Looking to London: Stories of War, Escape and Asylum, by Cynthia Cockburn Emma Rees on a study of refugees’ remarkable transnational journeys in our post-Brexit, Trumpian world Emma Rees 10月 19日
Complicit Sisters: Gender and Women’s Issues across North-South Divides, by Sara de Jong A study of female NGO workers and the migrants they interact with examines the relationship in all its complexity, says Emma Rees Emma Rees 7月 27日
Fully Connected: Surviving and Thriving in an Age of Overload, by Julia Hobsbawm Book of the week: the digital deluge can harm our social health; Emma Rees commends a prescription to tackle it Emma Rees 3月 30日
Living a Feminist Life, by Sara Ahmed Book of the Week: Emma Rees praises an effort to show how to turn personal traumas into political resistance Emma Rees 2月 16日
Get Out of My Room! A History of Teen Bedrooms in America, by Jason Reid A study of adolescents’ spaces unlocks mysteries and nostalgia. Enter if you dare, says Emma Rees Emma Rees 1月 5日
Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination, by Jack Hamilton Emma Rees is happily lost in a Sixties’ soundscape but wonders why there are so few female artists Emma Rees 9月 22日
Reclaiming Feminism: Challenging Everyday Misogyny, by Miriam E. David Book of the week: Second-wave highs, Caitlin Moran and rape culture surface in a work of mixed genres, says Emma Rees Emma Rees 6月 30日
The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy Book of the week: Academics need to hit the brakes and work to change the system they’re in, says Emma Rees Emma Rees 5月 26日
A professor’s Boxing Day diary Emma Rees tackles work, the ultimate seasonal fun spoiler, and finalises her list of new year’s resolutions Emma Rees 12月 24日
Vulvanomics: how we talk about vaginas Emma Rees on language, taboos, and a word with an almost unparalleled power to shock Emma Rees 11月 2日
The Feminism of Uncertainty: A Gender Diary, by Ann Snitow Emma Rees lauds an essay collection that highlights the American scholar’s game-changing writing Emma Rees 9月 17日
SlutWalk: Feminism, Activism and Media, by Kaitlynn Mendes Emma Rees on the social networking origins of a 21st-century political movement Emma Rees 8月 20日
Eternal invigilation: my rise to power in exam-hall hell Unexpectedly in charge of a room of students fretting over the colour of answer booklets, Emma Rees ponders the potential price in dog lives Emma Rees 6月 25日
If I were v-c for a day... From tackling pay to decrees on sleep and email curfews, five scholars explain what they would do to improve the academy in 24 hours Stephen Curry 6月 11日
