Academic DESTINATIONS

A Scholar's Own City

Alice Kaplan explores the far reaches of Paris.

Slideshow: Photographs of Paris by Patrick Zachman

Academic PASSIONS

Wading Into Literature

For James Barilla, fly-fishing is a way to temporarily escape concerns about human existence.

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Henry Jenkins III (Photograph by Stu Rosner)

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.

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Academic INTELLIGENCE

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..