by Talking Humanities | Apr 13, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Philosophy
In an unassuming street in London’s posh Primrose Hill, there is a buzz about a particular house that was purchased last September by India’s state government of Maharashtra, and opened as a museum and learning centre by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Its blue plaque...
by aseifert | May 1, 2014 | Events, Languages & Literature
Tomorrow (Friday 2 May 2014) Senate House will host an exciting 2-day interdisciplinary conference on the interrelation between the imagination of the future, memory and the future of memory. In this guest post Emanuela Patti (IMLR) talks about the forthcoming...
by aseifert | Dec 9, 2013 | Analysis & Comment, Interviews, The Human Mind Project
The Human Mind Project launches on 12 December 2013 with a FREE public evening panel session held at Senate House, London. The project seeks to co-ordinate an international effort to define the major intellectual challenges in understanding the nature and significance...
by aseifert | Dec 6, 2013 | Analysis & Comment, Digital, Features, Philosophy
What is Big Data and what is the usefulness of Big Data in the Humanities? These are some of the questions asked by Professor Barry Smith in a blog post on ‘Big Data in the Humanities’ written following his attendance at the IEEE Big Data Conference in Silicon Valley...
by aseifert | Oct 9, 2013 | Bloomsbury Festival, CenSes, Events, Public Engagement
Our senses make the world that we experience come alive. Artists realised this long ago, so have those who wish to convey a message whether it be personal, political, or religious. At this year’s Bloomsbury Festival there are various events that attempt to challenge...