Linguist with a passion for bon mot is tipped for top

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Oxford University Press has singled out Richard Scholar, a French lecturer at Oriel College, Oxford, as the one-to-watch in the new academic writer field in 2006. Scholar's first book, "The Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi in Early Modern Europe: Encounters with a Certain Something", was published in October 2005 and is beginning to be noticed by the media while his second book, "Divided Cities", is due to be released in January 2006.

Product information, Product introduction, New Products/Services, Scholarly publishing, Interview, Works, Divided Cities (Nonfiction work), The Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi in Early Modern Europe: Encounters with a Certain Something (Nonfiction work), Scholar, Richard

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Human disaster elicits superhuman response that offers more than cash

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Durham University launched a Sri Lankan project in response to the 2004 tsunami which could become the template for future humanitarian aid. The Higher Education Funding Council for England will fund a 3-year pilot study allowing three Durham academics to teach at the University of Ruhuna and the British Council will pay for Ruhuna academics to visit Durham.

Foreign operations, Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, International politics, Colleges and universities, Sri Lanka, Universities and colleges, International relations

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Iced Bellini and a dip into the Apocrypha

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A number of academics provide lists of the books they will be reading during summer 2004 and the reasons they will be reading them. The academics involved include Ian Kershaw, Gary Day, Alan Macfarlane, Vernon Bogdanor, Brian Heap, Richard Evans, Bob Brecher, Tom Palaima, Susan Bassnett, Tim Birkhead, Gill Evans and Steven Rose.

Evaluation, Books

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