Humanities News: March

Book releases 

Bess of Hardwick: New Perspectives, edited by Professor Lisa Hopkins, came out from Manchester University Press in January 2019. Many of Sheffield Hallam University’s  buildings owe their names to the marriage of Bess’s granddaughter Alethea Talbot to Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey and grandson of the Duke of Norfolk. Alethea was born in Sheffield and land in the city formed part of her dowry.  Both Alethea and her sister Elizabeth published books of recipes and remedies which Lisa will be looking at as part of her next project on the literary cultures of the Cavendish family of Bolsover and Welbeck.

 

The Genres of Renaissance Tragedy, co-edited by Dr Dan Cadman, Andrew Duxfield and  Professor Lisa Hopkins, was published by Manchester University Press on 5 March 2019.  Dan and Lisa are both lecturers in English and Andrew Duxfield, now a lecturer at Liverpool, was formerly a PhD student here at Sheffield Hallam.  Other current and former SHU colleagues and students represented in the volume include Annaliese Connolly and Gemma Leggott.

 

 

 

Karl Marx and the Language Sciences: Critical Encounters

Dr Peter Jones, Reader in Language and Communication, produced a special issue of the Language Sciences journal as a guest editor to celebrate the bicentenary of Karl Marx’s birth earlier last year, entitled Karl Marx and the Language Sciences: Critical Encounters. It features 16 articles from international scholars on aspects of Marx’s legacy in relation to language and linguistics and a substantial introduction from me on Marx’s contribution and the state of linguistics research today from a Marxist perspective. Read the publication in full here. 

SHU Performance for Stage

SHU Performance for Stage have recently updated their online information and social media account. Why not follow them on Twitter to see what they get up to on a daily basis and take a look at their  web site to see what performances you could get front row seats for!

 

Humanities in the media

Martin Carter, lecturer in film studies, was a guest on BBC Radio Sheffield where he discussed martial arts in the movies and its history from unknown East Asian cinema to big budget Hollywood films like Kill Bill. Listen to what he had to say here. 

 

 

 

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