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Ben Pimlott

In this extract from one of the 16 obituaries in the latest Biographical Memoirs volume, Professor Peter Hennessy FBA discusses historian Ben Pimlott’s roles as biographer of the Queen and adviser to government.

Islam and Muslims in the UK

In March 2010, the British Academy hosted a conference on ‘Islamic Studies in Europe’. One of the speakers, Dr Tahir Abbas, analyses the place of Islam and Muslims in British society.

Toleration, Past and Present

The concept of ‘toleration’ has been the subject of two meetings organised by the British Academy. Two participants, Dr Jon Parkin and Dr Timothy Stanton, challenge our complacent assumption that increasing toleration is a historical inevitability.

The Good Friday Agreement, Ten Years On

On 5 November 2008, the Institute of Irish Studies at Liverpool University hosted a panel discussion, in partnership with the British Academy. The panel brought together key players who had brokered the 1998 Agreement, with others who are currently involved in the long-term process of cementing peace by facilitating reconciliation. …

Editorial, British Academy Review, Summer 2017

Welcome to this Summer 2017 issue of the British Academy Review.

Moving ideas: The British School at Rome, 2009-2017

Christopher Smith reveals how the movement of people and ideas across the centuries has been studied through the work of the BSR.

The birth of Brazilian Amazonian cultures

Mark Harris looks back to the 17th century to find the origins of societies along the Amazon.

Paul Langford's polite and commercial Englishmen

This extract from Paul Slack’s extended obituary of Paul Langford (1945–2015) discusses his two books that redefined 18th-century England.

A vibrant, cosmopolitan and competitive research community

The British Academy’s Chief Executive, Alun Evans, picks out some highlights of the year 2016–17.

Hermione Lee: interview

Hermione Lee talks about enthusing readers, and bad behaviour in biography.

Understanding and changing: Care in enquiry and seriousness about values

Nicholas Stern reflects on his four years as President of the British Academy.

A compassionate transition to sustainability

Tim O’Riordan and his colleagues in the Learned Society of Wales present the case for a much more compassionate approach in the transitions to a sustainable society co-operating with a resilient Planet Earth

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