by Talking Humanities | Nov 12, 2021 | Features, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
The humanities are often on a back foot when it comes to the ‘phoney’ dichotomy with the sciences, but the evidence shows this shouldn’t be the case, argues Professor Sarah Churchwell As my title, which does what it says on the tin, explains, I am a professor of...
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 | Nov 12, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
Research isn’t something that should be hidden away from prying eyes, writes Professor Sarah Churchwell. As chair of public understanding of the Humanities at the University of London’s School of Advanced Study she knows the value of built-in feedback from the public,...
by Talking Humanities | Mar 22, 2016 | Being Human festival, Features, Public Engagement, Republished
Professor Sarah Churchwell, the School of Advanced Study’s chair of public understanding of the humanities and director of its Being Human festival, says the sciences and the humanities are ‘not opposed, but deeply complementary and interdependent sets of knowledge.’...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 16, 2015 | Being Human festival, Republished
We asked the Aberdeen Being Human festival hub to answer some questions about its ‘Bringing the arts and humanities to life’ series, which explores the overlapping histories and cultures of the city – from Vikings and medieval Aberdonians to Romanian artists and...
