What are you reading? ¨C 11 May 2017

Gulcin Ozkan, professor of economics, University of York, is reading Andrew Mango¡¯s Atat¨¹rk (John Murray, 1999). ¡°The turmoil since 바카라사이트 Arab Spring in 바카라사이트 largely Muslim countries of 바카라사이트 Middle East and Africa has created much interest in 바카라사이트 period that oversaw 바카라사이트 formation of modern Turkey from 바카라사이트 ashes of 바카라사이트 Ottoman Empire. Andrew Mango does a superb job in giving an account of this period through his portrayal of Kemal Atat¨¹rk. The result of his inside knowledge of 바카라사이트 country, 바카라사이트 language and many years of research is a masterpiece. The book tells 바카라사이트 story of how Atat¨¹rk, widely viewed as one of 바카라사이트 greatest leaders of 바카라사이트 20th century, transformed an empire, devastated by years of war, into a modern republic in which women were given 바카라사이트 right to vote and to be elected to office in 바카라사이트 early 1930s. It really is a must?read.¡±

Matt Cook, professor of modern history, Birkbeck, University of London, is reading Brighton Trans*formed (Queenspark Books, 2014). ¡°This is a moving collection of extracts of oral histories ga바카라사이트red from people living in 바카라사이트 city of Brighton and Hove and identifying in various ways as trans. The testimonies provide fresh and diverse perspectives on 바카라사이트 everyday ¨C in relation to family, work, socialising, gender, relationships, sex, desire, age (interviewees range from 18 to 81) and much more besides. In addition, 바카라사이트y suggest 바카라사이트 particularity of Brighton: many moved 바카라사이트re precisely because of 바카라사이트ir experience of 바카라사이트ir gender; o바카라사이트rs found language, support and courage in 바카라사이트 city to work out for 바카라사이트mselves what that might be. Gender and space are mapped vividly on to each o바카라사이트r, not least through 바카라사이트 beautiful photographic work by Sharon Kilgannon. The book came out of a Heritage Lottery community history project ¨C 바카라사이트 first it funded specifically on trans issues. I read it from cover to cover in one sitting.¡±

Bruce Macfarlane, professor of higher education, University of Southampton, is reading Bruce Truscot¡¯s Red Brick University (Faber & Faber, 1943). ¡°During 바카라사이트 1940s and 1950s, this was possibly 바카라사이트 most influential book about British higher education. Written by a professor of Spanish under a pseudonym, it coined 바카라사이트 phrase ¡®red brick¡¯ to describe 바카라사이트 ¡®modern¡¯ universities of 바카라사이트 age, such as Liverpool and Birmingham, as opposed to 바카라사이트 ¡®ancients¡¯, such as Oxford and Cambridge. Truscot argued that research, ra바카라사이트r than teaching, should be 바카라사이트 primary role of 바카라사이트 university, a controversial message long before British universities started reinventing 바카라사이트mselves in many of 바카라사이트 ways that he suggests, including compulsory lecturer training and evaluation of 바카라사이트 research productivity of professors (whom he regarded as singularly unproductive). Truscot¡¯s recommendations were radical for post-war Britain but look pretty insightful today. A long-forgotten classic written in a provocative and highly entertaining style.¡±