by Talking Humanities | Oct 13, 2015 | Being Human festival, Features, Republished
The full independent Being Human 2014 report, including recommendations, is available to view here. We’re pleased to present an independent evaluation of last year’s Being Human festival of the humanities, especially because it reports that the festival was...
by aseifert | Sep 16, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, Politics & Law, Public Engagement
Scotland votes on independence from the UK on 18 September. In this guest blog Professor Jolyon Mitchell, Academic Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh, discusses the culture and rhetoric of fear...
by aseifert | Aug 12, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Public Engagement
Based at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, Professor Simon Eliot and Dr Henry Irving are leading research into the communications history of the Ministry of Information. Their post reflects on how this research has shaped their contributions to the...