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Contesting #stopIslam: Tensions around hate speech on social media

Elizabeth Poole, Ed de Quincey and Eva Giraud explore the dynamics of a racist hashtag following the Brussels terrorist attack.

The fragile future of the Cypriot Greek language in the UK

Petros Karatsareas reveals the difficulties faced by heritage language speakers in London’s Greek Cypriot diaspora.

America’s forgotten empire

Antony Hopkins reminds us that for half a century the United States was a truly ‘imperial’ power.

Up front (British Academy Review, Summer 2018)

Welcome to this issue of the British Academy Review.

Agriculture in the Fertile Crescent, from the deep past to the modern conflict

Jennie Bradbury and Philip Proudfoot reveal how agriculture is at the heart of both strife and heritage in Syria.

Optimism bias and climate change

Geoffrey Beattie explains why climate change messages are not getting through.

Mary S. Morgan: interview

Mary S. Morgan on the curious uses of models, facts and narratives.

Refining the chemical attraction of humanities scholarship

Mary Beard argues that it is time to stop searching for the eureka moment.

A new age of enlightenment?

Alun Evans, Chief Executive of the British Academy, considers the highlights of 2017-18, and looks ahead.

The British Academy and civilisation(s) - past, present, future

David Cannadine, President of the British Academy, unearths the deep roots of the Academy’s new vision.

The origins of a British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem

A ‘From the Archive’ article.

Cities and infrastructures: A view from Kathmandu

Caroline Knowles leads us through a city experiencing radical change.

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