British Academy Review, Issue 12, January 2009
The two leading articles in this issue address topics of current public interest - trust in our public institutions and reconciliation of long-term conflicts.
This issue also has a strong international flavour. Articles reveal both the impact of globalisation at the local level, and how local situations can defy simple global assumptions – as well as showcasing the wide range of scholarship on international subjects that is supported by the British Academy.
The whole issue may be downloaded in PDF format (2.4MB). The articles listed below in blue are also available separately in PDF format.
Debate
Trust in Public Life, Lord (Richard) Wilson of Dinton
The Good Friday Belfast Agreement, Ten Years On, Professor Marianne Elliott FBA
Global perspectives
Latin America, the Caribbean, and the British Academy, Professor Linda Newson FBA
Not the Incas? Weaving Archaeology and Language into a Single New Prehistory, Dr Paul Heggarty and Dr David Beresford-Jones
De-centring our Gaze: The Urban Slums of Brazil, Venezuela and Bolivia, Dr Jeremy Lester
Mexico City’s Metro (A Voyage to the End of the Squeeze), Carlos Monsiváis
Empire beyond the Imperial Domain: British Colonial Encounters in Cuba, Dr Jorge L. Giovannetti
Endangered whales, endangered humans: Wildlife management in the Canadian Arctic, Dr Martina Tyrrell
Shoes and social fabrics: Exploring the Journeys and Life-worlds of a Pair of Flip-flops, Professor Caroline Knowles, with photographs by Michael Tan
The Rise of Islamic Radicalism in Tanzania, Dr Felicitas Becker
Georgia, the ‘Man in the Leopard’s Skin’: The Past, Present and Future of Georgia’s Middle Eastern Communities, Professor Harry Norris
Lessons from the Icelandic Bond Market, Francis Breedon
Psalms for King James: Jean Servin’s Music for George Buchanan’s Latin Psalm Paraphrases (1579), Professor James Porter
Around the British Academy
Punching Our Weight: The Humanities and Social Sciences in Public Policy Making
Lessons from the Aberfan disaster and its aftermath, Professor Iain McLean FBA
Leopold Schweich and his Family, Professor Graham Davies FBA