by emmabridges | Jan 14, 2019 | Events, Public engagement, Research
On Saturday 12th January 2019 the ICS’s second public engagement workshop for classicists took place in Manchester. Hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University, and supported by our colleague Dr. April Pudsey of ManMet’s Department of History, the workshop followed...
by emmabridges | Dec 11, 2018 | Events, Public engagement
As part of 2018’s Being Human Festival, in November 2018 academics from the ICS arranged a series of events around the theme of ‘Weaving Women’s Stories’. Led by the School of Advanced Study, Being Human is the UK’s only national festival of the humanities, featuring...
by emmabridges | Nov 9, 2018 | Events, Public engagement
This week’s guest post is written by children’s author Caroline Lawrence, who was in the audience for the ICS’s ‘Ancient Magic’ public event on 31st October 2018. Halloween was the date and London’s Senate House was the place for a fun evening session on Ancient Magic...
by emmabridges | Nov 2, 2018 | Events, Public engagement
Being Human is the UK’s only national festival of the humanities, and is dedicated to sharing the riches of humanities research with the wider public. Led by our colleagues from the School of Advanced Study’s public engagement team and supported by researchers in...
by Gabriel Bodard | Sep 7, 2018 | Events, Public engagement, Publications
Last night (Thursday Sept 6th, 2018) was the launch party for the Making Monsters anthology, edited by Emma Bridges and Djibril al-Ayad, a mixed anthology of speculative fiction and accessible academic essays published by Futurefire.net Publishing and sponsored by the...
by emmabridges | Jun 7, 2018 | Events, Reviews
ICS Research Associate Dr. Caroline Spearing reviews a reading of Milton’s Paradise Lost which took place at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe on May 14th 2018. The event was a Research in Action Event supported by the UCL Arts and...
