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The humanities and law: more intertwined than you might think 

The humanities and law: more intertwined than you might think 

by Talking Humanities | Mar 7, 2022 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law

Professor David Sugarman traces the bonds between law and the humanities and calls for greater dialogue and cross-fertilisation Law has long been a principal way of studying the human world. Before the rise of modern social science, speculation about society,...
The power of listening: how survivors’ voices can transform human rights

The power of listening: how survivors’ voices can transform human rights

by Talking Humanities | Mar 7, 2022 | Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law

Keeping it human means working very closely with abuse survivors and listening carefully to transform their problems into solutions, says Professor Jill Marshall. As part of his leading contribution to this issue of Talking Humanities, David Sugarman (The humanities...
Where law meets the humanities

Where law meets the humanities

by Talking Humanities | Mar 7, 2022 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law

Professor Carl Stychin, director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, introduces a selection of articles that describe how the humanities provide a vital sensibility for cutting edge legal scholarship today. The contributors to this issue of Talking Humanities...
Where next for modern languages? From patterns in recruitment to curriculum reform, six academics examine some of the challenges

Where next for modern languages? From patterns in recruitment to curriculum reform, six academics examine some of the challenges

by Talking Humanities | Dec 7, 2021 | Features, Languages & Literature

It is no secret that every area of the humanities is experiencing significant change. Questions concerning the coherence, identity, and purpose of modern languages are certainly the subject of a great deal of debate within the education sector. This edition of Talking...
Modern languages gale warning – er, more like a hurricane

Modern languages gale warning – er, more like a hurricane

by Talking Humanities | Dec 7, 2021 | Features, Languages & Literature

‘Gardening in a gale’ was the great language educator Eric Hawkins’s metaphor to describe practitioners’ experience of teaching languages. Ten years later, following Brexit and the pandemic, and in the midst of a hapless policy landscape, what was a gale now feels...
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