Veiled might of the harem
Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World - Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500-1800
Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World - Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500-1800
Brussels, 24 Mar 2004 A survey by Harris Interactive has found that 49 per cent of mobile phone users in six of the EU's Member States are not interested in 3G, contradicting previous claims that...
Brussels, 13 Apr 2005 Laboratories around the world have been destroying a potentially deadly influenza sample sent to them accidentally in testing kits. The samples of Asian flu, which killed over...
India could replace China as the number one target of UK universities recruiting overseas students, new figures suggest. While the previously booming recruitment market in China has suffered a sharp...
Foreign students in the US could be barred from using some types of laboratory equipment or even setting foot in certain parts of research laboratories if two US government proposals aimed at...
Multicultural Politics
At a House of Commons ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Affairs Committee on immigration control in May, Gwyn Prosser, MP, told fellow members that while Leeds University had received some 2,500 applications from Nigerians, and...
Keekok Lee and Mary Searle-Chatterjee ask if women should be allowed to cover up in class An international bank asks you to write a reference for a student in your seminar group. You hesitate. Her...
Brussels, 07 Nov 2005 Recognising that scientific research has 'not lived up to its full potential in addressing some of society's most pressing concerns', the International Council for Science (ICSU...
Brussels, 04 Nov 2005 Concerned that the long timescale of particle physics experiments and the complexity of associated research programmes are delaying the advancement of particle physics, the...
Brussels, 03 Nov 2005 A meeting between representatives from 20 countries on climate change closed with participants agreeing that new technologies are key to slowing the process, and pledging to...
Half of the world's most densely populated cities are located in areas vulnerable to earth-quakes - and there is a very good reason why. James Jackson explains It has already been a bad century for...
Professor's anger and sadness as victims helped One of the consultants treating victims of the London bomb blasts spoke of the anger felt by medical teams as they dealt with the injuries. Professor...
Mad about the Mekong