by Talking Humanities | Apr 7, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Publications, Research & Resources
During Oscars season back in February, Dr Sam Manning argued that cinema’s doom-mongers should look to the past to consider how theatres have dealt with threats, such as the emergence of television. Little did the cinema historian, who is based at Queen’s University...
by Talking Humanities | Aug 25, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications
A selection from Clara Tait’s collection, photo by Uneesah Khalil Prizes to encourage incipient and impecunious student book collectors have been commonplace in the United States for many years. The University of London has been among the first British...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 8, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Fellowships & Networks, Graduate Study, History & Classics
At the end of March around 90 academics gathered at the architecturally fascinating Robinson College in Cambridge for the annual meeting of the Urban History Group. Dr Tom Hulme, early career lecturer in urban history at the Institute of Historical Research, came away...
