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Birsa Munda and his struggle in colonial India

Birsa Munda and his struggle in colonial India

by Talking Humanities | Feb 13, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law

PhD student, Rahul Ranjan, introduces Birsa Munda, the radical Indian freedom fighter, religious leader and folk hero who spearheaded a tribal religious Millenarian movement that rose out of modern-day Bihar and Jharkhand in the late 19th century. In the late 19th...
Baroness Scotland is right – it’s time to defend media freedoms

Baroness Scotland is right – it’s time to defend media freedoms

by Talking Humanities | Apr 21, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement

In a major speech two weeks ago Baroness Patricia Scotland, the Commonwealth Secretary General, called for a set of guidelines for the Commonwealth to develop a more prominent and active role in preserving media freedom and journalistic independence across its...
History and legacy of the Ministry of Information

History and legacy of the Ministry of Information

by Talking Humanities | Oct 13, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, History & Classics, Ministry of Information Digital, Politics & Law, Projects, Research & Resources

Image: © IWM (D 650A) Katherine Howells, a doctoral candidate at King’s College London, provides an overview of the  ‘Publishing and Communications History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-45’ project being undertaken by the Institute of English Studies (IES) in...
Songs on Namirembe Hill: remembering a Ugandan martyr

Songs on Namirembe Hill: remembering a Ugandan martyr

by Talking Humanities | Oct 4, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Events, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Music, Politics & Law, Public Engagement

L-R: Poland’s Maximilian Maria, South Africa’s Manche Masemola, Uganda’s Archbishop Janani Luwum. West entrance to Westminster Abbey featuring ten Twentieth Century Martyrs © Jean-Christophe Benoist via Wikimedia Commons     As part of this year’s Being...

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