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Stanford English Professor Denise Gigante examines the life of John Keats through the lens of his relationship with his American immigrant brother.

The 1995 terrorist atrocity on the Tokyo Subway which killed thirteen people has led to a worrying erosion of religious freedom in Japan, according to one of Britain's leading scholars in Japanese studies.

Professor Samir Okasha and Professor Ken Binmore in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bristol have been awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant worth £960,928 for their project Darwinism and the Theory of Rational Choice. The aim of the research project is to explore the relationship between Darwinian evolution and the theory of rational choice, from an overarching philosophical perspective.

Scientists from the Computer Laboratory at Cambridge University have designed a method to improve privacy control in the Android apps market. The method reaches a balance between the need for developer's revenue and the need for user's privacy. We've developed a method that can control how much personal information is released to advertisers depending on the revenue that a developer receives.

Why are the UC San Diego name and logo prominently displayed across one of the most famous walls in Florence?

The official crews for The 2012 Xchanging Boat Race were announced today at Forman's Fish Island, just a stone's throw from the London 2012 Olympic Stadium.

Throughout history, clothes and the messages they convey have been a powerful part of our identity.

The representation of sport in visual culture is the subject of a new collection of essays, edited by art historian Mike O'Mahony of the University of Bristol and Professor Mike Huggins of the University of Cumbria.

A public lecture at Cambridge University today (March 2) will explore the role of storytelling in narratives that address global history.

Peter Novick, a University of Chicago historian whose specialty was the study of history itself, or historiography, died Feb.

The University of Manchester's Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation (iSEI), established in 2008, is to join the Faculty of Life Sciences (FLS) from August.

More than 60 years after the fact, the story of Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's 1949 visit to Cornell has been retold in greater detail than ever before by two Cornell professors in a recent joint paper that also stresses the importance of details in narratives.

The Right Reverend Antje Jackelén, Bishop of Lund in Sweden, will preach the Hulsean Sermon in Great St Mary's, the University Church, on Sunday 4 March, at 11.15 a.m. Jackelén was born in Germany and studied there and in Sweden.

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Danelle van Zyl-Hermann, a Gates scholar with an interest in the emotional history of South Africa, explains why the study of society's sentiments can unlock a better understanding of the past.

With a total of ten nominations including best picture, French silent film The Artist could well sweep the board at this weekend's Academy Awards.

A Cambridge academic's research into the final days of the Old English Poor Law has thrown up some remarkable parallels to today's welfare state - and casts new light on the 'benefits system' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

In order to achieve a more sustainable society we need not only knowledge of engineering and social sciences, but also visions of a different future.

In 2004, the University of California, San Diego Libraries acquired one of the region's most significant archives-the papers of Chicano activist Herman Baca- documenting the struggles and achievements of the Chicano Movement in San Diego from 1964 to 2006.

A leading international thinker in the field of gender and cultural studies, Professor Sara Ahmed , will feature in a Sydney Ideas panel this week that will explore the topic 'Why Gender Matters'.

Historians Aron Rodrigue and Sarah Abrevaya Stein bring the history of Ottoman Jews to life in a text published by Stanford University Press.

Senior academic Professor James Conroy, Professor of Religious and Philisophical Education will be taking part in a major debate on the place of "Faith in Schools" at Wednesday 22 February 2012, 5.30-7pm at 61 Whitehall.

Paul Fairchild, University of Oxford, to give a public seminar tomorrow, 21 February, discussing this topical issue.

When and how do animals 'become' dangerous? In Australia, neither sharks nor spiders were considered serious hazards to human life until almost 100 years ago and we've been trying to quantify, control and exterminate these beasts ever since.

Santorum is surging in the polls, Romney is having a hard time relating to voters and there's a real possibility the GOP could have no nominee by the time the convention rolls around, says political scientist Morris Fiorina.

" What is it? This is an oil painting of a pineapple grown in Sir Matthew Decker's garden in Richmond, Surrey.

Sussex builds up expertise in modern history of the Middle East The University of Sussex is set to develop its research base in modern Middle Eastern history, with plans for two new lectureships sitting alongside an upcoming professorial appointment.

Genes may travel from plant to plant to fuel evolution Evolutionary biologists at the University of Sheffield and Brown University have documented for the first time that plants pass genes from plant to plant to fuel their evolutionary development. The evolution of plants and animals generally has been thought to occur through the passing of genes from parent to offspring and genetic modifications that happen along the way.

L.S. Alexander Gumby may be one of the most influential historians of early 20th century African American life in New York—even though he never wrote a traditional volume of history.

Artist and historian Ximena Briceño has found that the twists, weaves and intricacies of finely-crafted filigree objects are every bit as complex as the art form's history. By MARTYN PEARCE. The fine art of filigree is just that - fine. Its delicately entwined silver wires have patterns and an intricacy more familiar in the natural world of vines and twines than the man-made world of silver jewellery.

UCLA has received a $1-million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program on the Conservation of Archeological and Ethnographic

Tomorrow Cambridge historian Ulinka Rublack will give a public talk that will set footwear at the centre of her argument that in neglecting to explore the history of things we miss a golden opportunity to further our understanding of the past.

With the help of one of the planet's oldest marine organisms, an ANU scientist is revealing the natural environment's true history. By LUCY WEDLOCK. She may have grown up in Africa's land-locked Republic of Uganda, but Aimée Komugabe has always felt the inescapable pull of the ocean tide. But it wasn't until after finishing school, when Komugabe was living in another land-locked country, Austria, that the siren call of the deep blue sea became irresistible.

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (02/10/2012) —"As Regents are aware, on January 16, 2012 Regent Steve Sviggum announced that he had accepted employment as Director and Executive Assistant for the Minnesota Senate Majority Caucus.

Professor Richard Bauckham, Senior Scholar at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, discusses the theologian Jürgen Moltmann.

Internationally renowned artist, Mohammed Ali will be working in partnership with the University of Birmingham's department of Theology and Religion and unemployed young men in Bromford, east Birming

A key advisor to the Russian President has analysed the country's prospects in a University lecture.

In the beginning there was creationism. Now we have young Earth creationism, intelligent design and creationism interpreted through the lens of other world religions.

Two Saturday evening shows to highlight work by U of M student designers MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (02/09/2012) —"Twelve," the 44th annual University of Minnesota Senior Fashion Show, will take place on Saturday, Feb.

Benefactors boost Middle East studies at Sussex with funding for research in Israeli history A new Chair in Modern Israel Studies has been created at the University of Sussex, with generous support from major philanthropists.

The way people think about life in the ancient Middle East is largely based on the pictures, paintings and images they see in books and museums.

A film series explores the dynamic relationship between the cinema and the profound social impact of the automobile during the 20th century.