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Academics

July 2024

  • Composite image of author Jessie Tu and the cover of her book The Honeyeater

    Australian book reviews
    The Honeyeater by Jessie Tu review – this biting tale of backstabbing uber-egos will stay with you

    Tu’s second novel, charting a young translator’s messy relationship with a two-faced academic couple, brilliantly dissects power and whiteness
  • Headshot of Trevor Burnard smiling

    Tributes paid to historian lauded for work on Atlantic slavery

    Prof Trevor Burnard’s expertise helped lead to apology by the Scott Trust, owner of the Guardian, over links to trade

    • Academic journals are a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that

      Arash Abizadeh

    • Other lives
      Brian Thompson obituary

    • Other lives
      Steve Mills obituary

June 2024

  • Ronald Clements

    Other lives
    Ronald Clements obituary

    Other lives: Theologian, academic and author whose speciality was the study of the Old Testament
  • A young woman dressed in black walks through a ruined building.

    Israel has destroyed or damaged 80% of schools in Gaza. This is scholasticide

    Chandni Desai
    The attack on Palestinian education, educators and cultural knowledge isn’t new, but it has reached horrifying new levels
  • Jeremy Bentham’s skeleton and wax head is on display at UCL in London.

    ‘He had a sarcastic turn of phrase’: discovery of 1509 book sheds new light on ‘father of utilitarianism’

    Unearthed notes owned by the renowned philosopher Jeremy Bentham reveal the roots of his influential ethics

May 2024

  • Anna Allott

    Other lives
    Anna Allott obituary

    Other lives: Lecturer in the Burmese language who taught British diplomats and was involved in charity work with Aung San Suu Kyi
  • A passenger walks between a fountain and a Northwest Airlines Boeing 747 in Detroit<br>A passenger walks between a fountain and a Northwest Airlines Boeing 747 at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport February 2, 2006. Northwest Airlines is currently restructuring in bankruptcy. REUTERS/John Gress jumbo40

    I was detained at a US airport and asked about Israel and Gaza for 2 hours. Why?

    Ilan Pappé
    Border agents asked whether I believe Israel is committing genocide and what I think of popular protest slogans shortly after I landed in Detroit
  • Dennis Smith

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    Dennis Smith obituary

    Other lives: Sociology professor who explored how the dynamics of humiliation enter politics, relationships and war

April 2024

  • The philosopher Nick Bostrom in Oxford

    ‘Eugenics on steroids’: the toxic and contested legacy of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute

  • An overpass leading to an academic building with the words 'Universität zu Köln' lit up

    German university rescinds Jewish American’s job offer over pro-Palestinian letter

March 2024

  • Robin Okey

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    Robin Okey obituary

    Other lives: Leading specialist on east European history and on the culture of Welsh nationalism
  • British Cabinet Meeting at Downing Street<br>epa10410883 Britain's Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan leaves after a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, Britain, 17 January 2023. EPA/TOLGA AKMEN

    Michelle Donelan set to face more questions over taxpayer-funded £15,000 payout

    Cross-party group of peers expected to ask for more details about why minister made and withdrew claims about two academics

    • The Observer view: Michelle Donelan deserves to lose her job

    • Taxpayers foot the bill after academic’s libel action against UK minister

    • UK science minister apologises and pays damages after academic’s libel action

February 2024

  • Phillip Williams

    Other lives
    Phillip Williams obituary

  • Researcher using microscope in laboratory

    Science Weekly
    Mistakes, fakes and a giant rat penis: why are so many science papers being retracted?

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