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During the twentieth century, traditional concepts of objectivity and narratives of Western exceptionalism have been forcefully challenged. Does that mean that our relationship with the past and the content and purpose of history are now less self-evident than before? Search The British Academy archives for a diverse selection of informative lectures by a broad range of speakers.

Sculptor Justin Rowe explores his love of books in this mini-exhibition at the British Academy. In a digital age, when the printed word is ever threatened, Justin’s sculptures explore the importance of not just respecting literature for literature’s sake, but showing the tactile beauty of books as art and sculptures themselves. Search The British Academy archives for a diverse selection of informative lectures by a broad range of speakers.

At a time when universities are exploring new ways to maximise the impact of their research and connect themselves to the wider world in increasingly dynamic and unexpected ways, it appears that universities are also signalling a desire to bring the work of arts practitioners into the academy. Search The British Academy archives for a diverse selection of informative lectures by a broad range of speakers.

As part of our Dylan Thomas Centenary events, join us for an evening of five short talks on the theme of the power of the voice on radio. Search The British Academy archives for a diverse selection of informative lectures by a broad range of speakers.

To mark the centenary of the birth of Dylan Thomas, and in homage to Under Milk Wood, his lyrical evocation of home, fellow poet and playwright Glyn Maxwell writes of his own home-town, Welwyn Garden City, the utopian dream of Ebenezer Howard, on its one hundredth birthday in 2020. Search The British Academy archives for a diverse selection of informative lectures by a broad range of speakers.

Japanese Benshi Kataoka Ichiro discussed some of the issues surrounding screen translation in Japan with Professor Markus Nornes. Through a series of short films and extracts in English and Japanese, Professor Nornes and Kataoka Ichiro will illustrate the challenges of translating silent film, and how Benshi, as performers, were an important part of the film viewing experience in their own right. Search The British Academy archives for a diverse selection of informative lectures by a broad range of speakers.

Thomas Cromwell remains one of the most controversial characters of the Tudor age. Just as in his own time, he makes enthusiastic friends and bitter enemies. Author Hilary Mantel, actor Ben Miles, and historian Diarmaid MacCulloch explored and discussed this elusive but important Tudor. Search The British Academy archives for a diverse selection of informative lectures by a broad range of speakers.

How much artistic license can filmmakers take with ‘real’ characters? How do their decisions impact our perspectives? Film historian, Melvyn Stokes, explores these questions and more in a special introduction to a screening of Spielberg's Lincoln (2012).