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Lady Ridley's Hospital for Officers at 10 Carlton House Terrace

During 2014, the British Academy is holding a number of events to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The building that the Academy now occupies played its own significant part in the history of the War – as revealed here by the Academy’s archivist, Karen …

The medieval Welsh poetry associated with Owain Glyndwr

The 2010 Sir John Rhys Memorial Lecture formed part of the British Academy’s ‘Medieval Week’, hosted by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In this extract, Professor Gruffydd Aled Williams starts by describing how two medieval Welsh poets celebrated Owain Glyndwr’s less peaceful visit to Scotland.

Propaganda in the Mongol 'World History'

The 2010 Aspects of Art Lecture formed part of the British Academy’s ‘Medieval Week’, hosted by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Professor Robert Hillenbrand FBA discussed an extraordinary medieval manuscript held in Edinburgh University Library.

Anthropology is not ethnography (British Academy Review)

Professor Tim Ingold FBA gave the 2007 Radcliffe-Brown Lecture in Social Anthropology. In these edited extracts from his lecture, he reveals the differing views on what anthropology and ethnography are, and recalls some of the heated past debates about these differences.

After 2015: Development and its alternatives (British Academy Review)

The convenor of a British Academy Conference held in September 2014 reports on a timely discussion of the effectiveness of global development targets. Dr Clive Gabay is Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary, University of London.

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’ …

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