by guestblogger | Aug 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
In a major piece of research facilitation, IES Associate Fellow Dr Karen Attar is editing the third edition of the Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland for CILIP’s Rare Books and Special Collections Group. In...
by guestblogger | Aug 12, 2014 | Being Human festival
Based at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, Professor Simon Eliot and Dr Henry Irving are leading research into the communications history of the Ministry of Information. Their post reflects on how this research has shaped their contributions to the...
by guestblogger | Aug 4, 2014 | Features
The events of July and August 1914 unfolded in a certain way, but underlying security interests and political attitudes determined the decisions Britain would make. By Professor William Philpott Already aligned with one of the alliances that would go to war in 1914,...
by guestblogger | Jul 29, 2014 | Being Human festival
In this guest post Manchester Metropolitan University’s Helen Malarky, Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Social Science Project Manager for Research and Impact and Professor Berthold Schoene, Associate Dean for Humanities and Social Science Research, reflect on...
by guestblogger | Jul 28, 2014 | Features
By Dejan Djokić Squeezed between the centenaries of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 – which inspired a recent media frenzy, numerous academic conferences and even political events – and the Great...
