by Talking Humanities | Nov 22, 2018 | History & Classics, Interviews, Languages & Literature
Dr Daisy Black, an English lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, talks about her research, which focuses on medieval and Renaissance drama, and gender and queer theory. She is one of the ten 2018 New Generation Thinkers whose research will be made into radio...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 26, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Research & Resources
Michelle Brown, professor emerita of medieval manuscript studies at the Institute of English Studies, has always challenged the mainstream thinking that there had been little face-to-face contact between the far West and the Middle East between the fifth century and...
by Talking Humanities | May 4, 2017 | Features, History & Classics, Interviews, Languages & Literature, Philosophy, Public Engagement, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Hetta Howes (above), a lecturer in medieval literature at Queen Mary University of London, teases the emotional links in our interconnected world – all lubricated by liquids. Tell us about yourself I grew up in Skipton, North Yorkshire, where I could usually be...
by aseifert | May 21, 2013 | Events, History & Classics, Philosophy, PotW
An exciting upcoming event this week. The Afterlife of Plutarch – 23 – 24 May 2013 This conference will address the uses of Plutarch’s historical and philosophical works by late antique, medieval and early modern scholars, writers and artists. It is by The...
