Why I studied law

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...

Heard the one about humour in the humanities …?

By Dr Sharon Lockyer In this guest post Dr Sharon Lockyer, Director of the Centre for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR) at the Brunel University, reflects on the importance of humour as a core aspect of ‘being human’, and how academics in the humanities are beginning to...