Overcoming inhibitions
I read Bruce Macfarlane’s feature “Speaking up for the introverts” (25 September) with interest. It is not just students for whom shyness can be an issue. In my research into how students describe...
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Versions of Academic Freedom: From Professionalism to Revolution, by Stanley Fish
Thomas Docherty on the fundamental tension between professional duties and civil engagement
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari
Chris Knight on the history of humanity and the myths that shape our civilisations
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Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women’s Movements, by Dorothy Sue Cobble, Linda Gordon and Astrid Henry
Mary Evans on a study of the US feminist movement from the 19th century
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Why Grow Up?, by Susan Neiman
Jane O’Grady on what it means to be mature in an infantilising culture
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Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History, by Charlotte Roberts
Richard Bosworth lauds a study of a complex and enduringly valuable work of scholarship
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Decline and Fall: history’s big bang
Richard Bosworth lauds a study of a complex and enduringly valuable work of scholarship
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Class in Contemporary China, by David S. G. Goodman
Jonathan Mirsky on the unfairness and exploitation rife in modern Chinese society
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Why Grow Up?, by Susan Neiman
Jane O’Grady on what it means to be mature in an infantilising culture
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Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women’s Movements, by Dorothy Sue Cobble, Linda Gordon and Astrid Henry
Mary Evans on a study of the US feminist movement from the 19th century
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Where the scholars roam free
Thomas Docherty on the fundamental tension between professional duties and civil engagement
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Jewish identity issues
Lynne Segal on an Israeli scholar’s persuasive arguments against his country’s myths of identity
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Obituary - Ted Belytschko
A much-cited engineering researcher whose systems of prototyping helped to produce safer cars has died.Ted Belytschko was born in Proskurov, Ukraine, on 13 January 1943 but spent most of his life in...
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‘Anchors’ a way to local prosperity, says Madeleine Atkins
Universities’ long-time role in helping local economic and social growth has room to expand, Madeleine Atkins says
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Christopher Davidson on social media’s ability to increase your flock
Social media let Christopher Davidson share research, address non-academics and listen in to fast-shifting Middle East debates