by aseifert | Nov 10, 2014 | Being Human festival, Events, PotW, Public Engagement
At Senate House, home to the ‘Ministry of Information’ during WWII and inspiration for Orwell’s 1984, we launch the Being Human festival with a day of activities that will inspire debate over our shared future as ‘digital humans’. Based at the Being Human festival hub...
by aseifert | Jun 27, 2014 | History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Ministry of Information Digital, Training and Research
The instruction to ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ has become one of the most recognisable slogans in British history. The phrase has reinforced a popular view of life in the Second World War and has been reproduced on everything from champagne flutes to smartphone cases. A...
by aseifert | Jun 24, 2014 | History & Classics, Ministry of Information Digital, Projects
The Ministry of Information (MOI) is the focus of a major AHRC-funded research project being undertaken by Professor Simon Eliot of the Institute of English Studies in collaboration with Paul Vetch of the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London. On...
by aseifert | Oct 17, 2013 | Bloomsbury Festival, Events, Public Engagement
Looking for something a bit unusual for the weekend? Why not learn some Parkour at the Bloomsbury Festival! Parkour is an athletic discipline based around free and efficient movement through urban space. Here’s your chance to learn the basics and see Parkour...
by aseifert | Oct 16, 2013 | Analysis & Comment, Bloomsbury Festival, From the Archives, History & Classics, Public Engagement
The continuous day-and-night occupation with no break at week-ends or holiday times, made routine maintenance difficult. This year’s Bloomsbury Festival takes as a theme the idea of subverting the Ministry of Information as a Ministry of Communication. We talked in...
