by bcoleman | Nov 25, 2013 | Events
Colonal John Blashford-Snell, having been invited to lead an expedition to support Peruvian conservationists and give aid to the indigenous communities, will be speaking in detail about this expedition to ‘Wildest Peru’ which will take place in July...
by bcoleman | Nov 18, 2013 | Events
A narrative experiment like Tristram Shandy and Finnegans Wake, it invents a new language remote from the author’s and the reader’s speech, at times a kind of translation from Italian. The novelist who always heard her people speaking had to record...
by bcoleman | Jul 15, 2013 | Events
The 2013 conference theme is ‘London in Crisis and Disorder’, and the conference will feature keynote talks by Vic Gattrell, Courttia Newland, and Matthew Rubery as well as a plenary roundtable on ‘London Fictions’ hosted by BBC journalist...
by bcoleman | Jun 24, 2013 | Events
As a growing metropolis, London is in the middle of a severe housing crisis, widely evidenced in the press and featuring in political debates. The problem of creating adequate homes for a growing demand is not new. The Centre for Metropolitan History (IHR), in...
by bcoleman | Jun 17, 2013 | Events
Connections and smooth pathways between research, policy and practice are essential to ensure that researchers can play a part in achieving social justice and making a difference to children’s lives. Professor Smith will argue that the recognition of children...