Press rewind on political thinkers to fast-forward, seminar hears
Academics at a British Academy event discuss the purpose of the history of political thought
Search
-
-
Campus close-up: New College of the Humanities
The marks of private provider’s first cohort of graduates make Anthony Grayling feel more vindicated than ever
-
Vote? Why bother?
In this general election, visiting the polling station seems more pointless than ever, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
-
Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, by Caryl Churchill
A staging of the 1647 Putney Debates poses inconvenient questions about political means and ends, says Liz Schafer
-
Seneca: A Life, by Emily Wilson
A major figure’s rise and fall reveals a gap between discourse and reality, Barbara Graziosi finds
-
After the Ancestors: An Anthropologist’s Story, by Andrew Beatty
The tales of a society on the margins and a researcher’s struggle to integrate into that society make for a readable account about real people, says Joy Hendry
-
The Rise of Women’s Transnational Activism: Identity and Sisterhood between the World Wars, by Marie Sandell
This valuable work sheds light on the building of an ‘international sisterhood’ to further the struggle for women’s rights, says June Purvis
-
Making Marie Curie: Intellectual Property and Celebrity Culture in an Age of Information, by Eva Hemmungs Wirtén
Robyn Arianrhod welcomes an unsentimental study of the first woman to win a Nobel prize
-
The Prime of Life: A History of Modern Adulthood, by Steven Mintz
E. Stina Lyon on a complex account of the trajectory of adult life in the modern world
-
Before Auschwitz: Jewish Prisoners in the Prewar Concentration Camps, by Kim Wünschmann
Neil Gregor praises an assiduously researched, humane book that examines the incarceration of German-Jews prior to 1939
-
Pressured peers
In thinking about the merits or otherwise of peer review (“Slay peer review ‘sacred cow’, says former BMJ chief”, 21 April), I can say that in my own specialist field, I’ve had some very good...
-
100 Under 50 Rankings 2015 results
Ranking of universities under 50 years old shows a dip in UK’s strength in depth and Swiss on a roll
-
The Great Divide, by Joseph Stiglitz
Rising inequality can be addressed without taking to the barricades, Victoria Bateman suggests
-
Financial gifts to universities surge to all-time high
The value of donations peaks at £807m, annual Ross/CASE survey finds, but challenges of limited outreach and elite domination persist
-
Bloggers scrutinise parties’ education policies
Which party scores highest for one policy nerd?