The 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction has just been awarded to Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad (Random House, 2016), a novel set in pre-Civil … Read more
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August edition of The Reasoner now available
The Reasoner is our monthly digest highlighting exciting new research on reasoning, inference and method in the broadest meaning of the terms. The latest issue, August 2017, … Read more
Richard King publishes major work: Religion, Theory, Critique
Richard King, Professor of Buddhist and Asian Studies and Head of the Department of Religious Studies, has just published a major edited collection entitled Religion, … Read more
Simon Elliott publishes on Roman military history
Dr Simon Elliott, who completed his PhD in the Department of Classical & Archaeological Studies, has just published his second historical book, Empire State: How the Roman Military Built … Read more
New Leverhulme-funded project on mindfulness
The Leverhulme Trust has just awarded a research grant for a project entitled ‘Beyond Personal Wellbeing: Mapping the Social Production of Mindfulness in England and … Read more
Anna Katharina Schaffner on Radio 4
Dr Anna Katharina Schaffner, Reader in Comparative Literature and Medical Humanities in the Department of Comparative Literature, will be on Thinking Aloud on BBC Radio … Read more
Lois Lee asks does religious unbelief exist?
Dr Lois Lee, Research Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies and Director of the Understanding Unbelief research programme, has given an online lecture entitled … Read more
David Hornsby in Education Today
Dr David Hornsby, Senior Lecturer in French and the Head of English Language & Linguistics, has written an article for the latest issue of Education Today … Read more
Congratulations to Jessica Frazier
On 1 October 2017, Dr Jessica Frazier will be promoted to Senior Lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies. Our congratulations to Jessica on her well-earned … Read more
Simon Elliott wins book of the year award
We are delighted to announce that Dr Simon Elliott, who recently completed his PhD in the Department of Classical & Archaeological Studies, has just been … Read more