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28 Jul 2011: Dr Lucy Delap. Throughout the 20th century, domestic service had a compelling presence in British economic, social and cultural life. ... Marigold rubber gloves that kept middle class hands soft and free of the smell of dirty dish water.

28 Jun 2011: The offspring of children born this year will arrive at university-age in the middle of the 21.

2 Nov 2011: It was a strange feeling, almost like walking down the middle of the street, naked, vulnerable, unarmoured, without crutches. ... But one freezing January day I resolved to put to the test what Roland Barthes called the “degree zero” of writing.

7 Sep 2011: In our society, children are inescapably disempowered: they lack economic resources, political voice, social status, and must in every situation submit to rules imposed on them by adults.

30 Mar 2011: During the Middle Ages, the region had flourishing links with China, India, South-East Asia, Persia and Arabia. ... economic. Yet its message goes further still: “The poem is both inside and outside time,” Simala writes.

17 Mar 2011: European Memory Studies, GreenBRIDGE (sustainable architecture), the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Network, and the Science, Technology and Bio-Social Studies Forum. ... Personhood and Paperwork in and after the Soviet Union; and, topical today, New

11 Mar 2011: Regional and comparative politics figure strongly, with particular strengths on Europe, Russia, parts of the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and South East Asia. ... International and comparative political economy is another active area, and is

27 Jun 2011: In the austere economic climate (not least in Greece itself), and amid growing concerns about the environmental impact of trade and commerce, he believes that luxury should not simply be associated ... power. The Middle Ages saw a series of

24 Dec 2011: Spending time with women and their families gives me insights into the daily economies and relations that underpin social and economic transformations. ... Sarah's fieldwork in Ecuador was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council.

15 Sep 2011: worked in lower-middle-class suburban villas, or served in shops and pubs. ... After a brief dip in numbers during the First World War, the economic depression of the 1920s and 1930s forced more women back into service, aided by hostile government