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'Field Notes'
Author discusses his new book on the evolution of Middle East studies in specific and area studies more broadly.
Opinion
Close Encounters of the Skeptical Kind
Scott McLemee reviews Michael Shermer's new book, Skeptic, in which the author debunks Atlantis, Bigfoot and a host of other pseudoscientific topics, as well as explaining and reflecting on real scientific developments.
'Academic Diary'
Author discusses his new book about why higher education still matters.
Opinion
Pretty Poison
Scott McLemee reviews a new book that examines the long literary and political history of a femme fatale that embodies two aspects of Eden: the beguiling female and the deceiving reptile, merged, literally, into one.
Opinion
Students, Keep Your Books
Paul T. Corrigan urges professors to educate their students about how the value and power of textbooks can endure long after graduation.
Opinion
Feeling the Spirit
Scott McLemee ruminates on the memoir of Barbara Ehrenreich, who, while more or less an agnostic, undergoes what sounds like the sort of crisis described by saints and mystics.
Opening Up the Repository
U of Florida connects its institutional repository to Elsevier's ScienceDirect platform to try to increase the visibility of the university's intellectual work.
Opinion
Culture Gulch
Scott McLemee reviews Terry Eagleton's new book, Culture, which unpacks the concept in its title.