by Talking Humanities | Oct 23, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Events, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Music, Politics & Law, Republished
What was the music of the women’s suffrage campaign? Who were the leading female composers and musicians of the 1910s and 20s? What was their contribution to the suffrage cause? On 1 November, the Institute of Historical Research and Senate House Library will co-host...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 18, 2018 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law
Professor Jo Fox, director of the Institute of Historical Research at the School of Advanced Study, explores ‘To Be a Woman’, Jill Craigie’s 1951 documentary examining the role of women in the workplace. Equal pay has long been at the heart of feminist activism. The...
by Talking Humanities | Apr 23, 2018 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, PotW
When: 1 May 2018, 6–8.30pm Who: Institute of Historical Research Where: IHR Wolfson Conference Suite, NB01/NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU How are women remembered, commemorated and celebrated in public? How is this different from...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 1, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Events, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Music, Politics & Law, Public Engagement
As part of this year’s Being Human humanities festival, academics from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS) and the University of Bristol, have joined forces to form the Archive to Blockbuster four (A2BFour). During an evening event at Senate House on 21...
