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Rehumanising scholarship

Rehumanising scholarship

by Talking Humanities | Nov 12, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Politics & Law, Research & Resources

Dr Farhan Samanani, an anthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, tests himself in a very public way – by working through a commercial publisher This isn’t about me – this is about the value of knowledge in a hurting...
Britain’s unfinished LGBT+ business with the Commonwealth

Britain’s unfinished LGBT+ business with the Commonwealth

by Talking Humanities | Jun 22, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law

Diversity expert, Dr Felicity Daly, is wary of Boris Johnson’s ‘Global Britain’ vision in light of the merger of the world’s leading aid agency into the Foreign Office and hopes this new ‘super department’ does not forget Britain’s legacy and unfinished business. A...
Songs on Namirembe Hill: remembering a Ugandan martyr

Songs on Namirembe Hill: remembering a Ugandan martyr

by Talking Humanities | Oct 4, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Events, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Music, Politics & Law, Public Engagement

L-R: Poland’s Maximilian Maria, South Africa’s Manche Masemola, Uganda’s Archbishop Janani Luwum. West entrance to Westminster Abbey featuring ten Twentieth Century Martyrs © Jean-Christophe Benoist via Wikimedia Commons     As part of this year’s Being...
From archive to blockbuster movie

From archive to blockbuster movie

by Talking Humanities | Sep 1, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Events, Features, Fellowships & Networks, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Public Engagement, Research & Resources, Researcher Series

Image: Michael Ohajuru, Dr Maria del Pilar Kaladeen, Dr Eva Namusoke, Dr Sumita Mukherjee As part of this year’s Being Human humanities festival, academics from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS) and the University of Bristol, have joined forces to form the...

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