Literature

“The UK STEM skills shortage is a well-documented phenomenon, costing employers £ 1.5bn per year in additional training costs, recruitment, temporary staff and inflated salaries.”1 Quality higher education is fundamental to closing this gap, but whether they are just starting a course or returning to study to continue their careers, …

image: Many of us experience the “meat paradox,” whereby we simultaneously care for animals such as these cows, but also consume them as meat. seen Following Credit: Doruk Yemenici via Unsplash While climate activist Greta Thunberg laments that animal products are “stealing” her future, humanity continues to consume meat. In …

Although Halloween only comes once a year, the thirst for vampire stories never seems to die out. This has helped UVic humanities professor Peter Golz pursue his own passion for studying these stories in film and literature for over 20 years. In doing so, he made Victoria home to one …

A screenshot from the 1962 film Chased by the Dogs, based on Naguib Mahfouz’s novel The Thief and the Dogs “Adaptation: from literature to cinema – stops along a common history” is the title launched at the beginning of the year by Al-Maraya for Cultural Production. This book of just …

African American literature is both a passion and a calling for Griffin, who is the first chair of the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia, as well as the director of his Institute for African American Studies. and English teacher. Her expertise is evident – sometimes …

By Nicholas Chan | Monday, October 25 at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT In Cindy Weinstein’s book Finding the Right Words: A History of Literature, Mourning, and the Brain, the author reflects on his father’s diagnosis of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, and how his love for writing and literature …

The fact that Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature is good news, especially since the Swedish Academy is historically known for its lack of diversity, as if intellectual creativity is largely confined to intellectual circles. westerners.It is premature to suggest that the Academy has finally …

Canada in the spotlight as guest of honor at the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair CANADA and FRANKFURT, GERMANY, October 19, 2021 / CNW / – All eyes are on Canada as our country takes center stage at the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair. The fair, which holds its opening ceremony today …

Your chances of ending up on a tropical island with your favorite writer are about to improve a notch. The Jaipur Literature Festival is set to head to the Maldives next year, with its galaxy of writers, artists and cultural taste makers. Considered the “greatest literary spectacle on Earth,” Jaipur …

Affectionately referred to as the first lady of Pashtun fiction, Zaitoon Bano – a popular voice on radio, a favorite face on television, and a word widely read in the press – passed away on September 14, after inspiring four generations of Paktun scholars. Born on June 18, 1938 in …