by Talking Humanities | Nov 12, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Research & Resources
In the era of ‘fake news’, history needs a good grounding by its publics, writes Professor Suzannah Lipscomb ‘Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.’ George Orwell, 1984 Bad history is the preserve of the charlatan....
by Talking Humanities | Aug 16, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics
By Ludmilla Jordanova, emeritus professor of history and visual culture at Durham University One of the costs of professionalisation is the erection of boundaries. Sometimes these are necessarily rigid – everyone knows something about health, some people know a great...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 15, 2021 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law, Publications, Research & Resources
Ireland has been in the press a lot in connection with Brexit, trade and borders. The July feature of the month from Senate House Library is ‘L’Irlande sociale, politique et religieuse’, a former bestselling monograph about an earlier Ireland which...
by Talking Humanities | May 11, 2021 | Features, Human Rights, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law, Publications
In the 17th-century, Europe is in the throes of a love affair with the colour black. A rich, dark shade that could only be achieved by farming the palo campeche tree found in the Yucatan region in modern-day Mexico. In this article, New World Objects of Knowledge...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 26, 2021 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Republished
Investigating Lesbian responses to the natural world, particularly the ‘back to the land’ movements of the late-20th century, Professor Nancy C Unger, author of Beyond Nature’s Housekeepers: American Women in Environmental History, considers how LGBTQ+ experiences...
