To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition and Development in the Western World since 1700 BOOK LAUNCH At the end of the eighteenth century, the...
Culture and Resistance: Indigenous Responses to a Globalised World This lecture looks at the place occupied by indigenous cultures...
Rare and Endangered Languages: Panel Discussion Professor Michael Mainelli chairs a panel discussion with Dr Nicholas...
Rare and Endangered Languages: Language Documentation and Revitalisation Professor Peter Austin outlines a number of projects aimed at...
Rare and Endangered Languages - 'Why should we protect endangered languages?' Dr Nicholas Ostler argues for the preservation of the world's...
An Introduction to Rare and Endangered Languages Professor Tim Connell provides an introduction to the field, with...
Sir Hans Sloane: 350 years of preserving history An overview of the history of botanical collecting: the characters...