by Talking Humanities | Oct 10, 2018 | Digital, Features, Politics & Law
The use of Virtual Personal Assistants (VPAs) in the home and workplace is rapidly increasing. However, until very recently, little attention has been paid to the fact that such technologies are often distinctly gendered. This is despite various policy documents from...
by Talking Humanities | May 17, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Libraries & Publications
Edith Morley was the first woman to be appointed Professor in Britain in 1908. Yet, says Dr Victoria Leonard, who co-founded the Women’s Classical Committee UK, more than a century later women still have a visibility problem in UK higher education. Although there is...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 21, 2017 | Features, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources
Dr Corinna Deppner provides a brief insight into her two months of research as a visiting fellow at the Institute of Modern Languages Research, part of the School of Advanced Study at the University of London. From 1 October–30 November 2017 I was a visiting fellow at...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 26, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics
In March 2017 Dr Laura Carter and Dr Alana Harris of King’s College, London, organised a conference on ‘London’s women historians’, held at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR). The day culminated in the launch of a portrait exhibition featuring 20 London women...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 4, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, Graduate Study, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Republished
Caribbeanist anthropologist Dr Adom Philogene Heron, who is curating a review of the Caribbean studies holdings held by Senate House Library (SHL) and the libraries of the Institute of Historical Research and Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, offers an introduction...
