by guestblogger | Sep 23, 2014 | Being Human festival
In this guest post Dr. Sue Brunning, curator of Insular Early Medieval Collections at the British Museum, reflects on the human story behind the Sutton Hoo ship burial. Dr Brunning will be giving a gallery talk and tour the new Sutton Hoo gallery as part of the Being...
by guestblogger | Sep 11, 2014 | Features
By Professor James Mitchell (University of Edinburgh) ‘The Anglo-Scottish union was the ‘most conservative of revolutionary measures. To put the matter shortly, it repealed every law or custom of England or of Scotland inconsistent with the political unity of...
by guestblogger | Sep 9, 2014 | Being Human festival
In this guest blog, Professor Geoffrey Crossick, Distinguished Professor of the Humanities in the School of Advanced Study, University of London, reflects upon the current status of the humanities in the UK and the USA. He argues the case for a self-confident...
by guestblogger | Sep 2, 2014 | Being Human festival
Dr Barnaby Dicker (Visiting Tutor in Critical and Historical Studies) and Dr Marquard Smith (Research Leader and Head of Doctoral Studies) of School of Humanities, Royal College of Art, London write about their innovative Being Human festival project. Humanities at...
by guestblogger | Aug 26, 2014 | Being Human festival
In this guest blog Sophie Duncan, Deputy Director of the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement, reflects on public engagement in the humanities, and on the Being Human festival as a ‘renaissance’ in this area. The post also offers some practical ‘how-to’...
