festival, reflects on the role of the arts and humanities during the coronavirus pandemic, and on the importance of human connection. I’m not in the business of prophecy,...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 31, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement
Image: Mihály Munkácsy – Un Vagabond de Nuit , c.1872, (left); Etching by T. Smith, 1816 (right) Peter T A Jones, early career lecturer in urban history at the Institute of Historical Research’s Centre for Metropolitan History, sets out the agenda for the ‘Stray...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 22, 2016 | Being Human festival, Features, Interviews, Public Engagement, Republished
We wanted to know a bit more about the phantasmagoric fear-fest at the University of Dundee hub, which is part of the School of Advanced Study’s Being Human festival of the humanities. Based on the works of author H G Wells, its offering includes an autopsy on...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 16, 2015 | Being Human festival, Republished
We asked the Aberdeen Being Human festival hub to answer some questions about its ‘Bringing the arts and humanities to life’ series, which explores the overlapping histories and cultures of the city – from Vikings and medieval Aberdonians to Romanian artists and...
by aseifert | Nov 10, 2014 | Being Human festival, Events, PotW, Public Engagement
At Senate House, home to the ‘Ministry of Information’ during WWII and inspiration for Orwell’s 1984, we launch the Being Human festival with a day of activities that will inspire debate over our shared future as ‘digital humans’. Based at the Being Human festival hub...
