Journalism
“Historians Reflect on Forces Reshaping Their Profession”
Digital humanities and public history took center stage at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, held in Chicago Jan. 5-8. Read More...“All They That Labored”
Generations of Protestant Christians have heard God speaking through the language of the King James Bible. Four hundred years after it was first published, in 1611, it still has an unrivalled reputation as a shaper of English prose, its phrases a lasting contribution to how we use the language….Yet the 50 or so learned men who labored in teams to create the King James Bible did not set out to create a literary masterpiece. They wanted to establish as direct a connection as they could to the original languages of the Old and New Testaments. And it’s not a miracle that this monumental exercise in translation-by-committee turned out as well as it did. By the time they set to work, in 1604, the King James translators had a hundred years of pioneering work on which to draw. They leaned heavily on texts and translations put together by theologians and linguists such as Erasmus and William Tyndale. Read More...“Boston College Must Release Oral-History Records, but Court Will Review Them First”
The British government wants some of the records of the Belfast Project, which collected oral histories from paramilitary members and others involved in the Irish Troubles. Read More...“Bowing to Pressure, Oxford U. Press Will Reprint Works at Center of Controversy in India”
The press says it will keep making available the Collected Essays of A.K. Ramanujan, among other works. Read More...“Questions Remain About Oxford U. Press’s Role in Indian-Essay Controversy”
Responding to a strong letter of protest from scholars worldwide, Oxford University Press said it hasn’t censored the work of the late Indian scholar, translator, and poet A.K. Ramanujan. But the general editor of the author’s Collected Essays, published by Oxford, said the press still must answer questions about its role in a court case involving one of Ramanujan’s essays and whether it intends to continue to publish the work. Read More...“Hot Type: A New Journal for Life Sciences Hopes to Lure Prestige”
Scientists in the lab and in the field are closest to cutting-edge research. But at top scientific journals, it’s professional editors who ultimately decide what gets published. A new journal scheduled to make its debut next year aims to change that by putting scientists in the editors’ chair. Read More...
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