Interview with Olivette Otele
The UK’s first black female history professor on universities atoning for their pasts and believing in the goodness of others
The UK’s first black female history professor on universities atoning for their pasts and believing in the goodness of others
Olivette Otele criticises employer’s reliance on her research, saying overwork and back-stabbing led her to burnout
Britain’s first history professor of African heritage discusses Colston, the ‘myth’ of Windrush and surviving in academia without support
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
An open letter from cultural figures and academics to the University of Roehampton’s vice-chancellor and council members
The great and the good of higher education cast their minds back and consider what wisdom they would impart
Anti-corruption economist discusses his humble upbringing in Burundi, his five months in solitary confinement, and how his work is shaping global policy
Television historian on his failed attempt to ‘escape’ being a historian, Churchill’s ‘mixed’ legacy and why we need more black professors
Pioneer of the genetics of hearing talks about how her research interests have been shaped by wine and music – and how she would cope with deafness
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Olivette Otele on a timely reappraisal of the decision by some French territories to remain in the republic
Book of the week: Blacks were key agents in the international battle against slavery, Olivette Otele writes
Scholars and senior sector figures reveal their favourites – read for work, for pleasure, or both – of the titles published this year