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Book of the week: Second-wave highs, Caitlin Moran and rape culture surface in a work of mixed genres, says Emma Rees

A study probing the state of a discipline raises the alarm on scholars selling out, says Martin Cohen

Jane Shaw on a brilliant study of independent churches in the US

Ivor Gaber welcomes a work that gives overdue attention to the risks that members of the press and those who help them too often face

Six authors have been plucked from the crowd to discuss a topic few want to face, says Sunny Singh

Optimism and realism vie in a study telling us where we are, where we’re going and how best to get there, says Jon Turney

Stephen Halliday on a rogue whose smart manner helped him to profit in a deferential era

Willy Maley on the many ways of interpreting that thin strip of water between England and France

Shelley King on a comprehensive tour of magical worlds

The idea of barriers to work being benefits leaves Robert Eaglestone wondering if he missed the joke

New course in historical research follows decision to cut undergraduate fees a year early

Do changes to degree courses reflect a more pluralistic society or are they driven by a desire for more radical approaches?

Is the subject’s amalgam of a wide range of subject matter and methodologies a strength or a weakness? Five scholars have their say

Getting politicians to learn the lessons of history can sometimes require an indirect approach, Queen Mary event hears

In giving short shrift to the production of modern interpretations, classicists consign their work to narrow academic circles, says Emma Gee

Modern languages needs to become a broader interdisciplinary field unbound by national limits, argues Charles Burdett

Countries like Singapore are turning to broad-based education just as the US turns away from it, says Trisha Craig

Matthew Reisz talks to creative writers and artists about what it is like to be the subject of commentaries and theories

As 14 February approaches, Tim Worth looks at a couple of choice Collinses and remembers what Georgian ladies had to put up with

Scholars in the field have been challenged to move beyond literary theory and take on some of the most difficult questions of our times

Heated debate and hours of staff time are worth it if students get the courses they need, says Charles Bailyn

Researchers are finding powerful ways of resurrecting the elusive emotions of previous eras

We talk to the artist and academic about black artists’ vital role in Modernism and how to bring this to the attention of the public

Mike Marinetto thinks such a shift viable, while literary scholar Lennard Davis recounts his struggles to stick to the facts

Big data, Google Books and the Ngram database are wonderful aids to today’s intellectual problems, argues Frank Furedi

Simon Blackburn, Mariana Alessandri and John Kaag on why reports of Socrates’ impending demise are greatly exaggerated

I had assumed stories about campus political correctness might be overblown. But the experience of my friend is an example of how deeply it permeates universities

New publishing model aims to make research accessible to all without charging authors

Survey also finds that women do more work with the general public than male researchers

Unexpected creation of a ‘Global Challenges Research Fund’ means that if they want more money, academics may have to contribute to international development

AHRC-funded festival flags up an astonishing variety of collaborative projects

‘Don’t claim you are changing the world if only four people are reading your article’, says new chair in public understanding of the humanities

University reaches out to its local community through dramatised performances in the city graveyard

A ‘genuinely public historian’ and charismatic lecturer has died

Institution’s School of Media, Arts and Design is 25 this year. Its current dean takes ̽»¨ÊÓƵ through the reasons behind its success

A new digital tool reveals exactly who was close to whom in the age of the Tudors and Stuarts

Further cuts to modern languages departments have raised concerns about increasing elitism

From the battle against Ebola to climate change strategy, research insights from a wide range of disciplines are proving invaluable, says Mark Walport

Chris Parr reports as the philosopher talks of big plans for his fledgling institution

Do the socially conservative societies of Asia stifle creativity, or is this a myth created by a complacent West? asks Jack Grove

Art and architecture scholars make clear what we can still learn from history

We talk to the Liverpool Hope lecturer who featured in the finale of This Is England ’90

Noted art historian David Freedberg is keen to shake up the Bloomsbury institute that has been described as the ‘world’s weirdest library’

£20,000 essay-writing competition shortlist features two UK scholars

Five contributors recall friendships and encounters with preeminent scientists, writers and philosophers

Universities to scale back liberal arts and social science courses

Sir Adrian Smith on what he feels is the institution’s undeserved reputation for fustiness

Does Woody Allen’s Irrational Man succeed in bringing big ideas to the big screen? Benjamin Poore gives his verdict

Event at the University of Hertfordshire breaks new ground in examining the undead

We talk to the AHRC chief executive as he prepares to move to the School of Advanced Study

Alun Evans highlights need to ‘be careful not to discriminate against the young’ in facing up to the challenges of diversity 

We talk to the new chancellor of the University of Westminster

Don’t let the sneering scare you; the medium is the best fit for some projects, argues Richard Sugg

Study praised founder of now defunct charity, Camila Batmanghelidjh, for ‘beauty and profound truth’ of her message

What price will we pay for taking the humanities for granted? asks Christopher Bigsby

Understanding the reading brain can help academics and students improve, says Yellowlees Douglas

Reaction to TES list – as chosen by teachers – is mixed

Dame Carol Ann Duffy among the 65 names announced

REF case studies used to create a map of knowledge connections between fields

Even centuries ago, student misconduct and violence vexed townspeople and authorities. The behaviour, says one scholar, highlights negative stereotypes and socio-political tensions