by Talking Humanities | May 26, 2020 | Events, Features, Languages & Literature, Music
Ahead of her 30 May livestreamed concert as part of the OWRI Cross-Language Dynamics project at the Institute of Modern Languages Research, harpist Tamsin Dearnley reflects on her experiences moving between different musical traditions in Britain, France and Japan –...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 16, 2019 | Digital, Features, Music, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
Dr Martin Glynn, of Birmingham City University, has pioneered the use of spoken word, jazz, hip hop, and reggae theatrics to communicate and disseminate research data. He explains why ‘It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it; that’s what gets results,’ sang...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 3, 2018 | Events, History & Classics, Politics & Law, PotW
The extraordinary death tolls suffered on the fighting fronts of the First World War gave rise to devastating and unprecedented levels of loss for individuals and communities across Europe and the wider world. Indeed, bereavement became so widespread during the...
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 | Aug 3, 2017 | Archives & Libraries, From the Archives, History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law, Republished
American geographer, author and travel writer Joshua Jelly-Schapiro takes Adom Philogene Heron on a journey through the Caribbean while discussing his new book, Island People, and the late CLR James whose personal papers are housed in Senate House Library. How did...
