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Stray Voices: the unsettled history of homelessness

Stray Voices: the unsettled history of homelessness

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...
What will historians make of Theresa May’s snap election?

What will historians make of Theresa May’s snap election?

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...
Child migrant stories

Child migrant stories

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...
Aby Warburg: work, legacy and promise

Aby Warburg: work, legacy and promise

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....

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