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The impact of Moses Finley
Robin Osborne explains how the most widely known 20th-century ancient historian made his mark
Pursuing power in Europe, 1815-1914
Richard J. Evans talks about his book ‘The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815–1914’, in conversation with Ruth Harris
Measuring sticks
David Hand explains to the British Academy Review how measurement touches on almost every aspect of the modern world
On the trail of Lenin
Catherine Merridale, author of ‘Lenin on the Train’, describes how she re-enacted his momentous journey of 1917
A long look at the Russian Revolution
Steve Smith talks to the British Academy Review about his new book, ‘Russia in Revolution: An Empire in Crisis, 1890–1928’
The immediacy of a remote past: The afterlife of Widukind in the Third Reich
Dr Peter Lambert and Professor Björn Weiler – both of the Department of History & Welsh History at Aberystwyth University – were joint organisers of the British Academy Conference on ‘Uses of the Past in Past Societies: A Global Perspective’, held at the British Academy on 11-12 June 2013. The …
Democratic Reform in International Perspective
Professor Richard Rose FBA introduces a series of seminars, established to open up the discussion of reform.
The Evolution of Cultural Entities (BAR)
A two-day interdisciplinary meeting was held at the British Academy in April on ‘The Evolution of Cultural Entities’. Sponsored jointly by the Academy and the Epistemology Group, it was planned by Professor Margaret A. Boden FBA and Professor John Ziman FRS. Professor M.A. Boden FBA reviews the event.
White Masculinity: Jan Smuts, Race and the South African War (BAR)
In his lifetime, Jan Christiaan Smuts (1870–1950) was not only widely recognised as an exceptional scholar, soldier and scientist, but was also South Africa’s outstanding white statesman. For all his international achievements, however, he was incapable of anything but the rankest opportunism in relation to South Africa’s racial problems. In …
Beowulf and Perception (BAR)
Professor Michael Lapidge FBA delivered the Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture at the British Academy on 12 December 2000. His theme was the narrative and intellectual sophistication of the Beowulf poet, and in this extract he introduces one of the elements in his argument.
Nicopolis ad Istrum
Dr Andrew Poulter, of the University of Nottingham is the British Director of a joint British-Bulgarian project at the site of Nicopolis. He describes the recent investigations and considers their significance for understanding the development of city life in late antiquity.
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