Academic DESTINATIONS
A Scholar's Own City
Alice Kaplan explores the far reaches of Paris.
- New rhythms and resources in the Paris suburbs
- Paris, When You Get There: Cafes, restaurants, hotels, and more
- Paris by bicycle?
Academic PASSIONS
Wading Into Literature
For James Barilla, fly-fishing is a way to temporarily escape concerns about human existence.
Academic CAUSES
'Learning From Below'
Gayatri Spivak calls the gap between middle-class schools and those for the poor "an absolute and accepted divide, the consolidation of continuing class apartheid" in India.
Academic INTELLIGENCE
Indulgences: Vegas, Yoga Toes, Elmore Leonard, and more
Favorites: Jazz albums, eating spots around the world, shrinks in films
Ask the Expert: Does Tenure Make Evolutionary Sense?
Frump & Circumstance: An interview with fashion guru Tim Gunn
Academic FINANCES
Making Do in Academe
The shrinking financial rewards of faculty jobs are putting a squeeze on some young professors, especially in areas where the cost of living is high-- and particularly when they aspire to keep up with their fellow professionals in other fields.
Academic CONVERSATION
'The Sensual Years'
What's a single woman over 50 to do about sex? Pepper Schwartz, a leading sociologist who teaches at the U. of Washington, answers her own question in her new book.
Academic TASTES
Wine and Weather
Antonio J. Busalacchi looks at what vineyards and their centuries of records say about global warming — and the future of wine-making.
'It Just Tastes Good'
Patrick Fields is an expert in all things chocolate and teaches an adult-education course on the subject.
Academic SPACES
Poetry for Sale
Ifeanyi Menkiti is the new owner of the Grolier Poetry Bookshop, an 80-year-old institution in Harvard Square..