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The Evolutionary Anthropology of the Family
Professor Ruth Mace FBA argues that evolutionary influences on human family patterns cannot be ignored. This article is based on a paper given by Professor Mace at the June 2009 Darwin Conference, jointly organised by the British Academy, the Royal Society and the American Philosophical Society.
The Pendulum and the Pit: Changing Perceptions of the American Presidency
This is an extract from the Sarah Tryphena Phillips Lecture in American History delivered by Mr Godfrey Hodgson, on 26 October 1999 at the British Academy.
Indo-Iranian Languages and Peoples (BAR)
To mark the centenary of the birth of Sir Harold Walter Bailey FBA (1899–1996) a symposium was held at Brooklands House, Cambridge, on 16–18 December 1999.The symposium was planned by Professor Nicholas Sims-Williams FBA, with the sponsorship of the British Academy and the Ancient India and Iran Trust. Dr Elizabeth …
Military Operations in Cities
Dr Alice Hills, holder of a Thank-Offering to Britain Fellowship 2001-02, describes some of the findings of her recent research project on the theory and practice of military operations on urban terrain.
'Betweenness': The Lives of Latvian Women Migrants
Professor Linda McDowell, Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford, gives an account of her research into the experiences of Latvian women who came to Britain as economic migrants after the Second World War under schemes set up to import foreign labour.
Ethnic Minority Disadvantages in the Labour Market in Cross-National Perspectives
A conference was organised in November 2003 by the British Academy, the University of Oxford, and Oxford Brookes University, bringing together leading experts from a range of countries to compare the experiences of ethnic minorities. Dr Sin Yi Cheung and Professor Anthony Heath FBA describe the collaborative study that underpinned …
Anglo-Scottish Relations (BAR)
Professor Christopher Smout FBA, Historiographer Royal in Scotland, reflects on the relations between England and Scotland following the Union of the Crowns.
Not the Incas? Weaving Archaeology and Language into a Single New Prehistory
In September 2008, the British Academy sponsored a unique gathering of world specialists in the prehistory of the Andes. Dr Paul Heggarty and Dr David Beresford-Jones, the convenors and specialists respectively in the linguistics and archaeology of the region, discuss this test-case in how to converge the divergent perspectives of …
British Academy Centenary Monographs (BAR)
The British Academy is celebrating its Centenary in 2002. As part of the programme of events surrounding the Centenary, the Academy is publishing a series of major monographs to demonstrate the vitality of British scholarship at the start of a new millennium. The Academy’s Publications Secretary, Professor Fergus Millar FBA, …
The Society for Libyan Studies (BAR)
Professor David Mattingly, Chairman of the Society, describes some of its activities and achievements in recent months.
The 'other' in Italy
In June 2010, the British School at Rome held a conference on ‘Language, space and otherness in Italy since 1861’. The conference organiser, Professor David Forgacs, explains how defining ‘the other’ has helped shape the Italian identity.
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