Librarians need the knowledge and willpower to challenge decolonisation Identity politics’ 1960s progenitors had a level of nuance and erudition that today’s EDI activists would do well to emulate, says Martin Levy By Martin Levy 21 May
Diversifying reading lists should not be skin deep Diversity makes most sense if it is about authors’ viewpoints rather than their ethnic origins, says Martin Levy By Martin Levy 15 April
Now dig this! How UK academia got shook up in the Summer of Love At 1967’s Congress on the Dialectics of Liberation, radicals preached Black Power, existential psychiatry, free universities and more. Martin Levy reports on an event that was as much a happening as an academic conference By Martin Levy 3 August
Free and easy? DIY universities Martin Levy says Allen Krebs’ misadventures in the 1960s offer a cautionary tale for anyone thinking of setting up their own campus By Martin Levy 12 November