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The Life of Learning (BAR)

In the fifth British Academy Lecture, delivered on 20 November 2001, Past President of the British Academy Sir Keith Thomas FBA considered the historical role of scholarship in national life. In this edited extract, he describes some of the public and personal imperatives that ruled the life of learning in …

'To count for nothing': Poverty beyond the statistics

Full text of article by Ruth Lister posted to Journal of the British Academy, volume 3, pp. 139-165.

The transnational study of Italian culture and the ghosts of empire

Full text of article by Charles Burdett posted to the Journal of the British Academy, volume 10, pp. 1-20.

Storylistening: a case study in how to include the humanities in evidence provided for public reasoning

Full text of article by Sarah Dillon and Claire Craig posted to the Journal of the British Academy, volume 10, pp. 21-28.

From ‘commodity currencies’ to COVID loans: Africa and global inequality, past and present

Full text of article by Toby Green posted to the Journal of the British Academy, volume 10, pp. 39-54.

Tracking the history of words: changing perspectives, changing research

Full text of article by Philip Durkin posted to the Journal of the British Academy, volume 10, pp. 67-91.

Facing the challenge of digital sustainability as humanities researchers

Full text of article by Joanna Tucker posted to the Journal of the British Academy, volume 10, pp. 93-120.

The rise of 'no religion' in Britain: The emergence of a new cultural majority

Full text of article by Linda Woodhead posted to Journal of the British Academy, volume 4, pp. 245-261.

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