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What can historical research tell us about contemporary cinema audiences?

What can historical research tell us about contemporary cinema audiences?

by Talking Humanities | Feb 6, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, History & Classics, Public Engagement

Ahead of the 2020 Oscars, there is talk of the threat that streaming poses to traditional forms of cinema-going. This, however, is nothing new. The cinema industry has long been subject to fluctuations in audience figures, as Dr Sam Manning discovered in research for...
‘Freud and Egypt: between Oedipus and the Sphinx’ review

‘Freud and Egypt: between Oedipus and the Sphinx’ review

by Talking Humanities | Oct 3, 2019 | History & Classics, Republished

Miriam Leonard, professor of Greek literature and its reception at University College London (UCL), reports on a new exhibition at the Freud Museum supported by a public engagement grant from the Institute of Classical Studies (ICS). For a number of years I have been...
The Sanctuary Project: five years of Anglo-German collaborative research

The Sanctuary Project: five years of Anglo-German collaborative research

by Talking Humanities | Aug 27, 2019 | Features, History & Classics, Research & Resources

Most large research grants are won at the price of months of application writing. The first idea has to be transformed into work packages, each scheduled and costed separately, with pages and pages added on pathways to impact, on deliverables, on ethical approval,...
#PoTW: What is Plato’s Republic about? Towards a theory of resilience

#PoTW: What is Plato’s Republic about? Towards a theory of resilience

by Talking Humanities | Mar 11, 2019 | History & Classics, PotW

When: 13 March, 5–7pm Who: Institute of Classical Studies Where: Woburn Suite, ground floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU The series of vivid, discrete episodes of an intellectual journey that shape the Republic invites readers to look at its distinct...
Why we need monsters like Medusa and the Sirens

Why we need monsters like Medusa and the Sirens

by Talking Humanities | Aug 16, 2018 | History & Classics, Interviews, Research & Resources

In October 2017, the Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) hosted ‘Why do we need monsters?’ which presented some of the latest research on ancient monsters to a non-specialist audience. The event is still enjoying an afterlife, having inspired an anthology of fiction...
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