AHRC appoints new director of research
A professor of English studies at the University of Strathclyde has been named as the new director of research at the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
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Universities wary of European threat to autonomy, Lords inquiry hears
Universities in the UK should be wary of any attempts by the European Commission to take greater control of higher education policy as it could present a threat to institutional autonomy, a vice-...
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The Body Politic: The Battle over Science in America
This punchy work helps to address the denial of scientific knowledge in the US, says James Wilsdon
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The Keats Brothers: The Life of John and George
An exposition of fraternal ties sheds new light on the life of the 'Cockney Poet', finds Christoph Bode
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Love in the Time of Communism: Intimacy and Sexuality in the GDR
Generalisations about the other part of the country were always rife both in West Germany and in the East. Popular Western assumptions included the observation that communist political oppression...
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American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era
In American Oracle, David Blight uses the sesquicentenary of the American Civil War and the juxtaposition of that war's centenary with contemporaneous civil rights struggles in a bid to reopen the...
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The Crimes of Elagabalus: The Life and Legacy of Rome's Decadent Boy Emperor
Judith Weingarten on whether a teenage ruler's antics were as depraved as we've been told
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Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People Are More Successful
Is there a premium for being beautiful? And if there is, why is that so? In times of global economic crises, one may perhaps wonder whether economists should investigate these questions. This book...
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The Liberty of Servants: Berlusconi's Italy
Maurizio Viroli is a distinguished Italian liberal political philosopher and historian of thought who, these days, lives in a sort of exile, sharing appointments between Princeton University and the...
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Opportunists circle those left high and dry by Wales
Institutions tout for validation business among colleges hit by withdrawal, writes David Matthews
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News in brief
ItalyGod saves scienceAn Italian biomedical research centre has been rescued from bankruptcy by the Church. Legal permission has been granted for the Institute for Works of Religion - commonly known...
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China leaders issue personal invitation to British youth
Envoys' visit to UK signals internationalisation's importance to Asian giant. John Morgan reports
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Schooled in distrust: a textbook case of indoctrination?
Israeli school books' view of Arabs is dangerously biased, an educator says. Matthew Reisz reports
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Grant winners
JISCDigitisation programmeMass digitisation• Award winner: Stuart Dunn• Institution: King's College London• Value: £673,269Digital exposure of English place names• Award winner: Michael Peter Alfred...
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Big fish's tales draw the crowds
Sociologist author in a small pond celebrates the overlooked heroes. Matthew Reisz writes