How I coped with bereavement in academia
Dealing with the death of a family member is never easy, but does academic life present further complications and difficulties? Three academics at different stages of their careers tell their stories
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大学真的是一个社区吗?
随着圣诞节的临近，有关合作和友谊的温暖话语已经被大学领导们尽职尽责地塞进了全体员工的信件中。但在一个管理、指标和行业动荡的时代，学院作为一个学者联合体的形象是否仍然值得审视？7位学者对此有话说
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For tolerance of body diversity, academia gets a big, fat zero
The ‘dark academia’ fashion trend underlines the stereotype of the slim, pale, serious woman dressed in black, says Rachel Moss
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Is your woke academic friend actually a manipulative ‘sock puppet’?
Following the BethAnn McLaughlin and Jessica Krug revelations, Rachel Moss offers her tips for spotting online fakers
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Dante, by John Took
Rachel Moss is both amazed and puzzled by a vast new study of a giant of world literature
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Precarity has a long hangover
Long after they have finally landed a full-time job, many academics still find themselves feeling insecure and guilty, says Rachel Moss
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Toward a Global Middle Ages, edited by Bryan C. Keene
Book of the week: Rachel Moss is intrigued by a bold attempt to demonstrate that the medieval world is much larger than we tend to think
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Teaching Generation Z: a biting blizzard or a breath of fresh air?
The current generation of students often come under fire for supposedly being excessively brittle and demanding. But does the reality bear that out, and what are the teaching techniques to which they...
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Mother: An Unconventional History, by Sarah Knott
Rachel Moss praises a pioneering analysis that vividly captures the ‘fragmentary’ quality of both the experience of mothering a child and the historical record about it
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Weeping for Dido: The Classics in the Medieval Classroom, by Marjorie Curry Woods
Rachel Moss on how classrooms of the Middle Ages schooled boys in emotional intelligence
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Commuting: a life sentence for academics
Efforts to improve work-life balance must address the significant amounts of time that many scholars spend travelling, says Rachel Moss
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That’s driving me up the wall! Academics’ pet peeves
The scholarly calling may be all about intellectual pursuits, but university life is not without its petty irritations. A dozen academics describe the daily distractions that annoy them most
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Teaching Rape in the Medieval Literature Classroom: Approaches to Difficult Texts, edited by Alison Gulley
The way ancient texts are treated in today’s classroom can validate or call into question students’ deep-set values and cultural expectations, finds Rachel Moss
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Medieval Sensibilities: A History of Emotions in the Middle Ages, by Damien Boquet and Piroska Nagy
Becket’s murder is dissected in a study of 1,000 years of the Christian West, says Rachel Moss
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Marking: How to keep your head
As exam marking season gets under way, seven academics offer their advice on assessing your students