by Talking Humanities | Aug 16, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Graduate Study, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Philosophy
By Robert Newman, president and director of the National Humanities Center For many years we have heard alarming news about the crisis in the humanities. The number of humanities majors in colleges and universities has declined steadily and, because of supply and...
by Talking Humanities | May 23, 2017 | Interviews, Philosophy, Politics & Law, Research & Resources
Moral philosopher Dr Simon Beard, discusses existential risk mitigation and why he is standing in next month’s general election. Tell us about yourself I recently completed my PhD in philosophy from the London School of Economics, and am currently working as a...
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...
by aseifert | Jul 8, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, Public Engagement
Between 24-29 June, festival curator Dr Michael Eades spent six days at Glastonbury Festival – supervising an installation created for the School of Advanced Study’s 2013 Bloomsbury Festival. Six days of enduring mud, crowds, and lightning storms offered the perfect...
