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How to train a mulla: Seminaries in Shi'ite Islam

Robert Gleave is Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Exeter. He is the Director of the ‘Clerical Authority in Shi’i Islam’ project.

Re-imagining policing post-austerity

Andrew Millie is Professor of Criminology, Edge Hill University, and Dr Karen Bullock is a Lecturer in Criminology, University of Surrey. A conference on ‘Policing in a time of contraction and constraint: Re-imagining the role and function of contemporary policing’ was held at the British Academy on 27 September 2011.

Al-Qaeda since 9/11

Dr Alia Brahimi is a Research Fellow in the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit at the London School of Economics. This article is an updated version of Dr Brahimi’s remarks for a symposium on ‘9/11: Ten Years On’, hosted by the British Academy on 2 September 2011.

The heritages of the modern Greeks

Peter Mackridge is Professor Emeritus of Modern Greek at the University of Oxford and a visiting professor at King’s College London. This was one of three lectures given at the British Academy on 18-20 October 2011 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the British School at Athens.

Prizing the past for the present and the future (BAR)

On 1 June 2011, Professor David Lowenthal FBA and Sir Simon Jenkins, Chairman of the National Trust, discussed why stewarding the past benefits the present and the future, and how we can protect, enliven, and enhance our heritage.

Ian Diamond: interview

Ian Diamond on making the most of data, and the need to develop – and celebrate – skills.

David Cannadine: interview

David Cannadine on the appeal of the 19th century, on writing contemporary lives, and on becoming the British Academy’s ‘Brexit President’.

On geese, gold and eggs

Editorial (British Academy Review, Autumn 2017)

Nationalism and the History of Ideas

Professor John Breuilly summarises his Elie Kedourie Memorial Lecture, delivered on 27 May 1999 at the British Academy.

Macbeth and the Third Person

An extract from the Shakespeare Lecture, delivered by Dr Adrian Poole, on 21 April 1999 at the British Academy.

Two Political Poems

Marvell’s ‘Horatian Ode’ and Yeats’ ‘No Second Troy’. An extract from the Warton Lecture on English Poetry delivered by Professor A.D. Nuttall FBA, on 13 April 1999 at the British Academy.

Wallace Stevens: Hypotheses and Contradictions (BAR)

This extract is taken from the Warton Lecture in English Poetry, delivered by Professor Helen Vendler, on 17 May 2000.

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