The Beginnings of Philosophy in Greece, by Maria Michela Sassi
Elegant theories provide a new narrative about Presocratic philosophers, writes Emma Gee

Elegant theories provide a new narrative about Presocratic philosophers, writes Emma Gee

Kant is ‘animalised’ in this philosophical look at whether non-human animals are part of our larger community, says Paul Waldau

The author on the journey from historical fiction and 18th-century Gothic Italian fiction in English to exploring how the Mediterranean shaped the British imagination

Book of the week: Charlie Pullen on what it means to read and teach literature in an era when opinion trumps fact

Mass media brought excavators of ancient sites fame and fortune, says Margarita Díaz-Andreu

Describing the building blocks of life in terms of other structures plays a crucial scientific role, says Jon Turney

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

Universities UK responds to growing public concern about number of undergraduates taking their own lives

Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell’s graduate scholarships will help students from under-represented groups

List of finalists for the ‘Oscars’ of the higher education sector released

Students’ unions are rich sources of information and have the capacity to deliver outcomes on issues such as employment and retention, argues Jim Dickinson

MIT and Yale follow close behind in 2019 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education league table

Tributes paid to first female president of US’ oldest historically black college