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Discussing what Prime Ministers are for

On 13 October 2014, Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield FBA, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of London, delivered the first British Academy Lecture in Politics and Government, on ‘What are Prime Ministers for?’ The following article contains edited extracts from the question and answer session that …

Thoughtfulness and the Rule of Law

Text of British Academy Law Lecture, by Professor Jeremy Waldron FBA, read 1 February 2011.

Celebrating women in the humanities and social sciences

For just over a century, International Women’s Day has celebrated women and their achievements. Professor Pat Thane FBA and Professor Lisa Tickner FBA, who both participated in a British Academy event to mark International Women’s Day on 8 March 2012, honour the female figures in the humanities and social sciences …

Mario Vargas Llosa, in conversation

Mario Vargas Llosa in conversation with Professor Efraín Kristal and Professor Michael Wood FBA on 6 June 2012.

'Nudge' and beyond: behavioural science and public policy

The British Academy Policy Centre conference on ‘Nudge and beyond: Behavioural science, public policy and knowing what works’ was held on 14 June 2012.

Scholarship and international relations

The British Academy welcomed the Rt Hon William Hague MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to an event on 16 October 2012. Mr Hague spoke to an audience of ambassadors, Foreign and Commonwealth Office staff, and leading academics on the different kinds of expertise necessary to maximise …

How did we become unprepared? Emergency and resilience in an uncertain world

Mark Duffield is Professor Emeritus, Global Insecurities Centre, University of Bristol. He is currently heading a research project on risk management among aid agencies working in the challenging environments of Southern Sudan and Afghanistan. A panel discussion on ‘How did we become unprepared? Emergency and resilience in an uncertain world’ …

Editorial, British Academy Review, Summer 2016

Welcome to this new look issue of the British Academy Review.

Phantasmagoria

Marina Warner has always been interested in the ways the borders between real and imaginary worlds have been breached and blurred. On 11 May 2011, she discussed how the impalpable has been seen or embodied in different eras, cultures and art forms. The following is an edited extract from her …

A Humanist's Conversation with the 20th Century (Isaiah Berlin, 1909-1997)

On 6 June 2009, Wolfson College, Oxford held a day of celebrations to mark the centenary of the birth of Isaiah Berlin, the eminent philosopher who had played such an important part in its foundation. As part of the occasion, Dr James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress, delivered the …

Language diversity, endangerment, and public awareness

Text of the British Academy Lecture, delivered by Professor David Crystal FBA, on 23 February 2011.

Medieval British philosophers

The British Academy series ‘Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi’ (‘Medieval British Authors’) is making available texts and translations that demonstrate Britain’s rich medieval philosophical heritage. The series Director, Professor John Marenbon FBA, explains why it is so important that such works should be edited and published today.

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