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Moving from law: documents, dance and stubborn materials

Moving from law: documents, dance and stubborn materials

by Talking Humanities | Apr 27, 2021 | Features, Philosophy, Politics & Law

Alongside their Instagram takeover @artlawnetwork this week, Marie-Andrée Jacob, professor of law at Leeds University and Dr Anna Macdonald, a dance and moving image artist from the Manchester School of Art at Manchester Metropolitan University, reflect upon their...
Extreme imagination: What do we see with our mind’s eye?

Extreme imagination: What do we see with our mind’s eye?

by Talking Humanities | Nov 3, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Philosophy, Republished, Research & Resources

Following the recent publication of his team’s research, Adam Zeman, professor of cognitive and behavioural neurology at the University of Exeter, looks back on his project The Eye’s Mind, an Arts and Humanities Research Council Science in Culture Theme initiative led...
Pascal’s jottings in defence of Christianity turns 350

Pascal’s jottings in defence of Christianity turns 350

by Talking Humanities | Jun 18, 2020 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Libraries & Publications, Research & Resources

Mathematician, physicist, inventor, religious controversialist, literary author: in a brief life terminated by a lingering, debilitating illness, Blaise Pascal (1623–62) was nothing if not multi-talented. As the curator of rare books at Senate House Library, I think...
Encountering Covid-19: lessons from languages

Encountering Covid-19: lessons from languages

by sams | May 12, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Events, Features, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Research & Resources

As increasing numbers of epidemiologists and journalists highlight the UK government’s consistently missed opportunities to tackle the spread of Covid-19, Dr Joseph Ford, early career researcher at the Institute of Modern Languages Research, wonders why...
Climate change: our planet and health are under serious threat

Climate change: our planet and health are under serious threat

by Talking Humanities | Dec 31, 2019 | Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Republished, Research & Resources

To protect people from the impact of climate change and bring about transformation, we need educational institutions to train a new breed of policymakers, managers and scientists who can ‘steer this planet towards less emissions and less waste, while creating...
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