Looking to London: Stories of War, Escape and Asylum, by Cynthia Cockburn Emma Rees on a study of refugees’ remarkable transnational journeys in our post-Brexit, Trumpian world By Emma Rees 19 October
Crumbs of comfort on the beach Emma Rees shares her holiday diary from the dunes By Emma Rees 24 August
Complicit Sisters: Gender and Women’s Issues across North-South Divides, by Sara de Jong A study of female NGO workers and the migrants they interact with examines the relationship in all its complexity, says Emma Rees By Emma Rees 27 July
Fully Connected: Surviving and Thriving in an Age of Overload, by Julia Hobsbawm Book of the week: the digital deluge can harm our social health; Emma Rees commends a prescription to tackle it By Emma Rees 30 March
Living a Feminist Life, by Sara Ahmed Book of the Week: Emma Rees praises an effort to show how to turn personal traumas into political resistance By Emma Rees 16 February
Get Out of My Room! A History of Teen Bedrooms in America, by Jason Reid A study of adolescents’ spaces unlocks mysteries and nostalgia. Enter if you dare, says Emma Rees By Emma Rees 5 January
Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination, by Jack Hamilton Emma Rees is happily lost in a Sixties’ soundscape but wonders why there are so few female artists By Emma Rees 22 September
Reclaiming Feminism: Challenging Everyday Misogyny, by Miriam E. David Book of the week: Second-wave highs, Caitlin Moran and rape culture surface in a work of mixed genres, says Emma Rees By Emma Rees 30 June
The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy Book of the week: Academics need to hit the brakes and work to change the system they’re in, says Emma Rees By Emma Rees 26 May
A professor’s Boxing Day diary Emma Rees tackles work, the ultimate seasonal fun spoiler, and finalises her list of new year’s resolutions By Emma Rees 24 December
Vulvanomics: how we talk about vaginas Emma Rees on language, taboos, and a word with an almost unparalleled power to shock By Emma Rees 2 November
The Feminism of Uncertainty: A Gender Diary, by Ann Snitow Emma Rees lauds an essay collection that highlights the American scholar’s game-changing writing By Emma Rees 17 September
SlutWalk: Feminism, Activism and Media, by Kaitlynn Mendes Emma Rees on the social networking origins of a 21st-century political movement By Emma Rees 20 August
Eternal invigilation: my rise to power in exam-hall hell Unexpectedly in charge of a room of students fretting over the colour of answer booklets, Emma Rees ponders the potential price in dog lives By Emma Rees 25 June
If I were v-c for a day... From tackling pay to decrees on sleep and email curfews, five scholars explain what they would do to improve the academy in 24 hours By Stephen Curry 11 June
