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#PoTW: It takes two to tango. Rethinking enlightenment and decolonisation

#PoTW: It takes two to tango. Rethinking enlightenment and decolonisation

by Talking Humanities | Jul 1, 2019 | Events, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, PotW

‘Decolonisation’ has become a buzzword. However, few of those who deploy the term know much about its history, and perhaps more surprisingly, the same is true for ‘enlightenment’. This blissful tandem of historical ignorance is not as innocent as it appears. For...
Shaping the global past and future of knowledge: the LAGLOBAL project

Shaping the global past and future of knowledge: the LAGLOBAL project

by Talking Humanities | Nov 2, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Research & Resources

Professor Mark Thurner, who leads the Leverhulme Trust-supported LAGLOBAL international research network based at the Institute of Latin American Studies, talks about the project and its goals. A wave of exciting research across the humanities, arts and sciences is...

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