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President's Notes (BAR 2)
Notes by Sir Tony Wrigley, President of the British Academy, for the July-December 1999 issue of the [British Academy] Review.
Graduate Studies Review (BAR)
Earlier this year (2000), the Council of the Academy decided to instigate an enquiry into graduate studies in the UK.
Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire (BAR)
An international colloquium held at the Academy at the end of September 2000 commemorated a remarkable academic enterprise lasting over fifty years, and recognised over thirty years of direct Academy support. Professor Averil Cameron FBA, Chairman of the PBE Project Committee, reflects on the past and recent achievements of prosopographical …
Turkey and the West: Whatever went wrong?
David Logan offers an explanation of a complicated and evolving relationship
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
Roman sculpture from London and the South-East (BAR 25)
Article by Penny Coombe on the Roman sculpture from London and South-East England, which would form part of the latest British contribution to the international Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani – a definitive catalogue of the sculpture of the Roman Empire.
A 'Professor of Electoral Engineering': An election campaign in West Bengal
A new British Academy publication looks at ‘Diversity and Change in Modern India’, drawing on economic, social and political approaches. In her contribution to the volume, Dr Mukulika Banerjee provides an ethnography of an election campaign in West Bengal, based on a study of the elections won by the Left …
Mexico City's Metro (a voyage to the end of the squeeze)
Mexico City is a city of contrasts, of change and tradition, which has long captured the imagination of chroniclers and poets alike. The British Academy and the Mexican Embassy to the UK organised an event to celebrate this diversity, tracing the history of the city from its pre-Columbian origins to …
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