by guestblogger | Mar 13, 2015 | History & Classics, Training and Research
By Jonathan Blaney Historians have always dealt with large amounts of text and have had to develop ways of dealing with the volume of it, such as the index card or the Renaissance book wheel. Now that much textual information comes in electronic form, that data is now...
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 admin | Feb 27, 2015 | History & Classics, Training and Research
Historians don’t often like to think about data management. Indeed, it is almost considered an ugly word or a taboo. Data Management gets in the way of the interesting stuff – the research, the learning. Nevertheless, it is vital to the work that we do. History is...
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 guestblogger | Feb 17, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, History & Classics
By Henning Melber and David Wardrop Once upon a time there was a Secretary General of the United Nations. Along with 15 others, he died in a plane crash. It was the night of 17-18 September 1961, when the Albertina, a DC-6, was approaching the airport of Ndola in the...
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...
