Should I go to that conference in Hungary?
Boycotts betray free enquiry, but Viktor Orbán’s moves against the Central European University at least make them worth debating, says Eric Heinze
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From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds, by Daniel C. Dennett
Shane O’Mara on a profound and humorous exploration of human consciousness
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The Plague of War: Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece, by Jennifer T. Roberts
Barbara Graziosi on a lively account of the opposition between an authoritarian state and a mercantile democracy
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Does the academy risk being Left behind?
In an age of political civil war, the question of why the Right is so under-represented in academia is important
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The only conservative scholar on campus?
A right-wing philosopher in Texas tells John Gill how a minority of students can shut down debates and intimidate lecturers – and why he backs Trump
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Supersizing Urban America: How Inner Cities Got Fast Food with Government Help, by Chin Jou
Many actors helped to usher agents of the food court in to US city centres, says Bart Elmore
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Wisdom Won from Illness: Essays in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis, by Jonathan Lear
William Kolbrener on an extraordinary collection that explores literature’s role in shaping ethical thought and helping to ‘transform the psyche’
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TEF ratings set to shape international student choice - survey
Survey of would-be undergraduates finds teaching quality is the most important factor in decision-making
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The week in higher education – 27 April 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Grant winners – 27 April 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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Impacts don't just happen
Research is a complex ecosystem; focusing on instrumental impacts alone fails to give the full picture of how advances are made, say Laura Meagher and Ursula Martin
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World in brief – 27 April 2017
Higher education news from around the globe
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Laurie Taylor – 27 April 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Stories worth telling beyond the Périphérique
It might have been quite instructive and eye-opening if the writer of your feature on the state of French higher education, “Liberty, autonomy or permanent bureaucracy?†(Features, 20 April), had...