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Stanford Professor of Japanese literature Steven Carter has published a new book on the early history of haiku. (Photo by L.A. Cicero) From advertising to TV shows, haiku is everywhere. A Stanford author discusses its collaborative beginnings - half a millennium before New Age haiku icon Bashō was born.

Godfried Croenen, a Senior Lecturer in French Historical Studies in the School of Cultures, Languages & Area Studies , will become a Lester J Cappon Visiting Fellow at the Newberry Library in Chicago during August.

The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, has received two grants from the U.S. National Park Service to expand its efforts documenting the World War II era experiences of Japanese Americans.

Laurence Scott has been named as an academic media commentator and broadcaster of the future today.

As of today (Monday, June 20), much of the University of California, Berkeley's vast language resources is accessible, free of charge, to anyone with Internet access via the new California Language A

A display of contemporary women's art, from the New Hall Art Collection, has gone on loan to Cambridge University Library. 'Celebrating 25 years of contemporary women's art: the New Hall Art Collection' is on display in the Library's Entrance Hall and brings together an eclectic mix of offerings. The works will remain on show at the University Library until the end of the year, as part of the Library's effort to [encourage a sense of creativity as well as academic industry in the Library environment.

By Melissa Beattie-Moss Research/Penn State Reflecting on his 1879 sojourn in France, Mark Twain - our most quintessentially American writer - quipped, "In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.

The Bodleian Libraries, with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, have acquired the archive of former Conservative Prime Minister, Sir Edward Heath (1916-2005).

It is already the world's biggest arts festival, but with 2542 events this year's Edinburgh Fringe is the biggest yet.

Comments about a product online can make or break a sale. But who are the people behind the reviews and why do they do it?

AUSTIN, Texas — American science fiction writer Bruce Sterling has donated a collection of materials to the Harry Ransom Center , a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.

PA 185/11 It's about as far from a traditional classroom as you can get — a giant maze-like structure that fashions itself on a curious hybrid of fairground ride, carnival sideshow, encyclopaedia, art installation and celebration.

A book is more than just a good read nowadays - it's evolved into a sophisticated art form, sometimes with videos, shadow puppets or vinyl LPs.

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PA151/11 A new chair at The University of Nottingham will make it one of the UK's leading centres for the study of Judaism — thanks to the generosity of donors.