History

Awarded annually for over forty years, the Wolfson History Prize has become synonymous with the UK’s best historical writing. Professor Rana Mitter is joined by all six authors shortlisted for this year’s Prize for a debate about writing history and an insight into each of their books.

At this special event, authors shortlisted for Britain’s foremost history prize will be discussing their books – and the importance of history – with Rana Mitter FBA, presenter of Free Thinking on BBC Radio 3.

In 1204, in the face of a French invasion, King John of England was obliged to abandon his lands in northern France. After 150 years of Anglo-Norman government, England was severed from Normandy. What were the effects, on both sides of the Channel?

The British Academy opens its doors for Open House London 2016.

Four speakers will address the following questions: what were the hopes and fears of migrants in ancient Italy and how did they differ from those of migrants in more recent history? What were their motivations and how did they hope to be identified and remembered in both life and death?

All about Concrete: from the Pantheon to the Present, is the second in the BSR’s series of interdisciplinary research study days in the UK on the historicity of materials and the work of the BSR.

The British Academy joins forces with Buxton International Festival creating the Perspectives series, curated by Peter Hennessy FBA. Reviving the spirit of the revolutionary Georgian Coffee House, the series will explore the issues of our age with some of Britain's foremost thinkers and commentators.