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The British Academy Summer Showcase 2021

14-19 June 2021

Programme

Join us this June as we throw open our virtual doors for the annual British Academy Summer Showcase, a free festival of ideas for curious minds. Featuring online talks, discussions and demonstrations plus self-guided audio walks, our week-long Summer Showcase brings the best new humanities and social sciences research to life. From early modern fortune-telling to the hidden histories of British hip-hop, we have something for everyone. Meet the brightest minds in history, psychology, sociology and more, and enjoy eclectic content designed to educate and inspire.

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Catch up on

Leaders in SHAPE: Simon Baron-Cohen

Stitching remembrance: the War Widows’ Quilt

Why history? Britain’s regional hip-hop pioneers

Listen to the experts! Migrant women matter

10-Minute Talks: Writing the history of the British Academy

Sleep and the brain. What does light have to do with it?

Can the past foretell your future?

Medieval potions and modern lotions

Cows eat grass, don’t they?

Picturing politics, framing parliament

We can be heroes: classical stories for wellbeing today

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