The Scholems: A Story of the German Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction, by Jay Howard Geller
Geoffrey Alderman considers the ambiguities of the synthesis between German and Jewish culture in the 19th and 20th centuries

Geoffrey Alderman considers the ambiguities of the synthesis between German and Jewish culture in the 19th and 20th centuries

R.C. Richardson considers how the events of the 1640s and 1650s were recalled by the next generations

A spell of globetrotting shows that no matter their location, universities, and those they serve, face challenges that cannot be tackled alone

Book of the week: Cheryl A. Wall praises an account of the ‘too fast girls’ who carved out free lives for themselves in New York and Philadelphia

University sees valuable outreach in letting school pupils use library – but critics claim it is being used as a ‘play centre’

Analysis of nine European universities finds the ‘innovation’ agenda has taken root – often pushed by students who want to solve the world’s problems

Politicians seeking to quell discontent about inequality and pre-empt populists could turn on elite institutions, observers predict

Removal of UK universities from key European research project highlights financial impact of impasse over EU exit
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Matthew Reisz discovers what anthropologist Ruben Andersson learned behind bunkers in Bamako

The 2019 Asia University Rankings take Times Higher Education’s robust, time-tested formula and tailor it to get a region-specific view of institutional performance

Western countries’ determination to tackle the migration crisis without taking any risks with their own personnel is wasteful and counterproductive, the Oxford anthropologist tells Matthew ReiszÂ

The quality of Indian higher education outside a few elite institutions is notoriously poor, and a slew of initiatives aimed at addressing it have made little impact so far. Simon Baker analyses the...

Apparent moves to increase university autonomy will have the opposite effect given the government’s authoritarian tendencies, says Jarosław Płuciennik