Past events: 2006
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January Saturday 28 January 2006
Mozart 2006: Classical Music and the Modern World
A one-day symposium
Convenor: Professor Nick Cook, FBA
Venue: The British Academy Monday January 16 2006 to Tuesday 17 January 2006
Deponency and Morphological Mismatches
A two-day symposium
Convenor: Professor Greville Corbett, FBA
Venue: The British Academy top ^
February 11 February 2006
Scholarship and the Freedom of Information Act: Year One
Workshop, in association with the National Archives
Convenor: Professor Peter Hennessy FBA
Venue: The British Academy
OUTPUT(S) AVAILABLE IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY 28 February 2006
How and Why Does Fairness Matter?
Keynes Lecture in Economics
Professor K G Binmore, CBE, FBA, University College London
Venue: The British Academy
This lecture will be repeated at Bristol University on Thursday 2 March, 2006 at 5.30pm [more]
Paper in Proceedings of the British Academy top ^
March 1 March 2006
Useful Knowledge
Isaiah Berlin Lecture
Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern, FBA, University of Cambridge
This is a repeat of the 2005 Isaiah Berlin Lecture
Time: 5.00pm
Venue: University of Manchester (Lecture Theatre B, Roscoe Building, Brunswick Street - for directions see campus map of the University) Saturday 4 March 2006
Herculaneum Study Day: Scholarship, Reception and Prospects
Convenors: Mr N.G Wilson, FBA, and Professor Robert Fowler, University of Bristol
Venue: The British Academy 14 March 2006
Living apart, living together? The role of intergroup contact in social integration
Joint British Academy/British Psychological Society Lecture
Professor M R C Hewstone, FBA, New College, Oxford
Venue: The British Academy 30 March 2006
Bonjour Paresse: Waste and Recycling in Gower's Confessio Amantis
Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture
Professor J Simpson, Harvard University
Venue: The British Academy top ^
April 11 April 2006
Kinds of People: Moving Targets
Annual British Academy Lecture
Professor I M Hacking, FBA, College de France
Time: 5.30-6.30pm
Venue: The British Academy 25 April 2006
Jonson, Shakespeare and the Invention of the Author
Shakespeare Lecture
Professor C I E Donaldson, FBA, The Australian National University
Venue: The British Academy 26 April 2006
2006 PDF Symposium
Venue: The British Academy Friday 28 April 2006
The Neo-Darwinian Approach to the Anthropology of Religion
A one-day conference
Convenor: Lord Runciman
Venue: The British Academy top ^
May 4 May 2006
Nation and Covenant: The Contribution of Ancient Israel to Modern Nationalism
Elie Kedourie Memorial Lecture
Professor A Smith, London School of Economics and Political Science
Venue: The British Academy 10 May 2006
The Marquis de Condorcet and the Meaning of Enlightenment
Master-Mind Lecture
Professor L Daston, Max-Planck-Institut fur Wissenchaftsgeschichte
Venue: The British Academy 24 May 2006
Coercion and Consent in Nazi Germany
Raleigh Lecture on History
Professor R J Evans, FBA, University of Cambridge
Venue: The British Academy
OUTPUT(S) AVAILABLE IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY This lecture will be repeated at the University of Manchester at 5.30pm on Thursday, 25 May 2006. Further details, including information regarding obtaining tickets, are available from Patricia.Ross@manchester.ac.uk at the Martin Harris Centre for Drama and Music, School of Art Histories and Cultures, Bridgeford Street (off Oxford Road), Manchester M13 9PL (telephone 0161 275 8073). Applications for tickets must be received by 19 May 2006. 25 May 2006
Does Naval History Matter?
A conversation evening between Professor N.A.M Rodger, FBA, University of Exeter and winner of the 2005 British Academy Book Prize and Professor Tim Blanning, FBA, University of Cambridge
Chairman: Revd Professor John Morrill, FBA, Selwyn College, Cambridge
Venue: The British Academy top ^
June Monday, 5 June 2006
Institutions and the Economy: Historical Perspectives
A one-day conference organised in association with the Royal Economic Society, the Economic History Society, and the Institute of Fiscal Studies
Convenors: Timothy Besley (IFS and LSE), Richard Blundell (IFS and UCL) and Nicholas Crafts (University of Warwick)
Venue: The British Academy
Please note: Places at this conference are strictly limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. To reserve your place, please contact Bonnie Brimstone at bonnie_b@ifs.org.uk. Tuesday, 27 June 2006
Who's Creating Knowledge? The Challenge of non-university researchers
A panel discussion with Professor Frank Webster, Department of Sociology, City University London, Professor Dorothy Noyes, College of Humanities, Ohio State University, and Dr Mike Heyworth, Director, British Council for Archaeology.
Chair: Professor Ruth Finnegan, FBA, The Open University
Venue: The British Academy
OUTPUT(S) AVAILABLE IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY
August Thursday 24 August 2006 to Friday 25 August 2006
Lineages of Empire
Supported by the Centre for Political Theory and Ideologies, University of Sheffield
Convenor: Dr Duncan Kelly, University of Sheffield
Venue: The British Academy
September FULLY BOOKED
Friday 15 September 2006
Romanticism and Science: A British Academy Symposium
In association with the British Association for Romantic Studies
Convenor: Dr Sharon Ruston, University of Wales, Bangor
Venue: The British Academy Monday 18 September 2006
Transparency: The Key to Better Governance?
Panel discussion, in association with the ESRC
Venue: The British Academy Tuesday 19 September 2006
A.E. Housman's Rejected Addresses
Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Magdalen College, Oxford
Chatterton Lecture on Poetry
Time: 5.30-6.30pm
Venue: The British Academy
OUTPUT(S) AVAILABLE IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY Tuesday 26 September 2006
Qianlong's Pluralist Aesthetics: Writing a History of Buddhist Art in 18th Century China
Professor Patricia Berger, University of California, Berkeley
Elsley Zeitlyn Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Culture
Time: 5.30-6.30pm
Venue: The British Academy
October FULLY BOOKED
Wednesday 4 October 2006
Health, Happiness and Social Status
Chair: Onora O'Neill, Fellow and President, British Academy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Time: 6.00-7.30pm
Venue: The British Academy Thursday 5 October 2006
Politics and Society in Contemporary India: Change and Diversity
Convenor: Professor Anthony Heath, FBA, Nuffield College, Oxford
Venue: The British Academy Wednesday 11 October 2006
The Search for Perfection: Atlantic Dimensions
Professor Bernard Bailyn, FBA, Adams University Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
Isaiah Berlin Lecture
Time: 5.30-6.30pm
Venue: The British Academy
OUTPUT(S) AVAILABLE IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY Wednesday 18 October 2006
Does the Pensions White Paper repeat the mistakes of the past?
Panel discussion, in association with History & Policy
Chairman: Nick Timmins, Financial Times
Venue: Portcullis House, SW1. Host: Frank Field MP Tuesday 24 October 2006
Judicial Independence: Who Cares?
Professor Sir Neil MacCormick, QC, FBA, FRSE, LLD, Regius Professor of Public and the Law of Nature and Nations in the University of Edinburgh, and Leverhulme Person Research Professor in Philosophy of Law
British Academy Law Lecture
Time: 5.30-6.30pm
Venue: The British Academy
OUTPUT(S) AVAILABLE IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY
November Wednesday 15 November 2006
Recovering Maya Civilisation
Norman Hammond, FSA, FBA, Professor of Archaelology, Boston University, USA
Albert Reckitt Archaeological Lecture
Time: 5.30-6.30pm
The Albert Reckitt lecture will also be delivered at the RSE on Tuesday 14 November.
Venue: The British Academy
December Wednesday 6 December 2006
'Now Shall I make My Soul': Appproaching Death in Yeats's Life and Work
Professor Roy Foster, FBA, Hertford College, Oxford
Warton Lecture on English Poetry
Time: 5.30-6.30pm
Venue: The British Academy
OUTPUT(S) AVAILABLE IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY Friday 8 December 2006
Repatriation, Restitution, and Reparations
Chair: Tiffany Jenkins, Institute of Ideas, University of Kent at Canterbury
Time: 6.00-7.30pm
Venue: The British Academy
OUPUT(S) AVAILABLE IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY Wednesday 13 December 2006
The Archimedes Palimpsest and its New Texts: A British Academy Presentation Evening
Chair: Eric Handley, FBA, University of Cambridge
Time: 6.00-7.00pm
Venue: The British Academy
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