Durham’s ‘repositioning’ to create 300 academic jobs Vice-chancellor believes international scholars can be tempted away from the golden triangle and to the North of England By John Elmes 27 May
An Anthropology of Landscape: The Extraordinary in the Ordinary, by Christopher Tilley and Kate Cameron-Daum A corner of England makes its mark on those who leave foot, paw and hoof prints, writes Philip Hoare By Philip Hoare 25 May
A Perfect Mess: The Unlikely Ascendancy of American Higher Education, by David F. Labaree Book of the week: Howard Segal on an ‘appreciation’ of an unwieldy creature that is the envy of the world By Howard Segal 25 May
The Dawn of Christianity: People and Gods in a Time of Magic and Miracles, by Robert C. Knapp Robert A. Segal on an overview of religion in the Roman Empire that emphasises the similarities between three belief systems By Robert A. Segal 25 May
UK higher education has ‘shrugged its shoulders’ at race and gender discrimination Say Burgin says that universities lack the will to make the changes needed to tackle inequality By Say Burgin 20 May
Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination, by Robert Bickers Jonathan Mirsky on a complex history of a country struggling to regain control of itself By Jonathan Mirsky 18 May
Strange Bird: The Albatross Press and the Third Reich, by Michelle K. Troy Art, business and politics – the story of a disruptive publisher is far from dry, says Robert Eaglestone By Robert Eaglestone 18 May
How T. S. Eliot’s time as a university lecturer shaped his writing Ronald Schuchard looks at how Eliot’s time at the University of London shaped his work By Ronald Schuchard 15 May
American Girls in Red Russia: Chasing the Soviet Dream, by Julia Mickenberg Book of the week: Modern feminism can learn much from the women who visited revolutionary Russia, says Lara Douds By Lara Douds-Cook 11 May
Sold People: Traffickers and Family Life in North China, by Johanna S. Ransmeier A brilliant study examines the wide variety of markets for trafficked human beings, writes Jonathan Mirsky By Jonathan Mirsky 4 May
Global visa crackdowns herald era of ‘contested’ mobility Warnings that US and Australian policies threaten academic and student movement By Ellie Bothwell 27 April
London’s Triumph: Merchant Adventurers and the Tudor City, by Stephen Alford Book of the week: The rise in London’s trading fortunes owed much to foreign visitors, finds Lucy Wooding By Lucy Wooding 27 April
The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers, by Elizabeth Cobbs June Purvis on the female pioneers on the frontline in the war to end all wars By June Purvis 20 April
Homo Sovieticus: Brain Waves, Mind Control, and Telepathic Destiny, by Wladimir Velminski Politics takes centre stage in a study of research on the edge of the paranormal, says Yvonne Howell By Yvonne Howell 13 April
Right to remain in UK ‘jeopardised’ by research abroad US academic highlights risks for internationally mobile foreign scholars looking to settle in UK By Ellie Bothwell 13 April
Decolonising the African mind, one step at a time Mahmood Mamdani describes the rationale behind his pioneering research institute in Uganda By Matthew Reisz 8 April
Left-Wing Melancholia: Marxism, History and Memory, by Enzo Traverso A wide-ranging study is triumphant in plumbing the depths of socialist despair, says Fred Inglis By Fred Inglis 23 March
The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century, by Walter Scheidel History would suggest that only violent means lead to less inequality, says Victoria Bateman By Victoria Bateman 9 March
Claretta: Mussolini’s Last Lover, by R. J. B. Bosworth The life of Il Duce’s inamorata sheds light on Italian politics and society, writes Neil Gregor By Neil Gregor 2 March
The Locomotive Of War: Money, Empire, Power and Guilt, by Peter Clarke Book of the week: A history of famous liberals shows how global conflict shaped them and us, writes A. W. Purdue By A.W. Purdue 2 March
Stop defending the humanities Traditional defences of the discipline are based on unsound reasoning, writes James Nikopoulos By James Nikopoulos 25 February
Why? Explaining the Holocaust, by Peter Hayes Beware the beginning is one lesson to take from a vital and timely study, says Robert Eaglestone By Robert Eaglestone 23 February
A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women’s Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870, by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Thousands of details from forgotten lives of domesticity enrich this first-rate history, writes Deborah D. Rogers By Deborah D. Rogers 23 February
Cape Town professor seeks to reclaim black intellectual tradition Xolela Mangcu argues that more attention to race would benefit both black and white students By Matthew Reisz 16 February
The Rhinoceros and the Megatherium: An Essay in Natural History, by Juan Pimentel Images of two beasts carried ideas about science and communication, says Simon Underdown By Simon Underdown 9 February
Seeking Imperialism’s Embrace: National Identity, Decolonization and Assimilation in the French Caribbean, by Kristen Stromberg Childers Olivette Otele on a timely reappraisal of the decision by some French territories to remain in the republic By Olivette Otele 9 February
The Political Orchestra: The Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics during the Third Reich, by Fritz Trümpi Neil Gregor on the various types of orchestral life under the Nazis By Neil Gregor 9 February
Tim Rooth, 1939-2017 A leading authority on international trade negotiations has died By Matthew Reisz 9 February
Mad-Doctors in the Dock: Defending the Diagnosis, 1760-1913, by Joel Peter Eigen Sarah Wise on how the insanity plea developed in English law and why ‘homicidal mania’ became acceptable to experts By Sarah Wise 8 February
Teaching history of Palestinian conflict benefits from new tool Website provides vital documentation for studying Palestinian political history and its place within wider anti-colonial struggles By Matthew Reisz 7 February
Heartthrobs: A History of Women and Desire, by Carol Dyhouse Book of the week: The perennial female fantasy of man embodies a host of contradictory types, says Laura Frost By Laura Frost 2 February
Royal Archives opened up to shed light on George III New digital resource for researchers will illuminate Georgian life from American independence to astronomy By Matthew Reisz 28 January
Stories without Borders: The Berlin Wall and the Making of a Global Iconic Event, by Julia Sonnevend Ulrike Zitzlsperger on how international media coverage of the end of a physical divide shaped the narrative and the meaning of the event By Ulrike Zitzlsperger 26 January
Silent Partners: Women as Public Investors during Britain’s Financial Revolution, 1690-1750, by Amy M. Froide Far from passive responders to capitalism, women were involved from the start, Victoria Bateman says By Victoria Bateman 26 January
Joyce Appleby, 1929-2016 A leading authority on early American history has died By Matthew Reisz 19 January
Mother of Mercy, Bane of the Jews: Devotion to the Virgin Mary in Anglo-Norman England, by Kati Ihnat Anti-Semitism was a key pillar of the carefully built cult of Marian worship, says Rachel Moss By Rachel Moss 12 January
Harmful and Undesirable: Book Censorship in Nazi Germany, by Guenter Lewy From the first fires to other forms of prohibition, a first-rate study charts a complex history, says Robert Gellately By Robert Gellately 5 January
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 By Emma Rees 5 January
Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee, by John Bew Britain got sober patriotism, purpose and more from its post-war leader, says Gordon Marsden By Gordon Marsden 15 December
The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age, by Wendy Gamber The tale of a shocking killing falls short as true crime and as social history, says Sharon Wheeler By Sharon Wheeler 1 December
British Women of the Eastern Front: War, Writing and Experience in Serbia and Russia, 1914-20, by Angela K. Smith June Purvis on an engaging study of the doughty pioneers who swapped Edwardian life for the front line By June Purvis 24 November
A Very Queer Family Indeed: Sex, Religion and the Bensons in Victorian Britain, by Simon Goldhill All the spoken and unspoken desires in one household are unveiled in a study of their prolific, and introspective, writings, says Jane Shaw By Jane Shaw 24 November
Searching for Lord Haw-Haw: The Political Lives of William Joyce, by Colin Holmes A.W. Purdue on the man whose narcissism led to his becoming a mouthpiece for the Nazis By A.W. Purdue 17 November
Freud: In His Time and Ours, by Élisabeth Roudinesco Book of the week: New sources yield fresh insights and oversights by the father of psychoanalysis, says Janet Sayers By Janet Sayers 10 November
This is what US scholars are doing on election night 2016 US scholars reveal how they will spend the night as arguably the most divisive election battle in recent history nears its conclusion 7 November
Rebel Crossings: New Women, Free Lovers, and Radicals in Britain and the United States, by Sheila Rowbotham Clare Griffiths on a study that recovers the complexities of the lives of six individuals who lived their principles By Clare Griffiths 3 November
A Fiery and Furious People: A History of Violence in England, by James Sharpe National brutality has taken many twists and turns but domestic savagery endures, finds Dick Hobbs By Dick Hobbs 27 October
How the Wise Men Got to Chelm: The Life and Times of a Yiddish Folk Tradition, by Ruth von Bernuth William Kolbrener on a study of the tales that centre on a place that is both a real Polish city and an imaginary realm By William Kolbrener 27 October
Red Ellen: The Life of Ellen Wilkinson, Socialist, Feminist, Internationalist, by Laura Beers Clare Griffiths on a study of the whirlwind life of the flame-haired Labour minister By Clare Griffiths 20 October
Harvard most likely university for US presidents But research shows Yale University graduates are most productive in Congress By Ellie Bothwell 18 October
Portrait of a Woman in Silk: Hidden Histories of the British Atlantic World, by Zara Anishanslin Helen Berry on the socio-economic and political drivers behind consumer culture in colonial America By Helen Berry 6 October
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America, by Nancy Isenberg Catherine Clinton on the legacy of a marginalised group in a supposedly class-free society By Catherine Clinton 6 October
The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End, 1917-1923, by Robert Gerwarth A. W. Purdue on the suffering of populations of multi-ethnic empires in the years after the Great War By A.W. Purdue 29 September
Crusoe’s Island: A Rich and Curious History of Pirates, Castaways and Madness, by Andrew Lambert Tales of marooned mariners helped Britain to see itself as a global power, A. W. Purdue hears By A.W. Purdue 22 September
Holocaust: An American Understanding, by Deborah E. Lipstadt This survey covers the main trends in Holocaust studies but it would have benefited from a more international scope, says Neil Gregor By Neil Gregor 1 September
Germaine de Staël: A Political Portrait, by Biancamaria Fontana Carla Hesse on a lively study examining the French thinker’s first intellectual passion By Carla Hesse 1 September
Alison Winter, 1965-2016 An ‘infectiously brilliant’ intellectual historian has died By Matthew Reisz 25 August
The Long, Long Life of Trees, by Fiona Stafford Book of the week: Fred Inglis delights in a grafting of art, lore and literature that logs our lives with natural wonders By Fred Inglis 18 August
Fumo: Italy’s Love Affair with the Cigarette, by Carl Ipsen R. J. B. Bosworth traces the state’s long involvement in the production and sale of tobacco to its citizens By Richard Bosworth 18 August
