by Talking Humanities | Feb 18, 2019 | Human Rights, Politics & Law, PotW
Confronted with realities considered unimaginable only a few of years earlier, Brazil’s political landscape has shifted rapidly. Crucial political events have been occurring at a dramatic pace, from President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment and her succession by...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 19, 2018 | Digital, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Dr Kiran Hassan, associate fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, says it is still too early to assess whether Imran Khan, Pakistan’s newly elected prime minister, is going to deliver on his promise to transform the country. There are three indicators...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
On 13 November, the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and History of Parliament hosted ‘One person, multiple votes’, a panel discussion on the history of university seats in British politics, 1868–1950. The event marked the 150th anniversary of Robert...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 15, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Languages & Literature
Language is the main form of communication and expression between humans. But for Indigenous peoples, explains Cheryl Bellisario, an alumna of the School of Advanced Study’s MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights, it is also intimately and fundamentally...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 30, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, First World War Centenary, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Over the past four years, in particular, London’s Imperial War Museum (IWM) has mounted a series of exhibitions underlining the extraordinary contribution by the man (and woman) power from across the empire to the global British war effort in World War I. As the IMW...