Past events 2011

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January

Tuesday 4 January 2011
Addressing Global Tipping Points
Seminar

Thursday 13 January – Saturday 15 January 2011
Red Strains: Music and Communism Outside the Communist Bloc after 1945
Conference

Wednesday 19 January 2011
League Tables in the Public Sector
British Academy Forum, 12.30pm

Monday 24 January 2011
Healthy mental ageing: Grey matters ... and white matters too!
Lecture, by Professor Ian Deary FBA, delivered as part of Newcastle University's exhibition 'Coming of Age: The Art & Science of Ageing' (venue: Newcastle University)
Outputs: audio recording

Tuesday 25 January 2011
Decentralisation in Britain: growth and fairness
British Academy Forum, 12.30pm

Tuesday 25 January 2011
Britain, Germany and Social Europe 1973-2010
Inaugural Anglo-German Foundation Lecture, by Sir Tony Atkinson, 5.30pm
Outputs: audio recording; lecture text; BAR article (March 2011)

Monday 31 January 2011
Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation
Panel Discussion, 6pm
Outputs: audio recordings; BAR article (March 2011)

February

Tuesday 1 February 2011
Thoughtfulness and the Rule of Law
British Academy Law Lecture, by Professor Jeremy Waldron, 5.30pm
Outputs: audio recording; BAR article (summer 2011)

Wednesday 9 February 2011
Language matters more and more
Launch of British Academy position statement, 3.15pm
Outputs: position statement; launch transcript; BAR article (March 2011)

Wednesday 23 February 2011
Language diversity, endangerment and public awareness
British Academy Lecture, by Professor David Crystal FBA, 5.30pm
Outputs: audio recording; BAR article (summer 2011)

March

Tuesday 1 March 2011
The Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in the Modern University
Speech, by Rt Hon David Willetts MP, 12 noon
Outputs: audio recording; BAR article (March 2011)

Tuesday 1 March 2011
Public spending, welfare and the coalition programme: Prospects and contradictions
British Academy Forum, 12.30pm

Thursday 3 March 2011
Working with Africa: Human and Social Science Research in Action
Launch of British Academy booklet, 6.30pm
Outputs: booklet

Tuesday 15 March 2011
Mr Gladstone: Public Intellectual and Intellectual in Politics
Lecture, by Sir David Cannadine FBA, 5.30pm
Outputs: audio recording

Thursday 17 March 2011   
Why were the Middle Ages 'The Dark Ages'?
Professor Graham Caie in conversation with Dr Chris Jones, 6.30pm
Outputs: audio recording

Tuesday 29 March 2011
Belief in Dialogue
Symposium, 9.30am to 5.30pm (venue: British Academy)
including
Challenging Stereotypes: Perceptions of Islam in European and US Media
Lecture, by Professor John Voll, 6.00pm (venue: Royal Society)
Outputs: audio recording

Thursday 31 March 2011
Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe Beyond the EU Framework Programme 7
Joint British Academy/ALLEA workshop (venue: Palais des Académies, Brussels)
Outputs: note

April

Tuesday 12 April 2011
Malfunctioning in British government: people or systems?
British Academy Forum, 12.30pm

Wednesday 13 April – Thursday 14 April 2011
Tipping Points
Joint British Academy/Royal Society seminar (venue: Kavli Royal Society International Centre)
Outputs: BAR article (summer 2011)

Friday 15 April 2011
What next in delivering wider measures of national well-being?
British Academy Forum, 12.30pm

May

Monday 9 May - Thursday 12 May 2011
British Academy Literature Week
including:

Monday 9 May 2011
Mind the gap: Making meaning in the theatre
Shakespeare Lecture, by Professor Laurie Maguire, 7.15pm
Outputs: audio recording; lecture text

Tuesday 10 May 2011
Pope's ethical thinking
Chatterton Lecture on Poetry, by Dr Christopher Tilmouth, 7.15pm
Outputs: audio recording; lecture handout

Wednesday 11 May 2011
Many-coloured glass, aerial images and the work of the lens: Romantic poetry and optical culture
Warton Lecture on English Poetry, by Professor Isobel Armstrong FBA, 7.15pm
Outputs: audio recording; lecture handout

Tuesday 17 May 2011
Reform of English Libel Law
British Academy Forum, 1.00pm
Outputs: note

Tuesday 17 May 2011
New Light on Ancient Medicine
Panel Discussion, 6.30pm
Outputs: audio recordings; presentation slides; BAR article (summer 2011)

Tuesday 24 May 2011
History for the taking? Perspectives on material heritage
Launch of a British Academy Policy Centre report, 6.00pm
Outputs: report

June

Wednesday 1 June 2011
Prizing the Past for the Present and Future
Professor David Lowenthal FBA in conversation with Sir Simon Jenkins, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording; BAR article (summer 2011)

Monday 13 June 2011
Flexible Learning: The Future Higher Education Landscape?
Panel Discussion, 6.30pm
Outputs: audio recordings; presentation slides

Tuesday 14 June 2011
Neuroscience and Neuromania
Professor Raymond Tallis in conversation with Professor Robin Dunbar FBA, 6.30pm
Outputs: audio recording; presentation slides

Monday 20 June 2011
Independence at what price?  The Haldane Principle - Past, Present and Future
Panel Discussion, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording

July

Wednesday 13 July 2011
Simon Bolivar at the British Academy
Unveiling of sculpture of Simon Bolivar
Outputs: audio recording

Thursday 14 July - Saturday 16 July 2011
Gossip, Gospel and Governance: Orality in Europe 1400-1700
Conference

Friday 15 July 2011
Crime, Punishment and the Prison
British Academy Forum

Monday 18 July 2011
Parker: 25 Years On
British Academy policy workshop

Wednesday 20 July 2011
The Humanities Under Threat?
Panel discussion organised as part of Threats to the University Humanities and Science Conference 2011 (University of Cambridge)

September

Friday 2 September 2011
9/11: Ten Years On
Symposium, 9.00am to 5.00pm

including:
Friday 2 September 2011
Al-Qaeda and the 9/11 Wars: A View from the Ground
Lecture, by Jason Burke, 5.30pm (venue: Royal Society)
Outputs: audio recording

Monday 19 September 2011
In Defence of Learning
Launch of a British Academy publication, 5.30pm

Wednesday 21 September 2011
A Need for Numbers? Quantitative Understanding among Humanities and Social Sciences Undergraduates
British Academy policy workshop, 10.00am

Thursday 22 September 2011
Parallel legal systems
British Academy Forum, 11.00am (venue: Royal Society)

Thursday 22 September 2011
The Resilient Brain: Cognition and Ageing
Joint British Academy/British Psychological Society Lecture, by Professor Lorraine K Tyler FBA, 6.00pm (venue: Royal Society)
Outputs: video recordings; audio recording; presentation slides

Tuesday 27 September 2011
Policing in a time of contraction and constraint: Re-imagining the role and function of contemporary policing
Conference

Wednesday 28 September 2011
Forum for the Humanities and Social Science Learned Societies and Subject Associations
Twice-yearly forum, 12 noon

Thursday 29 September 2011
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Symposium
Presentations, showcasing work of BA Postdoctoral Fellows

October

Thursday 6 October 2011
The role of psychosocial determinants in health inequalities
British Academy Forum, 12:30pm

Thursday 6 October 2011
British Academy Medals and Prizes Ceremony
Annual awards ceremony, 6.30pm

Tuesday 11 October 2011
The Egyptian Revolution of 2011: Civil Resistance and Power Politics
Panel Discussion, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recordings

Thursday 13 October 2011
Creating Competition: New Auctions for Public Policy
Keynes Lecture in Economics, by Professor Paul Klemperer FBA, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording; presentation slides

Tuesday 18 October 2011
Late Work
Lecture, by Professor Peter Brooks FBA, 5.15pm (venue: Royal Society)
Outputs: audio recording; presentation slides

18, 19, 20 October 2011
Living Hellenism
Triptych of lectures to celebrate the British School at Athens' 125th Anniversary

Tuesday 18 October 2011
Philosophy with a Public Voice: A Forgotten Legacy of Ancient Greece
Lecture, by Professor Alexander Nehamas, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording

Wednesday 19 October 2011
Byzantium Today
Lecture, by Professor Dame Averil Cameron FBA, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording

Thursday 20 October 2011
The Heritages of the Modern Greeks
Lecture, by Professor Peter Mackridge, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording

Monday 24 October 2011
Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe
Professor Norman Davies FBA in conversation with Professor Christopher Clark FBA, 6.00pm (venue: Royal Society)
Outputs: audio recording

Thursday 27 October 2011
Myself When Young: Becoming a Musician in Renaissance Italy - or Not
Italian Lecture, by Dr Bonnie Blackburn FBA, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording; presentation slides; lecture handout

Friday 28 October 2011
Continuity and Innovation in Medieval and Modern Philosophy of Knowledge, Mind and Language
Symposium, 10.30am to 5.30pm

Monday 31 October 2011
How Can Social Scientists and Government Work Together to Strengthen Public Trust in Scientific Evidence?
Panel Discussion, 6.30pm
Outputs: video recording; audio recording

November

Tuesday 1 November 2011
Between One and Many: Interpreting Large Numbers in the Buddhist Art of China
Elsley Zeitlyn Lecture, by Dr Hsueh-Man Shen, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording; presentation slides

Wednesday 2 November 2011
End of Empire and the English Novel
Panel Discussion, 5.30pm (venue: Royal Society)
Outputs: audio recordings

Friday 4 November 2011
The King James Bible at 400: Celebration or Valediction?
Conference, 11.00am to 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recordings

Wednesday 9 November 2011
The Idea of Order: Circular Architecture in Prehistoric Europe
Albert Reckitt Archaeological Lecture, by Professor Richard Bradley FBA, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording; presentation slides

Thursday 10 November 2011
The future of Social Sciences and Humanities in Horizon 2020
with keynote address by Maire Geoghan-Quinn, 9.45am
Outputs: text of speech

Thursday 10 November 2011
ERA Framework
European Academies meeting, 1.15pm

Tuesday 15 November 2011
Morality, Law and Normative Conflict
Maccabaean Lecture in Jurisprudence, by Professor Peter Cane FBA, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording; lecture handout

Monday 21 November 2011
On the Brink of Truth: The Work of Tomas Eloy Martinez
Seminar, 2.00pm (venue: Argentine Ambassador's Residence)

Tuesday 22 November 2011
How Confessional Divisions influenced Writing on the Natural History of the Atlantic World
Raleigh Lecture on History, by Professor Nicholas Canny FBA, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recording; presentation slides

Tuesday 29 November 2011
Evidence, Inference and Enquiry
Launch of British Academy publication, 6.00pm

Tuesday 29 November 2011
The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe
Panel Discussion, 6.30pm
Outputs: audio recordings

December

Monday 19 December 2011
How will Humanities and Social Sciences Fare in the new Funding Framework?
Panel Discussion, 6.00pm
Outputs: audio recordings

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