The British Academy Review

The British Academy Review promotes the British Academy, and the disciplines it supports, to a wide public. It showcases the work of individual scholars, demonstrates the range of activity supported by the Academy, and illustrates the value of the humanities and the social sciences to the community at large - including the academic constituency, government funders, policy-makers, and the general public.

Individual articles or whole copies of the British Academy Review may be downloaded (as PDFs - follow the links below). Alternatively, use the Author index to dip into the archive of British Academy Review articles. While stocks last, printed copies of the British Academy Review may be requested by emailing pubs@britac.ac.uk

MOST RECENT ISSUES

Issue 14 (November 2009)

Includes features on November 1989 and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Also: Military interventions since the end of the Cold War

CONTENTS

This issue displays a wide range of scholarship supported by the British Academy.

The opening articles illustrate the stronger role that the British Academy is playing in public debates and policy-making - through its Forums, through the research it funds, and now through its recently launched Policy Centre.

Then there are articles offering different perceptions of late 20th-century history - including the dramatic events that changed Eastern Europe twenty years ago.

The remaining articles reflect the work that the Academy supports in the study of different aspects of culture, whether of another time and place, or closer to home.

Issue 13 (June 2009)

Includes features on the Politics of Energy. Also: The Politics of Peace, and Reflections on British politics

CONTENTS

The articles under the heading 'Reflections on British politics' consider the different forces and traditions that have held sway during the last 100 years, and ask where British political culture is now headed.

The 'Politics of energy' section publishes the texts of three lectures given in 2008-2009, which examine how our demand for energy impacts so forcefully on the political agenda, and which explore the solutions and constraints facing decision makers.

The three articles headed 'Politics of peace' show British Academy-funded researchers engaging with some of the most sensitive areas of conflict in the world, and offer valuable perspectives for those trying to broker peaceful settlements.

Issue 12 (January 2009)

Includes features on Latin America and the Caribbean - before the Incas; the slums of Brazil, Venezuela and Bolivia; Mexico City's Metro; British Caribbean migrants in Cuba

CONTENTS

The two lead articles address issues of current public interest, and it is intended that future issues of the British Academy Review will provide such a platform for topical debate.

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.

OLDER ISSUES

Issue 11 (July 2008)  | Issue 10 (2007)  | Issue 9 (2006) | Issue 8 (2005) | Issue 7 (2003)  | Issue 6 (July–December 2001, published 2002) | Issue 5 (January–July 2001) | Issue 4 (July–December 2000, published 2001) | Issue 3 (January–July 2000) | Issue 2 (July–December 1999, published 2000) | Issue 1 (July 1998 – July 1999)

CONTRIBUTIONS

Suggestions for articles from current and former British Academy grant- and post-holders, as well as from Fellows of the British Academy, are very welcome.
Guidelines for contributors (PDF).