Cultural, media and gender studies
KEY CONCEPTS IN CULTURAL STUDIESAuthor: Maja MikulaEdition: FirstPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPages: 256Price: £13.99ISBN 9780230006461Organised alphabetically, this resource provides a selection of...
KEY CONCEPTS IN CULTURAL STUDIESAuthor: Maja MikulaEdition: FirstPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPages: 256Price: £13.99ISBN 9780230006461Organised alphabetically, this resource provides a selection of...
As Australia’s general election looms, many in university circles may be hoping that Scott Morrison’s coalition is voted out. But is it true that conservative governments and universities are natural...
Twitter has allowed war scholars and the public to hear from a diverse range of experts and created star academics but some are wary about where the tidal wave of commentary may lead
Key Concepts in Public RelationsAuthors: Bob Franklin, Mike Hogan, Quentin Langley, Nick Mosdell, Eliot PillEdition: First Publisher: SagePages: 2Price: £19.99ISBN: 9781412923194This text aims to...
With contention about diversity adding to concerns about employability and declining student numbers, does Classics in the US need rebranding or rethinking? Paul Basken reports
Farm bassist and lecturer Carl Hunter says The Label Recordings uncovers ‘exciting music’ and is ‘bespoke work placement’ for students
Multimedia teaching techniques will only thrive if there is a radical change in the way courses are structured, Jonathan Darby argues. Anyone who has been observing the educational technology scene...
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 - an event whose 20th anniversary is now imminent - the history and culture of the German capital have triggered lively interest at home and abroad...
Saikat Majumdar surveys developments from the Gulf to South Korea in light of the closure of Yale-NUS College
The pandemic has brought the power and consolations of scholarship to the fore. But with a particularly grim Halloween upon us, M. R. James’ ghost stories warn us that the pursuit of knowledge does...
Jill Liddington’s research into Anne Lister’s diaries inspired the television series Gentleman Jack. John Morgan speaks to her about making a difference locally and the lost tradition of extramural...
Linda Doyle on making history, meeting Macron and why Normal People doesn’t fully capture her university
Public confusion is one thing, but some subjects provoke quizzical and sometimes dismissive frowns even among colleagues from different departments. Here, nine academics set the record straight about...
Made in America is a thoughtful assessment of the patterns of American life over the course of the past several centuries. Claude S. Fischer, a sociologist at the University of California, Berkeley,...
The summer is traditionally when academics turn to the big, serious books they don’t otherwise have time for or grab the chance for a bit of escapism. The pandemic has raised some major new issues...