Charles Burnett, professor of the history of Islamic influences in Europe at the Warburg Institute, has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The honour recognises his contribution to the knowledge of the transmission of Arabic sciences and philosophy into the medieval Latin tradition. Professor Burnett has devoted his academic life to documenting, editing and translating scientific and philosophical texts that were translated into Latin in the Middle Ages, especially those that were originally written in Arabic.

Some of the UK’s leading media and legal experts will put the European Union’s ‘fake news’ report under the spotlight at a special seminar at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) in London this month (30 April). Entitled ‘ EU report on fake news and online disinformation: policy, law and media responses ’, it will examine the media, law and policy implications of the EU report, ‘A Multidimensional Approach to Disinformation’, which has been given new impetus by the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Black Tudors: The Untold Story by Dr Miranda Kaufmann, senior research fellow at the School of Advanced Study’s Institute of Commonwealth Studies ( ICWS ), has been shortlisted for the prestigious Wolfson History Prize 2018. Established in 1972, the annual prize recognises and rewards the best historical writing produced in the UK. Each shortlisted author receives £4,000. The winner will be revealed at a reception at Claridge’s, London, on 4 June and will receive a prize of £40,000.

Dr David Docherty OBE, chief executive officer of the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) and chair of the Digital Television Group, has been named an Honorary Fellow of the School of Advanced Study (SAS), University of London. He will join the School in May for a term of five years.