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Educating Scholars: Doctoral Education in the Humanities
In 1991, as this book notes, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation launched what would become the largest effort ever made to improve graduate education in the humanities in the US. The Graduate Education...
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Jazz Icons: Heroes, Myths and the Jazz Tradition
What do they know of jazz, who only musicians know? A few months ago, these pages noticed with approval Harvey Cohen's sophisticated, culturally situated account of the life and work of Duke...
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Public Journalism 2.0: The Promise and Reality of a Citizen-Engaged Press
Amid the decline of newspapers, Frank Webster finds hope in the rise of the citizen journalist
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Chocolate, Women and Empire
In the 2000 film Chocolat starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp, a single mother arrives in a small French town where, to the consternation of the local priest, she establishes a small...
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Neurodiversity: Discovering the Extraordinary Gifts of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia and Other Brain Differences
Some marriages appear to be made in heaven. This book was one such for me, as the concept of neurodiversity is one I certainly espouse. The word is used, mostly in the US and Australia, to signal a...
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The Thief of Time: Philosophical Essays on Procrastination
A team of thinkers roll up their sleeves and tackle the things we've left undone. Les Gofton looks on
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ARTS AND DESIGN- The Cultural Aesthetics of Eighteenth-Century PorcelainEdited by Alden Cavanaugh, associate professor of art history, Indiana State University; and Michael E. Yonan, assistant...
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Newcastle University - Laugh? I nearly cried
Researchers have proven what anyone prone to nervous titters already knows: laughter is not always a sign of happiness. Neurologists have found that laughter can convey a range of emotions, each...
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King's College London - Catalogue of treasures
Thousands of rare books, state documents, treaties and pamphlets are being unearthed as a unique collection formerly used by diplomats and civil servants is catalogued. Acquired by King's College...
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City University London - Cash, actuarially
A London business school has launched a major fundraising drive to raise £1 million over two years to support actuarial science. The cash sought by the Cass Business School at City University London...
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University of Cambridge - 'Goldilocks' and the three bids
The University of Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy has topped a shortlist to receive funding for interplanetary exploration. The institute has won funding for one of three initiatives that have...
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University of Warwick - Indian autumn for WMG
Expansion in Indian higher education is being aided by a UK university. The University of Warwick's WMG unit has signed a partnership with IIT Kharagpur in support of an Indian government initiative...
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University of Nottingham - Outpost among the elite
A British university's Malaysian outpost has been rated among the top institutions in the country. The University of Nottingham's Malaysia Campus has been awarded the highest possible rating in a...
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University of Essex - Put the kettle on? No need
Researchers are looking for volunteers willing to spend time living in an "iSpace" where household appliances "learn" to turn themselves on and off at the right times. Scholars at the University of...