Work!: A Queer History of Modeling, by Elspeth H. Brown Shahidha Bari on an original telling of 20th-century culture that poses questions around race, gender and authenticity Shahidha Bari 5月 2日
Fray: Art and Textile Politics, by Julia Bryan-Wilson Shahidha Bari on an idiosyncratic book that attempts to understand the politics of textile culture Shahidha Bari 4月 19日
Cultural soldiers mass in the academic ranks Their emphasis on cultivating understanding makes universities natural homes for those at war with their societies, says Shahidha Bari Shahidha Bari 2月 22日
Urbanization and English Romantic Poetry, by Stephen Tedeschi How did mushrooming cities influence verse and vice versa? Shahidha Bari on a bold study Shahidha Bari 1月 11日
Who can resist the pleasure of Schadenfreude? Academic disputes can be acrimonious and unedifying, but victory is always sweet, says Shahidha Bari Shahidha Bari 11月 23日
The curse of the living deadline The necessity of regular publication curbs the freedom that can make scholarly work original and important, says Shahidha Bari Shahidha Bari 9月 28日
Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion, and Disease Book of the week: Shahidha Bari enjoys a study of how tuberculosis influenced notions of attractiveness and breeding Shahidha Bari 9月 28日
Swept up in scholarly symposia It's surprising how enjoyable a trip on the conference carousel can be Shahidha Bari 7月 27日
The Making of Jane Austen, by Devoney Looser Shahidha Bari follows the historical trail to see how the author of Pride and Prejudice became the celebrity figure we know today Shahidha Bari 6月 29日
Smash the academic idols Academics can acquire cult-like followings, but our goal should not be self-aggrandisement but the advancement of others, says Shahidha Bari Shahidha Bari 6月 15日
Psyche on the Skin: A History of Self-Harm, by Sarah Chaney Shahidha Bari finds much to admire in a detailed exploration of self-injury through the ages Shahidha Bari 3月 30日
John Cleese’s headmaster is no role model for academics While learning to work quickly is a useful life skill, a greater gift to students is permitting unhurried excursions and digressions, says Shahidha Bari Shahidha Bari 3月 23日
Marvellous Thieves: Secret Authors of the Arabian Nights, by Paolo Lemos Horta Shahidha Bari on a rich account of all the voices that shaped and reshaped the Arabian Nights Shahidha Bari 2月 2日
Still working on a positive attitude Has scholarly pessimism helped fuel anti-expert rhetoric? Panglossian we are not, but when hope fails, there’s humour, says Shahidha Bari Shahidha Bari 2月 2日
Marriage as a Fine Art, by Julia Kristeva and Philippe Sollers Book of the week: The scrutiny to which two intellectuals submit their relationship fascinates Shahidha Bari Shahidha Bari 12月 15日
Life Breaks In (A Mood Almanack), by Mary Cappello Shahidha Bari on an idiosyncratic and tantalising inward-looking exercise in soulful diary-keeping Shahidha Bari 12月 1日
Trump is the very definition of ‘vulgar’ The word can mean many things – most of which apply to The Donald. Shahidha Bari muses on how the terms of discourse reflect our age Shahidha Bari 11月 3日
Everyday Stories, by Rachel Bowlby This study reminds us of the radicalism of bringing the quotidian into art, writes Shahidha Bari Shahidha Bari 8月 18日
The Olympics are here: let’s sing the body electric The Games remind cerebral sorts that the brain resides in an amazing physical vessel, Shahidha Bari writes Shahidha Bari 8月 18日
EU referendum: universities’ values will remain, whatever the outcome Martin McQuillan and Shahidha Bari consider the Brexit debate and the higher education sector’s role in it Martin McQuillan 6月 23日
CVs of failure in academia do not tell the whole story Being open about failure is one thing, but we must also look at how we define success, says Shahidha Bari Shahidha Bari 5月 19日
Botticelli Reimagined: what will Venus do next? The impulse to make things relevant is not always facile, says Shahidha Bari Shahidha Bari 4月 14日
Lean in? Leaning out could improve early career academics’ lot Shahidha Bari on Sheryl Sandberg, sex discrimination and university exploitation Shahidha Bari 3月 3日
The Love of Strangers: What Six Muslim Students Learned in Jane Austen’s London, by Nile Green Persian migrants’ tales illuminate the attitudes and culture of Regency era, says Shahidha Bari Shahidha Bari 1月 21日
