Sentence examples for academic preoccupation from inspiring English sources

It has never mattered much what Johns's work is about, only that it be something that justifies reimagining what a painting is or might be — a galvanizing challenge to artists four and five decades ago, an academic preoccupation since then.

Because of his temperament and academic preoccupation, Abū Ḥanīfah took no direct part in court politics or power struggles, despite his obvious antipathy toward the Umayyads and ʿAbbāsids, the ruling dynasties of the time.

These tensions also make the tattoo ripe for academic preoccupations with the body, identity and gender.

Some labels reflect recent academic preoccupations with the body, in which sexuality is described as "constructed," and gender is "performed".

In some academic laboratories, a preoccupation with safety can even seem unprofessional; the most important thing is to get the work done.

Denials about torture no longer come only from the perpetrators seeking to conceal their crimes, but also from eminent politicians and academics for whom the global preoccupation with the threat of terrorism outweighs human rights obligations".

He writes: The pressing preoccupations of business, government, academic, non-governmental leaders – the "risks" that combine "high impact and high likelihood" – are: extreme weather events, failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation, water crises, severe income disparity, high unemployment, and fiscal crises in key economies.

Dr. Liu said he had felt hemmed in by outdated academic structures and the biotechnology industry's preoccupation with financial survival.

"He's dragged down the level of discourse for years and years," Professor Marshall Berman says... Jeffries had taught only introductory black studies in recent years, and even that seemed less an academic exercise than a tour of his preoccupations.

These games are available in stores and the program can be applied at home, which helps families set aside their preoccupations with their child's academic performance.

If collectors were largely ignored by academics in the past, they have been a preoccupation of novelists, filmmakers and journalists.