by Talking Humanities | Oct 23, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Events, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Music, Politics & Law, Republished
What was the music of the women’s suffrage campaign? Who were the leading female composers and musicians of the 1910s and 20s? What was their contribution to the suffrage cause? On 1 November, the Institute of Historical Research and Senate House Library will co-host...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 18, 2018 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law
Professor Jo Fox, director of the Institute of Historical Research at the School of Advanced Study, explores ‘To Be a Woman’, Jill Craigie’s 1951 documentary examining the role of women in the workplace. Equal pay has long been at the heart of feminist activism. The...
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 | Aug 9, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, History & Classics
Commonwealth expert, Dr Sue Onslow teases out the challenges created by Zimbabwe’s ‘harmonised’ elections and the awkward questions they pose for the organisation. The announcement of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory in the 2018 Zimbabwe elections – winning by a...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 23, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law
As Pakistan approaches its third consecutive election on 25 July Dr Kiran Hassan, an associate fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, explains why she disagrees with those who argue that the Pakistani military is micro managing the media during the current...