The British Academy is the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. We mobilise these disciplines to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
The Age of Self?
Explore the meaning of identity in a rapidly changing world where individuality, belonging and connection is being reshaped by global shifts, digital life and social change. Join leading researchers, performers and creators as they examine how culture and technology shape our understanding of ourselves and others.
The books that made me: Lord Rowan Williams FBA
Delve into the books that have shaped and inspired the life and work of Lord Rowan Williams FBA, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, as he sits down with acclaimed broadcaster Ritula Shah.
Domesticating grasslands or wetlands: two neolithic styles of landscape and productivity in China
This lecture examines the emergence of two contrasting agricultural systems in Neolithic China, with millet-based farming in the north and wetland rice cultivation in the south shaping distinct ways of life. It highlights how these crops influenced settlement patterns, labour practices, mobility, and social organisation, demonstrating that agricultural choices fundamentally shaped early societies.
Charles Ignatius Sancho: a Black British man of letters and his world
Charles Ignatius Sancho, late-18th-century Black British polymath, is a foundational figure in Black British history; a recent upsurge in scholarly discoveries of his life has occurred in parallel with films and television shows like Bridgerton and Harlots which have sought to offer more diverse representations of the eighteenth-century and Regency worlds.
Ask the experts: how can we connect in an era of loneliness?
Why do so many of us feel lonely in a world more connected than ever? Put your questions about loneliness and its impact to our panel of experts – and discover innovative ideas and practical solutions for creating connection and community.
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Love in the time of tech
Explore how technology is transforming modern love. Take part in an interactive chat-app installation and join an expert-led panel discussion exploring how technology is reshaping modern love.
Beyond barriers: disability through arts
How can art, performance and creativity deepen understanding of the realities of disability, and create powerful ways to express lived experiences? Join us for an exhibition and discussion that explore disability stories and how we can challenge disability injustice.
Masculinities on stage and screen
What do the characters on our screens and stages reveal about masculinity today? And what stories should be told next? Examine the theme of masculinity in film, television, and theatre with our panel of leading researchers and creatives.
Child soldiers: coming of age in atrocity
This lecture investigates how dominant portrayals may obscure the complex pressures, coercive environments, and constrained choices that shape children’s trajectories into armed groups and considers how a more refined understanding might strengthen prevention, reintegration, and justice processes for the harms child soldiers endure and at times bring upon others.
How languages make us: explorations through performance
How do languages shape our sense of self and our communities? Uncover the connections between language, identity, and society with a vibrant evening of talks, poetry, and songs performed in multiple languages.
Natural language and artificial intelligence
Large Language Models have shown remarkable abilities in natural language processing, tempting many to speak of them as if they used and understood language as humans do. However, doing so overlooks the distinction between the structural systems that support meaning and reasoning and the mechanisms for predicting what will come next in a text on the basis of similar passages in the vast amount of training data that LLMs encode.
Consuming medieval manuscripts
In this lecture, Professor Kate Rudy explores why, uncovering a surprising history of images that were physically consumed and linking medieval devotion to the Reformation and the modern lottery ticket.
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