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The Evolutionary Roots of Culture
At a recent assembly of the Académie Royale des Sciences de Belgique, Professor Andrew Whiten FBA FRSE received the Delwart International Scientific Prize for 2001. The $10,000 prize is awarded every four years for a study linking ethology and cultural anthropology. Here he offers an overview of this interdisciplinary enterprise.
Trust and Democratic Transition in Post-Communist Europe (BAR)
One of the first British Academy International Symposia was ‘Trust as a pre-condition to communication, social thinking and social practices during democratic transition in post-communist Europe’. It took place in the British Academy on 13-15 September 2001 and was organised on behalf of the Academy by Professor Ivana Marková FBA. …
Terracotta Female Figurines and Goddesses in Early Israelite Religion
Dr P R S Moorey FBA delivered three Schweich Lectures on 30 November and 1 December 2001 at the British Academy. His theme was the relevance of terracotta imagery to understanding the beliefs of ordinary people in Canaan, broadly the area covered by modern Israel and Palestine, from c.1650 to …
Islam in Europe: Culture War or Religious Toleration?
Jytte Klausen, is a Professor Professor at Brandeis University. Her book, ‘The Islamic Challenge: Politics and Religion in Western Europe’, is published in English by Oxford University Press. Professor Klausen held a British Academy Visiting Professorship at Nuffield College, Oxford in autumn 2004.
Archimedes and Company
Dr William Noel, Curator of Manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, discusses the project to retrieve the unique classical texts in the ‘Archimedes Palimpsest’ – a manuscript that contains treasures undiscovered for centuries.
Should We Notice Researchers Outside the University?
Ruth Finnegan FBA is Emeritus Professor and Visiting Research Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University. Her edited volume ‘Participating in the Knowledge Society: Researchers Beyond the University Walls’ was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2005.
Culture and Identity Politics
Professor Adam Kuper FBA discusses the history of ideas about culture, and their significance in debates about identity in Europe today.
Educational Standards (BAR)
In October 1998 the British Academy invited a number of distinguished academics and researchers to present papers at a one-day symposium designed to bring together a number of perspectives on the issue of educational standards. The resulting publication, ‘Educational Standards’, is the first serious attempt to bring together such a …
The British Academy's Africa Panel (BAR)
Professor Robin Law, Chairman of the Africa Panel, describes the establishment and current work of the Panel.
Vaccination: A Case Study in Risk Policy
A meeting on ‘Risk, Democratic Citizenship and Public Policy’ was organised jointly by the British Academy and the Academy of Medical Sciences. The conference brought together researchers to examine the issues that arise in the making of public policy decisions on questions of risk and safety, and to present the …
Ancient Pottery on the Web
Professor Donna Kurtz, Beazley Archivist and Professor of Classical Art at the University of Oxford, describes the digitisation of Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, the oldest research project of the Union Académique Internationale.
In brief (BAR 9)
Short notices on: British Academy Book Prize 2004; Medals and Prizes 2005; ‘That full complement of riches’: the contributions of the arts, humanities and social sciences to the nation’s wealth; E-resources for research in the humanities and social sciences.
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