Persian spiritual pain
Rumi, Past and Present, East and West
Rumi, Past and Present, East and West
What erotic imaginings have harems induced in the West? Ruth Yeazell takes a peep. Orientalism is in vogue among academics, sparked by the work of Edward Said, among others. But long before this, the...
You do not have to be a full-time academic working under the auspices of an institute to publish serious works of research. John Davies spoke to authors who have forged a reputation and made a good...
Should heads of universities be appointed or elected? Harriet Swain finds the UK and Europe do things very differently All in favour: should heads of UK institutions be asked to add electoral skills...
France has belatedly started a determined campaign to catch up with its "Anglo-Saxon" competitors in the international market of higher education, setting out to entice foreign students, particularly...
Roger Iredale is correct - the British Council has been put in an impossible position by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. There are real conflicts of interest. The council needs to plan how to...
Women students who cover their heads in conformity with Muslim religion have been barred from their end-of-year exams at Istanbul University. Security guards attempted forcibly to remove the students...
The latest edition of the Grove music dictionary contains much more on pop and non-western music as well as an online version. Hugh Wood assesses the traditional parts, while Christopher Wood...
European Journal of Social Theory
Sir Joshua Reynolds - The Letters of Thomas Gainsborough - The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds
John Davies focuses on radio and television programmes likely to be of use to THES readers. (All times pm unless stated.) Pick of the week October is Black History Month and Channel 4 is doing its...
In less than a decade the UK graduation rate has risen from under 20 per cent to 35 per cent. David Jobbins reports on new figures that reflect the expansion of British higher education and its...
FRIDAY December 29 Brendel in Performance (12.05 BBC2). Alfred Brendel playing Schubert, Haydn and Mozart. » Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (12.05 C4). Fourth of Kevin Warwick’s five lectures...
Women's Writing on the First World War - War Plays by Women - Lines of Fire - Women Writers of the First World War
University of Bristol DLit: Basil Davidson, veteran anti-apartheid campaigner, author and historian University of Aberdeen LLD: Marianne Bastid-Bruguiere, professor and director of research at the...