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...
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...
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...
