by Talking Humanities | Apr 18, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Features, From the Archives, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources
Robinson Crusoe has a strong claim to being the first real novel in English as well as the first colonial adventure story. But has it provided a fascinating legacy? Dr Karen Attar, Senate House Library’s curator of rare books and university art, thinks so. On 25 April...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 12, 2018 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law, Publications
The abolition of slavery was the catalyst for the system of indenture, under which the British brought Chinese and East Indians to the Caribbean to labour on the region’s sugar plantations. The first wave arrived in Mauritius in 1834, followed by Guyana (1838) and...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 11, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
In the third of a series of scholarly articles marking the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London Dr Balasubramanyam Chandramohan, senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS), celebrates the resilience and relevance of this...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 29, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law
Because of his ‘ubiquity in the media and his bombastic, bullying buffoonery’ it is easy to take pot shots at Boris Johnson, says Professor Keith Somerville. However, he will not let this ease of task put him off his aim to use the foreign secretary’s highly...
by Talking Humanities | Aug 31, 2017 | Features, Human Rights, Languages & Literature
Rahul Ranjan, a PhD student at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, remembers the late Bengali writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi, who was known for her sharp satires of gender inequality in India. As a writer and social activist, Mahasweta Devi, who was born...