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...
by admin | Nov 4, 2014 | Being Human festival
In this guest post Eleanor Dickey FBA, Professor of Classics at the University of Reading, reflects on the lessons that the education systems of Ancient Greece might hold for modern democracies. These ideas will inform Experiencing Ancient Education: a day of...
by admin | Oct 28, 2014 | Being Human festival
In this guest post Dr Elaine Canning, Deputy Director of the Research Institute for Arts and Humanities, Swansea University offers a special insight into ‘Rediscovering Dylan’: a programme of events curated specially for Being Human 2014 which celebrate the life and...
by guestblogger | Oct 21, 2014 | Being Human festival
By Professor Conor Gearty, FBA In this special guest blog for Being Human, Conor Gearty, professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Fellow of the British Academy, looks back on inspirations drawn from a career studying law. Touching on some of the law...