by Talking Humanities | Sep 8, 2020 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Libraries & Publications, Publications, Research & Resources
As oil prices tumble and we face high national debt, it seems particularly appropriate to reflect on the South Sea Bubble, a stock market crash from 300 years ago, and its contemporary documentation. Dr Karen Attar, research fellow at the Institute of English Studies,...
by Talking Humanities | Aug 11, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Research fellow Syed Badrul Ahsan explores the tragic and painful fault lines underpinning modern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In these monsoon days of August in what once was the Indian subcontinent, memories of the blood-drenched division of India come alive. Or,...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 2, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law, Republished, Research & Resources
Historian Christopher Phillips compares specialist involvement in the Covid-19 crisis with civilian expertise in government during the First World War. Though very different situations, both point to the importance of experts in planning for and responding to an...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 24, 2020 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Dr Laura Cleaver, senior lecturer in manuscript studies and principal investigator of the European Research Council-funded CULTIVATE MSS project at the Institute of English Studies, on why sending unwanted statues to museums isn’t necessarily a solution....
by Talking Humanities | May 28, 2020 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, History & Classics
Victoria Iglikowski-Broad, The National Archives’ principal records specialist, explores some of the ways that people can engage with the Archives’ wealth of resources at a distance. One of the most powerful aspects of an archive is its physicality. At The National...