Tomás Irish has just published a new book called Feeding the Mind: Humanitarianism and the Reconstruction of European Intellectual Life, 1919-1933. It explores how European intellectual life was rebuilt after the cataclysm of the First World War. Learned communities were left in ruins by the conflict and its consequences; cultural and educational sites were destroyed, writers and…Continue Reading New Book on Humanitarianism and the Reconstruction of European Intellectual Life, 1919-1933
Research Seminars Autumn 2023
12 October 2023: Ryan Tristram-Walmsley (Swansea University): ‘”Balms to the aching souls”: Caribbean migrant house parties as emotional refuge in postwar Britain’ (GENCAS-sponsored) Chair: Sarah Crook 19 October 2023: Ana-Maria Herman (Greenwich): ‘Re-presenting Digitised Museum Collections’ (CHART- sponsored) Chair: Hilary Orange *** Please note that this meeting will take place via ZOOM*** 16 November 2023: Leonie Hicks (Canterbury Christ Church…Continue Reading Research Seminars Autumn 2023