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The British Academy Soirée - Dr Kate Guthrie
Dr Kate Guthrie British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow University of Southampton

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Poking fun at power: political cartoonists and their enduring art form
23rd June 2016
Cartoons designed to ridicule leaders and their policies have been a feature of political life both in the UK and internationally for centuries. Dr Britta Martens explores the art form from a historical angle, focusing upon satirical portrayals of Napoleon III in the Victorian era, while leading cartoonist Gary Barker discusses contemporary cartooning, offering an insight into his creative process.

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Global Perspectives: America's role in the world - an election year appraisal
08th June 2016
In the second of the British Academy’s ‘global perspectives’ series, world renowned political scientist Joe Nye considers the concept of political power on the global stage. How does it work between countries and their leaders? What does it really mean to be a global power

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Dramatising democracy: Abraham Lincoln on screen
02nd June 2016
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).

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Professor Sir Jonathan Bate at The British Academy Soirée
Professor Sir Jonathan Bate Provost, Worcester College University of Oxford

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What Happens When No-one Wins? Pre-Election Event

29th April 2015

Given that every opinion poll now suggests the coming Election may again be indecisive, the British Academy is staging a special panel discussion to ask: What would an inconclusive General Election result mean for us all? What do the lessons of history teach us? Come and hear what expert political scientists and historians think and put your questions to them. Search The British Academy archives for a diverse selection of informative lectures by a broad range of speakers.

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Wealth in the Downturn: winners and losers

10th March 2015

We celebrated the launch of the report on the winners and losers of the 2008 recession. A distinguished panel looked at wealth and debt in the period since the recent recession and explored the findings of a the report uncovering who has really won and lost since 2008. Search The British Academy archives for a diverse selection of informative lectures by a broad range of speakers.

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UK General Election: 3 Weeks On
01st June 2015
What are the crucial lessons from the 2015 Election campaign and result? Why did the polls get it so wrong? And what does this mean for the wider politics of the UK, and especially for Scotland - now and in the future? Search The British Academy archives for a diverse selection of informative lectures by a broad range of speakers.

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Tackling Today's Terrorists: The challenges for national security
18th June 2015
Professor Richard Aldrich was in conversation with Sir David Omand as they discussed why counter-terrorism policies need to take account of how terrorist organisations adapt and innovate. This event reflected on how security practitioners' own actions were influenced by changes to jihadist and dissident republican terrorist practice. Search The British Academy archives for a diverse selection of informative lectures by a broad range of speakers.

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Enriching our lives - why the Humanities and Social Sciences matter now

03rd February 2015

What is the true nature of 'prosperity' in today's world? How does a world-leading centre of research and teaching excellence such as the LSE drive it forward? Search The British Academy archives for a diverse selection of informative lectures by a broad range of speakers.