by bcoleman | Jan 13, 2014 | Events
The Holocaust Memorial Day event is hosted by the Pears Institute for the study of Antisemitism in partnership with the Institute of Historical Research. In this Holocaust Memorial Day lecture, the renowned historian, Professor Timothy Snyder asks, “What was special...
by bcoleman | Jan 3, 2014 | Events
Robert Darnton’s Panizzi lectures at the British Library will provide a detailed account of how censorship operated under three authoritarian regimes, Bourbon France in the eighteenth century, British India in the nineteenth century, and Communist East Germany in the...
by bcoleman | Dec 9, 2013 | Events
The Afterlife of the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek, Hamburg and London – Traditions in the Development of the Warburg Institute: A Commemoration of the Migration in December 1933 To mark the 80th Anniversary of the move of the Warburg Institute to London...
by admin | Dec 5, 2013 | Events, The Human Mind Project
The Human Mind Project will launch on 12 December 2013 with a FREE public panel session entitled ‘What’s so special about the Human Mind?’. At the School of Advanced Study we are delighted that this important, international, and interdisciplinary project will be...
by bcoleman | Dec 2, 2013 | Events
A day of debate and discussion will (re)launch the Institute under its new name but will also emphasise its continuing mission to promote and facilitate research in Modern Languages in the UK. Despite or because of current challenges facing the sector, IMLR is...
by aseifert | Nov 25, 2013 | Events, Features
Next month the School of Advanced Study will award Heston Blumenthal the degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa, in recognition of his pioneering research and achievements. For this year’s Annual Review (published next week) we talked to the innovative chef about...
