by Talking Humanities | Jun 4, 2018 | History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Music, PotW
Join us at Senate House on 8 June for a music recital of relevant French repertoire by outstanding young pianist, Alexander Soares. This event, part of the ‘Surrealism and music in France, 1924–52: interdisciplinary and international contexts’ conference organised by...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 22, 2018 | History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Researcher Series, Training and Research
Image: a picture of Jerusalem from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493) The explosion of virtual reality (VR) technology is transforming how we think about travel, says Dr Matthew Coneys. With a VR headset and the right app you can enjoy a risk-free ascent of Everest, or...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 8, 2018 | Digital, Features, Languages & Literature
Modern communication is evolving as we speak, says Thomas Hills, professor of psychology at Warwick University. The best-selling novels in Japan in 2007 were all written on mobile phones and read more like text messages than the standard chapter format many of us are...
by Talking Humanities | May 19, 2016 | Features, Fellowships & Networks, Graduate Study, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Research & Resources, Training and Research
Image created using tagxedo.com Dr James Hadley, researcher in translation/translingual studies at the School of Advanced Study, gives a taster of a ground-breaking new project on the world of legal translation that is bringing together the expertise of the Institute...
by aseifert | Dec 4, 2013 | Interviews, Languages & Literature
The Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR) continues its commitment to facilitating, initiating and promoting dialogue and research for the modern languages community but now embraces a wider remit as a centre for national research under its new name. To...