A French revolutionary
Although his reforms have attracted criticism, Richard Descoings, the head of Sciences Po, tells Atossa Araxia Abrahamian that he is determined to fashion a modern, outward-looking institution with a...
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Mini-series
In an austere climate for publishing, one innovation is booming: brief studies of single films or TV shows. Diane Negra considers the commercial and scholarly implications
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Book of the week: Last Looks, Last Books
The death of the poet self-foretold: David Gewanter on an esteemed critic's graveside meditation
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Would You Eat your Cat? Key Ethical Conundrums and What They Tell You about Yourself
Simon Blackburn wonders why some moral questions are so tantalisingly difficult to answer
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Churchill's Children: The Evacuee Experience in Wartime Britain
Do we need another book on the evacuation of children in Britain during the Second World War? John Welshman asks this question of himself in the opening of this compelling narrative account of the...
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The Canon: The Language of the Third Reich by Victor Klemperer
Victor Klemperer's vital contribution to academia doesn't take the form of an influential theory, or a path-breaking conceptual framework, or even a scholarly mastery of his field (although he was an...
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Predicting the Unpredictable: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake Prediction
Seismologist Ian Main on why more lives are saved by preparation than prognostication
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Peace Processes: A Sociological Approach
John Brewer's Peace Processes: A Sociological Approach stands out for two reasons: first because it is written in an accessible, reader-friendly manner - a sign, I always think, of the author's self-...
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London: A History
We are all, at least partly, Londoners. As far back as the 18th century, a surprisingly large proportion of England's population had lived for a while in London.Contemporaries commented on the number...
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Secrecy and Silence in the Research Process: Feminist Reflections
Hilary Rose hails powerfully unflinching reflections on the researcher's obligations to her subjects
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Victorian Vogue: British Novels on Screen
Nothing out-gays the heritage film. From a perspective that simultaneously addresses Victorian and 20th-century issues and anxieties, Dianne Sadoff analyses the heritage film in its many iterations,...
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Published this week
ARTS AND DESIGNWhere Music Helps: Community Music Therapy in Action and ReflectionBy Brynjulf Stige, professor in music therapy, University of Bergen; Gary Ansdell, director of education, Nordoff-...
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Dual threat to meeting the Atlantic challenge
The fact that the UK's biggest international education competitor, the US, is directing more resources to boosting its offering to foreign students should act as a wake-up call to our politicians:...
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Still in never-never land 1
Asking students to accept increased debt as a future increment on income tax reflects the simplistic accounting that has led to the country's financial plight ("Willetts floats idea of separating...
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Still in never-never land 2
A tip for David Willetts. Any university with a wine cellar should have its public funding cut unless the stock is part of an investment experiment by its business school and not for imbibing. This...