by Talking Humanities | Nov 12, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Research & Resources
In the era of ‘fake news’, history needs a good grounding by its publics, writes Professor Suzannah Lipscomb ‘Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.’ George Orwell, 1984 Bad history is the preserve of the charlatan....
by Talking Humanities | Jun 24, 2020 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Dr Laura Cleaver, senior lecturer in manuscript studies and principal investigator of the European Research Council-funded CULTIVATE MSS project at the Institute of English Studies, on why sending unwanted statues to museums isn’t necessarily a solution....
by Talking Humanities | Jan 14, 2016 | History & Classics, Interviews, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Catherine Fletcher associate professor in history and heritage at Swansea University, says her interest in history was kindled by a holiday in Florence, and hopes her Alessandro de’ Medici research will bring debates about historical concepts of ‘race’ to new...
