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Exploring good taste in print collections

Exploring good taste in print collections

by Talking Humanities | Oct 24, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature

Krystle Attard Trevisan, a PhD candidate at the Institute of English Studies, explores Rome’s  Academies and their role in cultural and intellectual development which she says is closely intertwined with that of print and books. The history of print is the history of...
An interview with Dr Elizabeth Savage

An interview with Dr Elizabeth Savage

by Talking Humanities | Nov 24, 2016 | Digital, History & Classics, Interviews, Republished, Research & Resources, Researcher Series

Dr Elizabeth Savage is British Academy postdoctoral fellow and lecturer in book history and communications at the Institute of English Studies (IES), a member of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study. In 2016, she won the Wolfgang Ratjen Award for...
Politically committed literature? Sounds like brainwashing to me

Politically committed literature? Sounds like brainwashing to me

by Talking Humanities | Sep 27, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources, Researcher Series

For years, Dr Clémentine Beauvais has been interested in politically committed literature for children. It is an admission that often prompts questions such as, ‘What, like, propaganda?’, or even, ‘Like Nazi children’s books?’. The academic and children’s author,...

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