by Talking Humanities | Nov 10, 2020 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Publications, Research & Resources
Tucked away among the treasures of Senate House Library is this ‘foundation of human progress and empowerment’, writes Dr Karen Attar. In October 1620 Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans and Baron Verulam, introduced the system of inductive logic with the...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 13, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, From the Archives, History & Classics, Libraries & Publications, Research & Resources
John Evelyn, the 17th-century diarist whose Restoration diary is recognised as the most extensive and informative record of a momentous period, even advised Samuel Pepys on libraries. Dr Karen Attar, research fellow at the Institute of English Studies, looks at his...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 8, 2020 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Libraries & Publications, Publications, Research & Resources
As oil prices tumble and we face high national debt, it seems particularly appropriate to reflect on the South Sea Bubble, a stock market crash from 300 years ago, and its contemporary documentation. Dr Karen Attar, research fellow at the Institute of English Studies,...
by Talking Humanities | Aug 13, 2020 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Libraries & Publications, Research & Resources
Institute of English Studies research fellow, Dr Karen Attar, argues for wider recognition for the achievements of a giant of print. Libraries worldwide commemorated the 500th anniversary of the death of the Italian scholar-printer Aldus Manutius with conferences and...
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...
