What are you reading? – 4 October 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management, by Caitlin Rosenthal
The capital value of slaves made it possible for white livelihoods to flourish, writes Martin Myers
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From Politics to the Pews, by Michele F. Margolis
Exploring what comes first, religion or politics, can help us understand societal divides in the US, says Angelia Wilson
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Books editor’s blog: open society’s survival is worth fighting for
An openness and willingness to question oneself are the foundations of democracy and should be defended robustly, argues Michael Ignatieff, president of Hungary’s Central European University, in a...
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Appointments – 4 October 2018
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An academic’s guide to writing well
Scholarly prose can be verbose and unclear, and can obscure the point you are trying to make. Joe Moran offers his top 10 tips for writing well
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Sleeping with the Lights On, by Darryl Jones
Book of the week: Linnie Blake is taken on an illuminating tour of the thematic evolution and history of the horror genre
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Sir Charles Kuen Kao, 1933-2018
Tributes paid to the Nobel prizewinner dubbed the ‘father of fibre optics’
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Soas to pay former student £20K over ‘no supervision’ PhD
Law graduate urges research students to ‘take institutions to task’ on inadequate supervision
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‘White nationalist’ face of Charlottesville now studying at LSE
Enrolment of Peter Cvjetanovic on political theory master’s sparks debate about whether universities can consider applicant’s political views in admissions processes
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Open question on v-c pay as jobs come up for grabs
Sector observers predict that universities will take the chance to rein in executive remuneration
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The week in higher education – 4 October 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Australia’s free speech backlash ‘absurd’, says chancellor
Gareth Evans adds that ‘inherent lack of trust’ prompted Australian National University to decline Western civilisation course
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Interview with Lee Cronin
The award-winning chemist attempts to explain his reasons for wanting to create a chemical brain, but suggests we won’t be moving to Mars any time soon