by Talking Humanities | Jan 5, 2022 | Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law
Cambridge academic Professor Simon Szreter on two decades of the pioneering network for historians Why would professional historians not want their knowledge and expertise to be understood by policymakers, politicians and advisers? Why would any of the latter want to...
by Talking Humanities | Jan 5, 2022 | History & Classics, Politics & Law
Should historians talk to government? Professor of British and Commonwealth history, Philip Murphy, introduces the tensions underlying the relationship between historians and politicians. As an academic discipline, history can be thought of as something between a game...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 25, 2018 | Events, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, PotW
This free, one-day international conference on 27 June will explore how languages and cultural understanding affect international development, and help to respect communities. Taking place at Senate House from 9am–6pm, it has been organised by the Universities of...