The Canon: Totemism by Claude Lévi-Strauss
I recently wrote a piece celebrating the longevity of Claude Lévi-Strauss. His unfortunate death while it was in press converted what was intended as sincere tribute into sneering irony. But the...
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Seurat Re-viewed
Alex Danchev on an adventurous collection that brings the pointillist's remarkable oeuvre to life
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The Artificial Ape: How Technology Changed the Course of Human Evolution
What is it that makes humans different? The Artificial Ape seeks to answer this question by showing how technology, which originated as far back as 2.6 million years ago with the Australopithecines,...
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The Professional Guinea Pig: Big Pharma and the Risky World of Human Subjects
Roberto Abadie has written an absorbing ethnographic study of clinical trials that focuses not on the clinic or the clinicians, the science or its development, but the research participants in phase...
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University of Greenwich - Designs for survival
People who were evacuated from trains, stations and buildings during the 7 July 2005 bombings in London are being asked to help an expert who studies behaviour during major disasters. Ed Galea,...
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Bangor University - Historical legacy
A historian who did much to establish Welsh history as a serious academic subject is to be commemorated with a biennial public lecture in his name. Although John Edward Lloyd (1861-1947) played a...
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Northumbria University - Watch and go
An academic's design for a portable wildlife observatory is to become a reality. Paul Jones, director of architecture programmes in the School of the Built and Natural Environment at Northumbria...
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Durham University - Dream believers
A study has revealed that many modern Muslims still rely on the traditional practice of dream interpretation to make major decisions about politics, marriage and career. Researchers at Durham...
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Liverpool Hope University - A campus haven
A building that "humanises" education has opened in Liverpool. The £8.5 million Education and Enterprise building has been officially unveiled by Liverpool Hope University at its Childwall campus....
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University of Worcester - Inaugural dance
A former hospital's rebirth as part of a university has been celebrated in dance. The University of Worcester's new city campus, at the former Worcester Royal Infirmary, was officially opened on 16...
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Edge Hill University - Straight to the top
Sports law experts have helped to shape their area of study by giving evidence to the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education. Richard Parrish, director of Edge Hill University's...
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Anglia Ruskin University - Boost for high-flyers
Romanian business students will get access to UK entrepreneurs while they study as part of a new academic partnership. Anglia Ruskin University has entered into an agreement with the Bucharest...
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University of Essex - A landmark for world peace
The architect behind the design of the new World Trade Center site in New York has been tasked with designing a landmark building in the UK to house an international institute working towards...
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University of Nottingham - Much ado about something
A professor has given a lecture at the first public reading of a play he recently identified as a long-lost work by William Shakespeare. Brean Hammond, from the University of Nottingham's School of...
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University of Sheffield - Leisure pleasure
A students' union building has reopened following a £5 million renovation. The project at the University of Sheffield has added a number of new spaces and revamped the entrance hall and several cafes...