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Euan Clarkson is inspired by a detailed history and guide to a rich cluster of fossilised remains
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Egyptian Oedipus: Athanasius Kircher and the Secrets of Antiquity by Daniel Stolzenberg
The German Jesuit, Athanasius Kircher (1601/2-80), was one of the most prolific authors of the Baroque period. His Oedipus Aegyptiacus (1652-54) and celebrated Museum of Antiquities (the justly...
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Tocqueville: The Aristocratic Sources of Liberty by Lucien Jaume, translated by Arthur Goldhammer
One of the most interesting features of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America is the author’s ambivalent attitude to the political model he so greatly assisted in popularising, through his...
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Fascism out of focus
Philip Kemp on how the US movie industry mostly ignored the rise of Fascism in Germany
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Spam with everything
John Gilbey on a sharp account of the increasingly complex business of preventing unwanted emails
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Notes on a scandal: the black experience depicted
African American artist talks back to race and gender history in a dazzling jazz-tempo series in mixed media and Afrylics
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Doctoral integrity springs a leak along the Danube
PhDs are valuable political capital in Germany, Eastern Europe and beyond, but the currency has been devalued by a string of high-profile plagiarism cases at the very heart of government. Paul Jump...
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Jeepers creepers
Somewhere, in a class past or future, sits someone absolutely unforgettable - your worst student. Ever. John Kaag confronts the existential terror of a pedagogical puzzle
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San José faces fight from guardians of the gateway
Institution’s experiment aims to clear gridlocked ‘gateway’. Jon Marcus reports from California
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Campus round-up
Dan roamingThe British Judo Association has chosen a university to house its Centre of Excellence in England. An independent performance review of the association earlier this year recommended the...
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Christopher Bigsby - Take a hike? There’s one tiny hitch…
Christopher Bigsby on the declining art of hitch-hiking
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For a return to seriousness, send in the clowns
This is the age of the anti-social network, but the humanities classroom offers reflection of a healthier sort, argues Robert Zaretsky
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Knowing the brain is no substitute for knowing the person, argues Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Technology has transformed psychology, but real insights come from considering humanity, too, argues Annette Karmiloff-Smith
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Beefing up research hubs may be good for UK plc but it’s bad for the North-South divide, say Henry Overman and Christian Helmers
AstraZeneca’s move to Cambridge hub may widen North-South divide, say Henry Overman and Christian Helmers