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Touching the Book
This post was contributed by Dr Heather Tilley, Exhibition Curator of the Touching the Book exhibition which launches today (18 July 2013) and runs until 31 October 2013 in the Peltz Gallery in...
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The Bay of Bengal in Global History
This post was contributed by Dr Sunil S. Amrith a Reader in Birkbeck’s Department of History, Classics & Archaeology. My recent book, Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the...
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Gender and Class in English Asylums, 1890-1914
This post was contributed by Dr Louise Hide, Honorary Research Fellow in Birkbeck’s Department of History, Classics and Archaeology. In July 1905, a young draper’s assistant from south-east London was...
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Empire of Things
The following are two excerpts from Prof Frank Trentmann‘s new book, Empire of Things How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First (UK: Allen Lane, 2016; USA:...
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Assimilation and the immigration debate
This article was written by Professor Eric Kaufmann of Birkbeck’s Department of Politics. It was originally published on the Fabian Society‘s blog. Immigration has proven one of the hardest issues for...
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The Medical History of Speech Disorders
Dr Marjore Lorch from Birkbeck’s Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication talks to us about her recent investigation into the first recorded case of spasmodic dysphonia (SD) – a condition in...
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Animating medieval manuscripts
Professor of Medieval Studies Anthony Bale discusses his work with Birkbeck’s artist in residence, animator Shay Hamias. Together, they are developing a new interface between contemporary digital...
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The sports shoe: from field to fashion
Dr Thomas Turner writes on the hidden deeper, roots of sneaker fashions and obsessions; the subject of his PhD in History at Birkbeck, which he has now turned into a book. Sports shoes are an...
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Public Engagement Awards: Professor Matthew Davies – Layers of London
This is the second in a series of blogs showcasing the Birkbeck 2020 Public Engagement Awards winners and highly commended participants. This project was announced a winner in the category...
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An ode to illustrating academic work
Part-time PhD student, Sarah Golding shares her thoughts on how to make academic work more engaging and accessible through illustrations. How to make research interesting, relevant, funny, useful, or...
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