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Saturday at the British Academy Virtual Summer Showcase

20 June 2020, from 11:00

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Welcome to the British Academy Virtual Summer Showcase.

Featuring live and pre-recorded talks, performances and demonstrations, our Summer Showcase brings the best new humanities and social sciences research to life for audiences at home.

The programme for Saturday 20 June can be found below. Ready-to-watch content from our Fellows and funded researchers is now available to view on our YouTube channel.

You can also view the content from Friday’s festival here.

If you have any questions about the British Academy Virtual Summer Showcase please refer to our Public Events FAQs. If your question is not answered, please email [email protected].

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Live programme

Live at 11:00: America first and American fascism

In this 10-Minute Talk, Sarah Churchwell offers a brief history of "America First" and answers the perennial question of American fascism: can it happen here?

Ready-to-watch programme

Take a tour of my collection: vintage typewriters

My research in three minutes: what can we learn from the histories of charities in Britain?

Did you know… a seventh-century Northumbrian king was a popular saint in medieval Germany?

How to… make Arabic coffee

My research in three minutes: how can music move you?

How can poetry bring communities together? Poetry readings by Duduzile Ndlovu

Did you know… that the words we use can reveal a lot about our world view?

Did you know… that some everyday Irish words have their origins outside Ireland?

How to… make Scottish macaroons

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