by Talking Humanities | Mar 19, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Republished
Dr Silvia Panizza, a University College Dublin philosopher in coronavirus lockdown in Italy, on how to think positive about isolation and ‘take the opportunity to think about what the outbreak can tell us about ourselves – and our planet’. ‘I am...
by Talking Humanities | Jan 8, 2019 | Features, Philosophy, Research & Resources
A good deal of the research carried out at the Institute of Philosophy (IP) is collaborative, involving a range of national and international partners at a number of different universities and cultural institutions. Its aim is to demonstrate the immense reach of...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 10, 2018 | Events, Human Rights, Politics & Law, PotW
Privacy in the new public sphere, its value and its threats will draw together philosophers, legal scholars and practitioners to facilitate an interdisciplinary dialogue focused on the value of privacy in contemporary society, and the threats it faces. Organised by...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 11, 2018 | Events, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Philosophy, Politics & Law, PotW, Training and Research
Following two successful New York City conferences in 2014 and 2016, the International Society for Heresy Studies is holding its third biennial conference at Senate House, hosted by the Institute of English Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of...
by Talking Humanities | May 29, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Philosophy, Politics & Law
‘All men by nature desire to know,’ wrote Aristotle. But in this post-truth era where fake news abounds, emotions trump facts, and the truth has allegedly ceased to matter, we might wonder, says Dr Michael Hannon, how important is knowledge in daily life. Even...
