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 | Apr 20, 2017 | History & Classics, Interviews, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Joanne Paul, a lecturer in early modern history at the University of Sussex, discusses her research on 16th and 17th-century political culture and ideas, and unpicks Theresa May’s election announcement. Tell us about yourself I’m primarily an...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 10, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Events, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Public Engagement
The migrant experience is often one of loss, leaving homes and family for a life somewhere new, unknown and loaded with potential. In this post, Eithne Nightingale discusses the research involved in her Being Human festival event Child migrant stories, which...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 13, 2016 | Events, History & Classics, Languages & Literature
Such was the demand for the three-day Aby Warburg 150 Conference (13–15 June), organised by The Warburg Institute, part of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study, that organisers had to relocate the event to a larger venue to accommodate the attendees....
