by Talking Humanities | Jan 11, 2018 | Features, History & Classics, Philosophy, Republished
Image: Étienne Delaune (c. 1518–1583), Plate 14 from the series The Genesis showing the building of the Tower of Babel. Engraving, 1550–1572. © The Trustees of the British Museum Ahead of their sell-out live discussion at the British Museum on 26 January scientists...
by Talking Humanities | Dec 21, 2017 | Features, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources
Dr Corinna Deppner provides a brief insight into her two months of research as a visiting fellow at the Institute of Modern Languages Research, part of the School of Advanced Study at the University of London. From 1 October–30 November 2017 I was a visiting fellow at...
by Talking Humanities | May 4, 2017 | Features, History & Classics, Interviews, Languages & Literature, Philosophy, Public Engagement, Research & Resources, Researcher Series
Dr Hetta Howes (above), a lecturer in medieval literature at Queen Mary University of London, teases the emotional links in our interconnected world – all lubricated by liquids. Tell us about yourself I grew up in Skipton, North Yorkshire, where I could usually be...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 7, 2017 | Events, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement
We live in a world where labelling an activity, person, or group of people with the word ‘radicalism’ suggests something negative, abhorrent, aberrative and inherently dangerous. Such an understanding of these two words have perhaps always been true, although it is...
by Talking Humanities | May 26, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Fellowships & Networks, Human Rights, Politics & Law
On 8 May elections for the Beirut Municipality took place in Lebanon. Dr Claire Launchbury, a specialist in French and cultural studies, whose research concentrates on Beirut, explains that while it might not seem a grand affair in terms of power stakes, it was an...
