english translations of texts associated with arabic fiction remain largely unexplored from a sociological perspective. drawing on pierre bourdieu’s sociology, this paper aims to examine the genesis of arabic fiction translation into english as a socially situated activity. works of arabic fiction emerged in english translation in the early twentieth century. since then, this intellectual field...

In the intellectual marketplace, different theories of language compete among themselves vying for their niche. One effective way of achieving such a goal is by offering some distinctive feature that makes them stand out from the rest. Such a ’difference’ can rest on several grounds: for example, a specific methodology specially suited to the study of a particular linguistic level (e.g. morphol...

I am deeply conscious of the honour you have done me in inviting me to give this, the first Founders’ Lecture. I have no doubt that your choice was influenced by the fact that of the three surviving Founding Fathers-Sir Thomas Fairbank, Mr Arthur Rocyn Jones and myself-it fell to my lot to be the first Honorary Secretary of the young Association launched forty years ago. The story of the growth...

The recent development of child guidance clinics and behavior research centers presents students of human nature and social relations with new opportunities and new problems. The history of science seems to demonstrate that whenever a body of theoretical knowledge becomes oriented and useful with reference to a concrete human problem a period of rapid development ensues. The evidence for such a...

The Advantage of Experienced Start-Up Founders in Venture Capital Acquisition: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs Existing literature suggests that entrepreneurs with prior firm-founding experience have more skills and social connections than novice entrepreneurs. Such skills and social connections could give experienced founders some advantage in the process of raising venture capital. This pa...