Michael James Grenfell is Chair of Education and Head of School at the University of Stirling, UK. He has also held Chairs at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland and the University of Southampton, UK. He is the author of several research articles and books including: "Pierre Bourdieu: Agent Provocateur" (2004); "Art Rules: Bourdieu and the Visual Arts" (with C. Hardy, 2007); "Bourdieu, Language and Linguistics" (2011); "Language, Ethnography and Education "(2012); and "Bourdieu: Key Concepts" (2012).