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Reality and imagination in Wide Sargasso Sea

Reality and imagination in Wide Sargasso Sea

by Talking Humanities | Jan 10, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law

Image: Frenchman’s Cove, Porland, Jamaica © Merlin John Author, blogger and columnist Montague Kobbé, examines the enduring appeal of Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys’ postcolonial novel and one of the great prequels of world literature. When Jean Rhys published...
Interview with Professor Philip Murphy

Interview with Professor Philip Murphy

by Talking Humanities | Mar 14, 2016 | Director Series, History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law

We talk to the director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS), who says ‘far from gently fading away, the collective memory of empire and its consequences is becoming an ever more prominent element in current political debates.’ Professor Philip Murphy...
Expanding postcolonial studies

Expanding postcolonial studies

by Talking Humanities | Dec 22, 2015 | Human Rights, Interviews, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Research & Resources, Researcher Series

Dr Catherine Gilbert, research officer at the School of Advanced Study’s Centre for Postcolonial Studies, discusses her current research analysing the role of China’s official cultural institutions in Africa, and the resources she is working on for policymakers and...

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