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Polish-British Collaboration
Two scholars describe their experiences under the British Academy-Polish Academy of Sciences Agreement.
Sasanian Coins
Dr Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis has been involved in the re-organisation and cataloguing of the Sasanian coins of the National Museum of Iran since 1999. Together with the fine collection of Sasanian coins at the British Museum, Dr Curtis has access to 7000 coins altogether, which she intends to put on …
The Correspondence of Robert Boyle
The publication of ‘The Correspondence of Robert Boyle’ in six volumes in August 2001 represents the triumphant completion of the project – conceived in 1989 and adopted as a British Academy Research Project in 1996 – for an edition of all extant to and from the scientist, religious writer and …
Research Grants (BAR 6)
One of the most wide-reaching of the Academy’s activities is its awarding of research and conference grants. During the course of a year, the Grants Committee typically awards well over one thousand grants. Awards are given to support the individual research activities of scholars throughout the UK, both within the …
The Parsis of Bombay: their history and religion under British rule
Professor J R Hinnells has been visiting and researching Bombay Parsis since 1971. His current project - supported by a British Academy Larger Research Grant - is to write a history of the community and religion of Bombay Parsis.
Review of Research Support
Article about the report on ‘British Academy Support for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences’ (the product of a 1999-2000 review).
Review of Graduate Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (BAR)
Professor Robert Bennett FBA, Chairman of the British Academy's Graduate Studies Review Committee, reports on the main findings and recommendations of the Review.
The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo: a Catalogue Raisonne
In October 2001 the latest two of the five volumes from this series published to date were launched at a reception hosted by the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle. Henrietta McBurney describes the history of the Paper Museum, and the project to catalogue it.
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.
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