Humanities

In decades of linguinsania, Deirdre McCloskey has tried to learn a second language - everything from French, Greek and Latin to German, Scots Gaelic and Sanskrit - with no success. But she's still not resigned to monolingualism

Olga Wojtas tours a digital archive of First World War material compiled by members of the public

Nottingham v-c warns that academics may face prosecution. Melanie Newman reports

Martin Mills finds an idealist at the apocalypse, but asks why one of our Dalai Lamas is missing

Alan V. Murray delves into ancient savagery that sadly mirrors many conflicts of the 21st century

John Morrill delights in a teasing of the Scots

Kathy Ehrensperger considers the thorny questions about what Jesus and his disciples really believed

Undergraduates who see creative writing as an 'easy' degree dismay a tutor accustomed to the dedication of adult education students

The AHRC wants to know which cultural elements, past and present, should inform policy-making. Zoe Corbyn reports

Creative writing is as popular today as critical theory was a decade ago. Why the change, asks Penny Hancock, and how does it fit in with the study of English literature?

Million+ highlights increasing economic value of sector to the UK. Rebecca Attwood reports

The author of a revisionist study of Irish republicans defends his research against critics who claim inaccuracy. John Gill reports

Beliefs about global insecurity of all kinds are the focus of new cross-council fellowships. Zoe Corbyn reports

Barbed wire, dispossession and fear: Laleh Khalili on liminal lives spent in an ever-shrinking ghetto

Peter Stone on a last-gasp defence of the rich Western museums hoarding the world's cultural heritage

Pamela Clemit on the electrifying hum of ideas that jolted Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to life

Study says geography trumps expertise as key to university profit-generation, Hannah Fearn writes

Aid 'labouring students' to bring knowledge to life, urges Leeds Met pro v-c. Rebecca Attwood reports

Clumsy questions and dodgy data bedevil claims that high IQ leads to atheism, says Denis Alexander. A closer look offers a different picture

Yongnian Zheng on the role of China's ancient ethical system in an age of growth and reform

Tom Turner on the cultivated intellect