Being Human Festival
Being Human is the UK’s only national festival of the humanities, showcasing the diversity of the humanities with an injection of creativity and festival fun.
The festival was established in 2014 to create a platform to share cutting edge research in the humanities with non-specialist audiences in ways that are accessible, engaging, and fun.
The festival is led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London – the UK’s national centre for the support of researchers and the promotion of research in the humanities. Being Human runs in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy.
Being Human Festival 2024 Highlights
Introducing Being Human Festival
Being Human Festival 2023
Being Human Festival 2023 Teaser
Being Human 2022 Highlights
Being Human 2021 highlights
Being Human in Conversation: Why Science Needs History | with Dr Adam Rutherford | 15 November 2021
Being Human festival 2021 launch with Lemn Sissay
Introducing Being Human 2021: Renewal
Being Human 2020 Highlights
Being Human in Conversation: Renewing and Rebuilding | 15 April 2021
Breaks & Joins | Goldsmiths, University of London | Being Human 2020
Weather the Weather | Being Human festival 2020
Are You a Woman? | Being Human festival | 20 November 2020
Being Human in Conversation: Returning to Our Senses | 18 November
Kit de Waal: Novels That Shaped My World | 16 November 2020
The American Election with Bonnie Greer | 12 November 2020
Being Human Festival launch with David Olusoga | 10 November 2020
What are the Humanities? What Makes Us Human?
'Walking With A Convict'
Introducing Being Human festival 2020: New Worlds
Celebrating five years of the Being Human Festival
Being Human in Conversation with David Lammy: My Education | 24 June 2020
Being Human in Conversation: On Politics and Plagues | 21 May 2020
King's College London and Queen Mary University of London - Being Human festival hub | 2019
Being Human festival 2018 launch
What is the Being Human Festival?
Introducing the 2017 Being Human Festival
Being Human festival 2015
British black civil rights: spoken word from the National Archive's workshop