The American Historical Association are debating a resolution opposing the Iraq War, on the grounds that it involves practices ‘inimical to the values … more
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academic life
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What does academic freedom mean?
@ 2006-07-31 – 14:20:25
A recent article in the New York Times by the notable (or notorious) literary scholar Stanley Fish (http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F6071EFC3F5B0C708EDDAE0894DE404482 … more -
Mothers not welcome no. 553
@ 2006-05-18 – 08:51:25
I have currently got some temporary work in a British university (which for obvious reasons had better remain nameless). The student newspaper was running … more -
Now that's what I call feminism!
@ 2005-12-03 – 09:11:51
From the obituary of the American historian Gordon Craig (http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1653617,00.html). He is survived by his … more -
In defence of the doctorate
@ 2005-10-09 – 09:52:19
I finally got my doctorate last week, after the best part of six years (part-time) study. So I was peculiarly irritated to read two recent articles in … more -
My child makes me sick!
@ 2005-08-13 – 22:28:31
A difficult couple of weeks: L had a cold and then a stomach bug which meant, with a certain inevitability, that a couple of days after her I had … more
