by guestblogger | Dec 11, 2014 | Being Human festival
How are the humanities changing to meet the challenges of the digital age, and why should we care? These were among the questions asked and explored at November’s Being Human festival. In this first post in a short series, we will be revisiting some of the...
by guestblogger | Dec 2, 2014 | Being Human festival, Republished
Republished from By Professor Simon Blackburn (University of Cambridge) My idea of bliss is a Sunday walk that takes in first some English countryside, and second a pleasant medieval church, with some glass or woodwork or monuments. I once even wrote a piece,...
by admin | Nov 21, 2014 | Being Human festival
From time to time members of the School of Advanced Study publish about their research on other websites. This post republishes that work from the original article. Republished from By Sarah Churchwell (University of East Anglia) In the same week in which I...
by admin | Nov 19, 2014 | Being Human festival
The Human Library (London) Thursday 20 November | 6–8pm Book now > In a digital age, human custodians and communicators of knowledge are more important than ever. This event will create a ‘human library’ where, instead of taking down books from shelves, visitors...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 11, 2014 | Being Human festival, Features, Ministry of Information Digital, Republished
From time to time members of the School of Advanced Study publish about their research on other websites. This post republishes that work from the original article. Republished from By Henry Irving, School of Advanced Study (Institute of English Studies) At...
by aseifert | Nov 10, 2014 | Being Human festival, Events
At Senate House, home to the ‘Ministry of Information’ during WWII and inspiration for Orwell’s 1984, we launch the Being Human festival with a day of activities that will inspire debate over our shared future as ‘digital humans’. Based at the Being Human festival hub...
