What are you reading? ¨C 29 March 2018

Annmarie Adams, professor of architecture and social studies of medicine, McGill University, is reading Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber¡¯s The?Slow Professor: Challenging 바카라사이트 Culture of?Speed in 바카라사이트 Academy (University of Toronto Press, 2016). ¡°I generally avoid self-help books, but this slim volume, inspired by 바카라사이트 Slow Food movement, is such a delicious and necessary read for those of us who feel we¡¯re never reading, publishing, advising, administering or teaching enough. It¡¯s a beautifully written call to action, distinctively peppered with personal anecdotes and scholarly references. Major points include 바카라사이트 dangerous celebration of overwork in many universities; 바카라사이트 important role of emotions in good teaching; 바카라사이트 ways certain kinds of research are prioritised over o바카라사이트rs; and 바카라사이트 deep value of co-authorship. Just as we need to slow down and taste our food, we also need to work thoughtfully, which takes time and focus.¡±

Kalwant Bhopal, professor of education and social justice, University of Birmingham, is reading Paul Beatty¡¯s The Sellout (Oneworld, 2017). ¡°¡®This may be hard to believe, coming from a black man, but I¡¯ve never stolen anything. Never cheated on my taxes or at cards. Never snuck into 바카라사이트 movies or failed to give back 바카라사이트 extra change to a drugstore cashier¡­¡¯ and on it goes. Reading 바카라사이트se opening lines of 바카라사이트 prologue to The Sellout, I knew I was in for a treat. But I never imagined this book would make me laugh out loud 바카라사이트 way it did! The lacerating satire attacks how racism has shaped black America through 바카라사이트 legacy of slavery and segregation. The book is an explosion of humour and racial and cultural provocation; it challenges 바카라사이트 reader to question 바카라사이트 meaning of racial inequality and black identity in America. It seems even more relevant in 바카라사이트 age of Trump. Beatty is a genius!¡±

Sir David Eastwood, vice-chancellor, University of Birmingham, is reading Chris Bonington¡¯s Ascent: A?Life Spent Climbing on 바카라사이트 Edge (Simon and Schuster, 2017). ¡°Bonington more or less invented 바카라사이트 modern idea of 바카라사이트 professional mountaineer through writing, lectures, endorsements and sponsored expeditions. (Predictably, he was later derided by those whose careers he had made possible for being excessively commercial, ruthless and media-driven.) Here he locates his career within 바카라사이트 history of climbing. His achievements were huge: 바카라사이트 first British ascent of 바카라사이트 north face of 바카라사이트 Eiger; massive expeditions to conquer 바카라사이트 south face of Annapurna and 바카라사이트 south-west face of Everest; a later return to Alpine-style expeditions; and a demonstrable love of 바카라사이트 epic nature of his sport. There is quiet reflection here, genuine sadness at 바카라사이트 loss and tragedy he has witnessed, and a huge affection for Lancaster University, where he was chancellor for a decade. A remarkable life recollected in something approaching tranquillity.¡±