by Talking Humanities | Mar 3, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, Events, Features, History & Classics, Projects, Research & Resources
By Danny Millum Magna Carta has inspired some of today’s fundamental liberties, yet it began life 800 years ago as a practical solution to a political crisis. It has since evolved to become an international symbol of freedom, and with the creation of the largest...
by aseifert | Mar 2, 2015 | Events
The conference (organised by the Warburg Institute and the Institute of Classical Studies) will explore the impact of Greek Tragedy on intellectual and cultural history, on the visual arts, philosophy, politics, rhetoric and literature, including the development and...
by admin | Feb 24, 2015 | Events, Libraries & Publications, wwi
Evening talks, Thursday 26 February, 6pm in the Seng Tee Lee Seminar Room, Senate House Library Senate House Library is very happy to welcome two members of History Lab, Jennifer Doyle and Kim Brice O’Donnell, to speak about their research on topics related to the...
by aseifert | Feb 23, 2015 | Events
Major changes in the 20th- and 21st-century media landscape have raised a number of questions about the role of the novel in contemporary culture. Its main structural components seem to have been superseded with postmodernity. Some writers and critics claim that ‘the...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 18, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, Events, History & Classics, Training and Research
Dr Sarah Stockwell, a senior lecturer in Imperial and Commonwealth History at King’s College London, discuss the latest in a series of decolonisation workshops organised by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies. I am greatly looking forward to the upcoming workshop...
by Talking Humanities | Feb 16, 2015 | Events, History & Classics, Projects
An exhibition, co-curated by Dr Cynthia Johnston of the Institute of English Studies (IES), has been receiving a lot of attention. Here, Dr Johnston explains the reasons for showcasing the unusual treasures accumulated between 1850 and the First World War by some of...