by aseifert | Feb 26, 2015 | Being Human festival, Public Engagement, Training and Research
To mark the launch our new Public Engagement Innovators Scheme, which offers small grants to fund public engagement activities within the School and the Senate House Libraries – this post reflects on the importance of integrating public engagement into the...
by aseifert | Oct 28, 2014 | Being Human festival, Languages & Literature, Public Engagement
In this guest post Dr Elaine Canning, Deputy Director of the Research Institute for Arts and Humanities, Swansea University offers a special insight into ‘Rediscovering Dylan’: a programme of events curated specially for Being Human 2014 which celebrate the life and...
by aseifert | Oct 14, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, Philosophy, Public Engagement
In this blog, Dr Sara Pennell of the University of Roehampton explores the links between taste and memory, and how humans build memories around food. During the Being Human festival Dr Pennell is taking part in Memory Banquet, a series of events about food and...
by aseifert | Oct 9, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, History & Classics
By Dee Burn Early on a beautiful bright day at the end of August, I headed to Falmouth with my mum and my husband to witness one of the most awe-inspiring sights in the modern sailing world: the Tall Ships Regatta. This opportunity was pure serendipity. I was in my...
by aseifert | Oct 7, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, Languages & Literature, Philosophy, Public Engagement, Training and Research
By Dr Sharon Lockyer In this guest post Dr Sharon Lockyer, Director of the Centre for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR) at the Brunel University, reflects on the importance of humour as a core aspect of ‘being human’, and how academics in the humanities are...
