Events archive

Description: Apostles of Certainty is a talk that will trace the long history of quantified journalism in the United States, beginning in the early 20th century and taking us up to the present day.

Description: Using Web Archives to Chronicle Platform Evolution is a talk in which we explore the utility of web archives to chronicle the evolution of platforms and their ecosystems.

Description: "Periodontitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis -the best laid plans of mice and men."

Description: Dr Sasse will present surveys conducted by ZOiS of Donbas residents - including those still living in the conflict zone, and those displaced - in order to help understand both how the war has been experienced, and whether that experience is galvanizing a new political identity or tearing the region further asunder.

Description: Dr Gavin Brookes (University of Nottingham) will present findings from a recent ESRC-funded project which used corpus linguistic techniques to study a 29 million-word collection of NHS patient feedback. This is the latest in the ECS 'Corpus research in linguistics and beyond' seminar series.

Description: TLI Talk with Michael W. Dowdle from the University of Singapore Faculty of Law.

Description: A night of spoken word, poetry and performance exploring the personal and political, inspired by the important and recent discussions around #MeToo and the Repeal of the 8th Pro-Choice movement in Ireland.

Description: 1903 - a steam ship commission, a Paris-based Irish businessman and sea escape across international waters to Russia. How did the steam yacht "Caroline" built in Yarrow become a bit player in the Russo-Japanese War?

Description: In 2016, the Japanese government articulated its Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy. This vision has been regarded by international observers as an alternative to the Chinese-sponsored Belt and Road Initiative. What are its components? What is the maritime contribution to this vision? Admiral Takei - retired Chief of Maritime Staff and author of strategic documents that have defined the country's naval behaviour over the past decades explains its meaning from a Japanese naval perspective.

Description: John O'Neil (King's), 'Cervantes's Numancia: Staging Dissent'. Part of the Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies research seminar series 2017/18