Writing and Righting: Literature in the Age of Human Rights, by Lyndsey Stonebridge
Bryan Cheyette praises an ambitious account of the place of literature in addressing today’s fundamental issues of persecution and injustice
Bryan Cheyette praises an ambitious account of the place of literature in addressing today’s fundamental issues of persecution and injustice
Bryan Cheyette welcomes a comparative study of those persecuted under Stalin and Hitler despite its gaps
Bryan Cheyette considers an intriguing account of the stories we tell ourselves about slavery
Bryan Cheyette is intrigued by an account that accentuates the positive as well as the negative aspects of ghetto life
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Book of the week: Bryan Cheyette straddles truth and fiction in observer accounts of anti-Semitic persecution
A leading historian of modern European history has died
National histories can shape recollections of atrocities, discovers Robert Eaglestone
CONTEMPORARY JEWISH WRITING IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND. An anthology. Bryan Cheyette, editor. 336pp. Halban. Pounds 25 (paperback, Pounds 10.99). - 1 870015 68 1. Launching a series entitled Jewish...
Steve Smith, president of Universities UK, says that implementing the Browne Review will see our world-class university system through a funding "valley of death" ("The sum of our worst fears: UUK...
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL- Award winner: Robert BickersInstitution: University of BristolValue: £34,707Treaty port China and its legacies, 1842-1999- Award winner: Bryan...
The year’s best reads for work and pleasure, chosen by scholars and senior figures in the sector
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