Catherine & Diderot: The Empress, the Philosopher and the Fate of the Enlightenment, by Robert Zaretsky
Why was the Russian empress drawn to a French intellectual opponent? asks Yvonne Sherratt
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Vienna 1900 Complete, by Christian Brandstätter, Daniela Gregori and Rainer Metzger; translated by David H. Wilson
James Stevens Curl relishes the extraordinary visual splendours of a fin-de-siècle creative explosion
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New and noteworthy – 21 March 2019
Phone habits of the developing world; the cult of the cute; problems on the home front; game theories; and beggar thy neighbour
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How do neighbouring universities assert their identity?
Can sharing a city with a more prestigious neighbour make it easier or harder for an institution to realise its value? Jack Grove examines the competition
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Impostors: Literary Hoaxes and Cultural Authenticity, by Christopher L. Miller
Novels penned under a fake identity speak their own truths about fiction, says Rohan McWilliam
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The Digital Literary Sphere: Reading, Writing, and Selling Books in the Internet Era, by Simone Murray
In the online era, authors are expected to do their own publicity and readers have much more power, finds Andrew Blake
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What are you reading? – 21 March 2019
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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‘Unparalleled public intellectual’ Mary Warnock dies aged 94
Tributes paid to pioneering philosopher who established guidelines on embryo research in the UK
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Scrapping post-study work visas ‘cost UK £750 million’
Evidence on international students’ tax payments raises ‘serious concerns’ about rejection of post-study work visa return, says report for Hepi
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Failed Horizon 2020 bids ‘cost European universities £6 billion’
Average success rate for European Commission programme stands at 12Â per cent
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Grade threshold ‘exemptions for poorest’ risk Treasury rift
Post-18 education review also said to have looked at proposals to allocate top-up public funding according to subjects’ cost of provision
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From access to genuine inclusion on US campuses
Matthew Reisz considers the work of researchers who have shed light on the ‘invisibility’ of social class in US universities
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The week in higher education – 21 March 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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We now have evidence of the benefits of international students who stay and work
And it’s time for government policy on post-study work to change, says Nick HillmanÂ