Past events: 2005

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Friday 14 January 2005
Transparency: The Term and the Doctrine
A one day workshop, co-sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council
Convenor: Christopher Hood, FBA, Gladstone Professor of Government, University of Oxford, and Fellow of All Souls
Time: 10.00 am - 5.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: The British Academy

Monday 7 - Tuesday 8 February 2005
Enlarging the Euro-Zone: The Euro and the Transformation of East Central Europe
A two-day symposium
Convenor: Professor Kenneth Dyson, FBA, Cardiff University

Monday, 14 February 2005
Roman Mythology: was there any?
A panel discussion with Dr Mary Beard, University of Cambridge, Professor Denis Feeney, Princeton University, Mr Nicholas Purcell, University of Oxford
Chair: Professor Malcolm Schofield, FBA, University of Cambridge
Time: 6.00-7.30pm followed by a complimentary drinks reception
Venue: The British Academy

Thursday 17 February 2005
'They Worship Death Here': William Faulkner, Sanctuary, and Hollywood
Professor Richard Gray, FBA
Sarah Tryphena Phillips Lecture in American History
Time: 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: The British Academy

Thursday 24 February 2005
Empire and the Contemporary Global Order: an Historian's Comment
Professor Dominic Lieven, FBA
Elie Kedourie Memorial Lecture
Time: 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: The British Academy

Friday 4 - Saturday 5 March 2005
2005: The Centenary of Einstein’s Annus Mirabilis
A two-day symposium
Convenors: Dr Jeremy Butterfield, FBA, All Souls College, Oxford, and Professor Michel H Janssen, University of Minnesota
Venue: The British Academy

Monday 7 March 2005
A Question of Culture? Europe and Islam
An evening panel discussion with Professor Adam Kuper, FBA, Brunel University, Professor Fred Halliday, FBA, London School of Economics, and Professor Jytte Klausen, Brandeis University, USA
Venue: Queen's University Belfast
OUTPUT(S) AVAILABLE IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY

Thursday 31 March 2005
Beyond nature and culture
Professor P Descola, Collège de France
Radcliffe-Brown Lecture in Social Anthropology
Time: 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: The British Academy

Tuesday 5 April 2005
Relationships and children’s discovery of the mind
Professor Judith Dunn, FBA
British Academy/British Psychological Society Lecture
Time: 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: The British Academy

Tuesday, 12 April 2005
Identity Politics
A panel discussion with Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton University, and Professor Anne Phillips, FBA, London School of Economics
Chair: Professor Adam Kuper, FBA, Brunel University
Time: 6.00-7.30pm followed by a complimentary drinks reception
Venue: The British Academy
OUTPUT(S) AVAILABLE IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY

Monday 18 - Wednesday 20 April 2005
Understanding the History of Ancient Israel
A three-day symposium
Convenor: Professor Hugh Williamson, FBA, Christ Church, Oxford
Venue: The British Academy

Tuesday 26 April 2005
Post-Doctoral Fellowship Symposium
An all-day event
Venue: The British Academy

Tuesday 3 May 2005
New Evidence on Social Structure and Historical Consciousness in Late Western Zhou China (c. 800 BC): The Inscribed Bronzes from Yangjiacum
Professor Lothar von Falkenhausen, University of California at Los Angeles
Elsley Zeitlyn Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Culture
Time: 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: The British Academy

Friday 13 - Saturday 14 May 2005
Thirty Years On: The United States and the Legacy of the Vietnam War 1975-2005
A series of events convened by Professor Lawrence Freedman, FBA, King's College London, and Dr Jon Roper, Department of American Studies, University of Wales, Swansea
Venue: The British Academy

Monday 16 - Wednesday 18 May 2005
Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in North Western Europe
A three-day symposium organised by the School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University, and supported by the British Academy
Convenor: Professor Alasdair Whittle, FBA, Cardiff University
Venue: Julian Hodge Lecture Theatre, Cardiff University

Wednesday 25 May 2005
Does the Reformation still matter?
A conversation evening between Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, FBA (St Cross College, Oxford), winner of the 2004 British Academy Book Prize for Reformation and Professor Eamon Duffy, FBA (Magdalene College, Cambridge).
Chairman: Revd Professor John Morrill, FBA, Selwyn College, Cambridge 
Time: 6.00-7.30, followed by a complimentary drinks reception
Venue: The British Academy

Thursday 26 May 2005
The Child in Poetry
Dr Margaret Reynolds, School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London
Warton Lecture on English Poetry
Time: 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: The British Academy

Wednesday 15 June 2005
Why has it all gone wrong? The past, present and future of British pensions
A one-day symposium
Convenors: Dr Hugh Pemberton, Bristol University, and Professor Pat Thane, Institute of Historical Research
Venue: The British Academy

Tuesday 20 September 2005
Practical Issues in UK Monetary Policy
Professor Stephen Nickell, FBA, Bank of England/London School of Economics
Keynes Lecture in Economics
Time: 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: The British Academy
Paper in Proceedings of the British Academy

Tuesday 27 September 2005
Staging Matters: Shakespeare, the Director, and the Theatre Historian
Professor Alan Dessen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Shakespeare Lecture
Time: 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: The British Academy

Saturday 1 October 2005
Dryden in the 1690s: The Virgil and the Fables
A one-day symposium
Convenor: Professor Paul Hammond, FBA, University of Leeds
Venue: The British Academy

Wednesday 12 - Friday 14 October 2005
Anglo-Saxon/Irish Relations before the Vikings
A three-day symposium
Convenors: Professor James Graham-Campbell, FBA, and Dr Michael Ryan, MRIA
Venue: The British Academy

Wednesday 19 October
The Influence of History in Public Life
A seminar that took place between Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Peter Hennessy, Quentin Skinner, and Baroness O’Neill.
Venue: The British Academy
OUTPUT(S) AVAILABLE IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY

Thursday 20 October 2005
Byron, Conversation and Discord
Dr Jane Stabler, University of St Andrews
Chatterton Lecture on English Poetry
Time: 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: The British Academy

Friday 21 - Saturday 22 October 2005
Philosophical Analysis and the Criminal Law
A two-day symposium
Convenors: Dr Claire Valier, Birkbeck University of London, and Professor Antony Duff, FBA, University of Stirling
Venue: The British Academy

Wednesday 26 October 2005
Becoming Human: the Archaeological Challenge
Professor Lord Renfrew, FBA, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Ninth British Academy Lecture
Time: 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: The British Academy
OUPUT(S) AVAILABLE IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY

Thursday 27 October 2005
The Judges: Active or Passive?
Rt Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill, FBA, House of Lords
Maccabaen Lecture in Jurisprudence
Time: 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: Cardiff Law School, Museum Avenue, Cardiff.

Thursday 3 November 2005
Europe : Addressing the Socio-Economic Agenda Social Agenda
A one day conference jointly organised by the British Academy and the Economic and Social Research Council
Convenor: Professor Duncan Gallie, FBA
Venue: The British Academy

Thursday 3 November 2005
Dante's Epistle to Cangrande and its Two Authors
Professor Carlo Ginzburg, FBA, University of California at Los Angeles
Italian Lecture
Venue: The Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX (No tickets required)

Thursday 10 November 2005
Everyman in Motion: From Bosch to Bruegel
Professor Joseph Koerner, Courtauld Institute of Art
Aspects of Art Lecture
Time: 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: The British Academy

Tuesday 15 November 2005
General Franco: Saviour of Spain or War Criminal?
Convenor: Professor Paul Preston, FBA
Time: 6.00-7.30pm
Venue: The British Academy
OUTPUT(S) AVAILABLE IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY

Tuesday 22 November 2005
Mutualities and Obligations: changing social relationships in early modern England
Professor Keith Wrightson, FBA, Yale University
Raleigh Lecture on History
Time: 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: The British Academy (This lecture was be repeated at the University of Newcastle on Tyne on 24 November 2005)

Monday 28 November 2005
Demystifying the Middle East, West and East
Convenor: Professor Fred Halliday, FBA
Time: 6.00-7.30pm
Venue: The British Academy
OUTPUT(S) AVAILABLE IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY

Friday 2 December
Useful Knowledge
Dame Marilyn Strathern, DBE, FBA, University of Cambridge
Isaiah Berlin Lecture
Time: 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: The British Academy

Tuesday 6 December 2005
What is Cornwall?
Professor Charles Thomas, FBA, Emeritus Professor of Cornish Studies, University of Exeter
Sir John Rhys Memorial Lecture
Time: 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception
Venue: The British Academy

Wednesday 7 - Friday 9 December 2005
Giuseppe Mazzini and the Globalization of Democratic Nationalism 1805-2005
A two-day symposium
Convenors: Professor Christopher Bayly, FBA, St Catherine's College, Cambridge, and Dr Eugenio Biagini, Robinson College, Cambridge
Venue: The British Academy

Friday 16 - Saturday 17 December 2005
Democracy, Equality and Justice
A two-day symposium
Convenors: Dr Matt Matravers, University of York, and Dr Lukas Meyer, Universitaet Bremen, Germany
Venue: The British Academy