Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS. John Self, reader in computing at Lancaster University, to a chair in knowledge-based systems; Christopher Wild, chief of the unit of environmental carcino-genesis at the...
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The Anglo-American Conference:a history
At the end of the great war, British politicians turned to academics to help the nation comprehend that enormous catastrophe for the democratic ideals of the previous age. History then appeared to...
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Holy men behaving badly
Christ's maleness, and the patriarchy that followed, were historically contingent, argues Anthony Fletcher Religion and gender have always been fundamentally intertwined. Christianity is part of a...
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Grants
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Charities Dr B. Turner, Pounds 545,844 from the Wellcome Trust (histone acetylation and the structure and function of chromatin and chromosomes); Professor A. Rickinson,...
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History's swollen congregation
Why are church pews empty but bookshelves devoted to the history of religion packed? Simon Targett reports Today, it is more a spectator sport than a participant sport." So says Patrick Collinson,...
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Honorary degrees
MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY DUniv: Deborah Cavendish, duchess of Devonshire, patron of Capel Manor Horticultural College; Anish Kapoor, sculptor; Bryan Davies, MP and shadow minister for further and higher...
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Faith and the flag
It is often assumed that religion strongly influences nationalism. But Tony Claydon believes faith can dissolve nationalism as much as cement it Consideration of the links between nationalism and...
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From amento Zealots
THE HARPER COLLINS DICTIONARY OF RELIGION Edited by Jonathan Z. Smith and William Scott Green with The American Academy of Religion HarperCollins, 1,154pp, Pounds 40.00 ISBN 0 00 6967 8 At the...
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I believe...
"Intensely" is Patrick Collinson's reply to the question of how he experienced religion as a child. "We were an undenominational evangelical Christian family,"he recalls. "Wewere associated with...
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Pennies from Heaven
David Jeremy looks at the business world's debt to the other world Money, rather than religion, arouses popular interest in 1990s Britain. With scratch cards, lottery tickets, and share options,...
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a German politician, novelist and playwright: "So the lovers are side by side, at rest. Peace hovers over their dwelling-place, cheerful images of angels, their kith...
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Government lines up learning for jobless
The Government is set to pilot a radical "learning on benefit" scheme next year which could encourage unemployed people to study while looking for a job. The scheme would be a substantial softening...
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Closure threatens marine centre
A national marine biological station has warned that it faces closure because of budget cuts from the funding councils. John Davenport, director of the University Marine Biological Station Millport...
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From Plato to Pluto
Golden Labrador Alf this week gained his Dundee University philosophy department attendance certificate, conferred by university principal Ian Graham-Bryce. Alf has been coming to philosophy classes...
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Getting to the giving stage
A unique programme piloted by the Red Cross is enabling refugees to train to counsel other asylum seekers. Alan Thomson reports. The British Red Cross is pioneering a unique higher education project...