In 2003 the British Academy selected ‘Lucy to Language’ as its Centenary Research Project. Professor Robin Dunbar FBA, Co-Director of the Project, reports on the first phase of the research programme to unpack what it means to be human.
Wells Cathedral contains one of the most substantial collections of medieval stained glass in England. In 2004 the British Academy published, in a handsome two-volume set, the first fully illustrated study of this exceptional glass. It forms the next part of the British contribution to the international Corpus Vitrearum Medii …
Dr Emma Griffin held a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 2001 to 2004, during which she studied the history of popular sports and recreations in the long eighteenth century. Here, she illustrates one aspect of her research.
Ethnomusicologist and former British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Rachel Harris spent long periods of fieldwork in Xinjiang, in the remote desert region of Chinese Central Asia, listening and learning about the music of the Sibe, descendants of Qing dynasty military garrisons. In this edited extract from her book, ‘Singing the …
Join our mailing list to explore the ideas and impact of the British Academy. Get updates on research, funding, policy, international collaborations, and events that bring the humanities and social sciences to life.