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The British Academy Conferences

2025/26

Bringing together scholars from around the world to consider and evaluate new research in the humanities and social sciences

British Academy Conferences bring together scholars from around the world to present, discuss and consolidate new research in the humanities and social sciences. Held at the British Academy’s own premises in London, at venues across the UK, or online, these landmark occasions offer students, scholars and specialists a chance to expand their networks and learn about the latest developments in their field. The scheme includes a strand of British Academy / Wellcome Trust Conferences, designed to foster discussion and debate on health and wellbeing-related themes.

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British Academy Conference grants

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Proceedings of the British Academy

Edited collections of articles developed from British Academy Conferences are published by the British Academy, typically as volumes in the Proceedings of the British Academy series.

Past British Academy Conferences

Information about past British Academy Conferences, and the edited collections of articles arising from these conferences.

Future British Academy Conferences

Find out about forthcoming British Academy Conferences, including how to register.

12 - 13 Oct 2024 - London

Reinterpreting History and Memory: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

This conference will explore how history and memory is reflected through contemporary art in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), and art’s association with broader social and intellectual practices.

26 - 27 Oct 2024 - Oxford

Knowing the Vernacular: Critical Reflections and Future Directions

Vernacular architecture is rooted in community, place and tradition. This conference seeks to identify new areas of research and new ways of engaging with vernacular architecture; and to explore ways to make the knowledge embodied in vernacular traditions more widely available beyond academia.

4 - 5 Nov 2024 - Birmingham

Laughter and Medicine

Laughter is not always the 'best medicine'. Connecting knowledge across the disciplines, this conference will put practicing doctors in direct dialogue with researchers in the humanities to understand the social, diagnostic, therapeutic and physiological implications of laughter, inside and outside the clinic.

5 Nov 2024 - Sheffield

Prison Voices

This conference explores how the criminal justice system may silence the voices of those within it, how this constitutes an injustice, and why this is a particular concern within the prison system.

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