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We’re delighted to announce that The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years by Sunil Amrith has been awarded the 2025 British Academy Book Prize!
How can the cosmologies of successful past civilisations help us address the challenge of sustainability? In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Shadreck Chirikure explores how the worldviews of historic societies shaped economic development without compromising their environment. https://bit.ly/4onudYR
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How can the cosmologies of successful past civilisations help us address the challenge of sustainability? In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Shadreck Chirikure explores how the worldviews of historic societies shaped economic development without compromising their environment. https://bit.ly/4onudYR
Are you an early career or postdoctoral researcher interested in pursuing projects in Japan? The JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2026 provides opportunities to cooperate with leading Japanese research groups. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WQ14Jw
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Are you an early career or postdoctoral researcher interested in pursuing projects in Japan? The JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2026 provides opportunities to cooperate with leading Japanese research groups. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WQ14Jw
The Curriculum and Assessment review final report was published today by the government.
Professor Charles Forsdick, Lead Fellow for Languages at The British Academy, reflects on the review’s implications for UK language education: https://bit.ly/4okpkjf
Professor Charles Forsdick, Lead Fellow for Languages at The British Academy, reflects on the review’s implications for UK language education: https://bit.ly/4okpkjf
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Curriculum and Assessment review final report was published today by the government.
Professor Charles Forsdick, Lead Fellow for Languages at The British Academy, reflects on the review’s implications for UK language education: https://bit.ly/4okpkjf
Professor Charles Forsdick, Lead Fellow for Languages at The British Academy, reflects on the review’s implications for UK language education: https://bit.ly/4okpkjf
Applications for the ERC Consolidator Grant will close on 13 January. To learn more about this exciting opportunity, join our webinar on 24 November. Find out more and register your interest: https://bit.ly/46RDnVV
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Applications for the ERC Consolidator Grant will close on 13 January. To learn more about this exciting opportunity, join our webinar on 24 November. Find out more and register your interest: https://bit.ly/46RDnVV
What happens when competing and complementary ‘ways of knowing’ meet in religion, spirituality, and health?
A new open access volume from the Proceedings of the British Academy explores marginalised epistemes - from Korean shamanism to Siddha medicine.
Discover more: https://bit.ly/47qt9xi
A new open access volume from the Proceedings of the British Academy explores marginalised epistemes - from Korean shamanism to Siddha medicine.
Discover more: https://bit.ly/47qt9xi
November 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
What happens when competing and complementary ‘ways of knowing’ meet in religion, spirituality, and health?
A new open access volume from the Proceedings of the British Academy explores marginalised epistemes - from Korean shamanism to Siddha medicine.
Discover more: https://bit.ly/47qt9xi
A new open access volume from the Proceedings of the British Academy explores marginalised epistemes - from Korean shamanism to Siddha medicine.
Discover more: https://bit.ly/47qt9xi
Indigenous peoples make up just 5% of the world’s population - but protect over 80% of its biodiversity.
British Academy-supported research from the NUWAO project explores how Indigenous-led, nature-based solutions can shape fairer climate action across Oceania.
Read more:
https://bit.ly/4nyr9Yv
British Academy-supported research from the NUWAO project explores how Indigenous-led, nature-based solutions can shape fairer climate action across Oceania.
Read more:
https://bit.ly/4nyr9Yv
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Indigenous peoples make up just 5% of the world’s population - but protect over 80% of its biodiversity.
British Academy-supported research from the NUWAO project explores how Indigenous-led, nature-based solutions can shape fairer climate action across Oceania.
Read more:
https://bit.ly/4nyr9Yv
British Academy-supported research from the NUWAO project explores how Indigenous-led, nature-based solutions can shape fairer climate action across Oceania.
Read more:
https://bit.ly/4nyr9Yv
Discover how the cult of saints shaped medieval faith and culture in a new open-access Proceedings of the British Academy volume: Liturgy, Literature and History: Oswald of Northumbria and the Cult of Saints in the Middle Ages.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Discover how the cult of saints shaped medieval faith and culture in a new open-access Proceedings of the British Academy volume: Liturgy, Literature and History: Oswald of Northumbria and the Cult of Saints in the Middle Ages.
Read more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3JoTuCH
Read more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3JoTuCH
How can urban nature support fair and effective climate action?
British Academy-funded research by @ljmabon.bsky.social worked with communities in Glasgow’s Pollok and Govan, to explore who has access to land, who shapes decisions, and who benefits from greener spaces.
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bit.ly/3Lky8H8
British Academy-funded research by @ljmabon.bsky.social worked with communities in Glasgow’s Pollok and Govan, to explore who has access to land, who shapes decisions, and who benefits from greener spaces.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3Lky8H8
October 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
How can urban nature support fair and effective climate action?
British Academy-funded research by @ljmabon.bsky.social worked with communities in Glasgow’s Pollok and Govan, to explore who has access to land, who shapes decisions, and who benefits from greener spaces.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3Lky8H8
British Academy-funded research by @ljmabon.bsky.social worked with communities in Glasgow’s Pollok and Govan, to explore who has access to land, who shapes decisions, and who benefits from greener spaces.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3Lky8H8
There are less than two weeks left to apply for the British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships. The scheme supports senior researchers in the humanities and social sciences towards the completion of a major piece of research. Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/3VMeTZ9
October 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
There are less than two weeks left to apply for the British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships. The scheme supports senior researchers in the humanities and social sciences towards the completion of a major piece of research. Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/3VMeTZ9
Can economics shake off its misconceptions about Africa?
Drawing on her British Academy Book Prize–shortlisted Africonomics, Bronwen Everill makes the case for how new economic histories can reframe our understanding of African economies for the better.
Drawing on her British Academy Book Prize–shortlisted Africonomics, Bronwen Everill makes the case for how new economic histories can reframe our understanding of African economies for the better.
💥New: Can economics shake off its misconceptions about Africa?
✍️Bronwen Everill
#EconSky #EconomicDevelopment #Africa @britishacademy.bsky.social
✍️Bronwen Everill
#EconSky #EconomicDevelopment #Africa @britishacademy.bsky.social
Can economics shake off its misconceptions about Africa? - Impact of Social Sciences
Economic interventions in Africa come loaded with assumptions about the continent's history and the transferability of Western Economic ideas, can this change?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Can economics shake off its misconceptions about Africa?
Drawing on her British Academy Book Prize–shortlisted Africonomics, Bronwen Everill makes the case for how new economic histories can reframe our understanding of African economies for the better.
Drawing on her British Academy Book Prize–shortlisted Africonomics, Bronwen Everill makes the case for how new economic histories can reframe our understanding of African economies for the better.
A new volume in the Fontes Historiae Africanae series, The Chronicles of Two West African Kingdoms presents a new reading of West African history from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries based on close analysis of Arabic manuscripts from Timbuktu and other regions.
https://bit.ly/3Jeb8cm
https://bit.ly/3Jeb8cm
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A new volume in the Fontes Historiae Africanae series, The Chronicles of Two West African Kingdoms presents a new reading of West African history from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries based on close analysis of Arabic manuscripts from Timbuktu and other regions.
https://bit.ly/3Jeb8cm
https://bit.ly/3Jeb8cm
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Congratulations to Sunil Amrith for winning the British Academy Book Prize for The Burning Earth: A History!
go.nature.com/4nn8XAZ
go.nature.com/4nn8XAZ
The Burning Earth: how conquest and carnage have decimated landscapes worldwide
An epic exploration of human history examines how the poor and powerless have fought back — time and again — against those seeking to profit from the planet’s natural resources.
go.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Congratulations to Sunil Amrith for winning the British Academy Book Prize for The Burning Earth: A History!
go.nature.com/4nn8XAZ
go.nature.com/4nn8XAZ
Now available to read in the Proceedings of the British Academy, Consenting Children: Autonomy, Responsibility, Well-Being, brings together leading scholars to grapple with children’s consent in healthcare, education, work, and criminal justice.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4o7G8tR
🔗 https://bit.ly/4o7G8tR
October 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Now available to read in the Proceedings of the British Academy, Consenting Children: Autonomy, Responsibility, Well-Being, brings together leading scholars to grapple with children’s consent in healthcare, education, work, and criminal justice.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4o7G8tR
🔗 https://bit.ly/4o7G8tR
“I had multiple moments of doubt and loss of nerve while I was writing it, because of its scale,” says Sunil Amrith, winner of the 2025 British Academy Book Prize. In an interview with The Observer, he reflects on winning the prize and the process of writing The Burning Earth.
https://bit.ly/47JroLC
https://bit.ly/47JroLC
The prizewinning author who almost lost his nerve
This week the prestigious British Academy book prize went to The Burning Earth, a ‘magisterial' study of mankind and its relationship with nature. Its au...
observer.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“I had multiple moments of doubt and loss of nerve while I was writing it, because of its scale,” says Sunil Amrith, winner of the 2025 British Academy Book Prize. In an interview with The Observer, he reflects on winning the prize and the process of writing The Burning Earth.
https://bit.ly/47JroLC
https://bit.ly/47JroLC
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In a new 10-min Talk with @britishacademy.bsky.social Professor @harrietbulkeley.bsky.social from @geogdurham.bsky.social explores how urban climate action can chart a path forward.
Listen to her full talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JLJ...
#DUresearch
Listen to her full talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JLJ...
#DUresearch
Why are cities an important part of climate change?
YouTube video by The British Academy
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October 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In a new 10-min Talk with @britishacademy.bsky.social Professor @harrietbulkeley.bsky.social from @geogdurham.bsky.social explores how urban climate action can chart a path forward.
Listen to her full talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JLJ...
#DUresearch
Listen to her full talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JLJ...
#DUresearch
What is our role in the climate crisis?
In her recent 10-Minute Talk, Harriet Bulkeley FBA unpacks urban climate action. Join her and Dipesh Chakrabarty FBA tomorrow at the British Academy and online to discuss the complex realities of living on a rapidly changing planet. https://bit.ly/3Ldffpz
In her recent 10-Minute Talk, Harriet Bulkeley FBA unpacks urban climate action. Join her and Dipesh Chakrabarty FBA tomorrow at the British Academy and online to discuss the complex realities of living on a rapidly changing planet. https://bit.ly/3Ldffpz
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
What is our role in the climate crisis?
In her recent 10-Minute Talk, Harriet Bulkeley FBA unpacks urban climate action. Join her and Dipesh Chakrabarty FBA tomorrow at the British Academy and online to discuss the complex realities of living on a rapidly changing planet. https://bit.ly/3Ldffpz
In her recent 10-Minute Talk, Harriet Bulkeley FBA unpacks urban climate action. Join her and Dipesh Chakrabarty FBA tomorrow at the British Academy and online to discuss the complex realities of living on a rapidly changing planet. https://bit.ly/3Ldffpz
In a new open access British Academy Monograph, The Judeo-Christian Thought of Franz Rosenzweig, Daniel Herskowitz offers a new interpretation of the theologians magnum opus 'The Star of Redemption', exploring his weaving of Jewish and Christian motifs.
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https://bit.ly/47iSkke
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https://bit.ly/47iSkke
October 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In a new open access British Academy Monograph, The Judeo-Christian Thought of Franz Rosenzweig, Daniel Herskowitz offers a new interpretation of the theologians magnum opus 'The Star of Redemption', exploring his weaving of Jewish and Christian motifs.
Read more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/47iSkke
Read more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/47iSkke
Cities sit at the heart of both the challenges and solutions to climate change.
In our new 10-Minute Talk, Harriet Bulkeley FBA considers how urban climate action can chart a path forward, and the questions of ethics, justice and equity it raises for our collective futures https://bit.ly/3L7toVi
In our new 10-Minute Talk, Harriet Bulkeley FBA considers how urban climate action can chart a path forward, and the questions of ethics, justice and equity it raises for our collective futures https://bit.ly/3L7toVi
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cities sit at the heart of both the challenges and solutions to climate change.
In our new 10-Minute Talk, Harriet Bulkeley FBA considers how urban climate action can chart a path forward, and the questions of ethics, justice and equity it raises for our collective futures https://bit.ly/3L7toVi
In our new 10-Minute Talk, Harriet Bulkeley FBA considers how urban climate action can chart a path forward, and the questions of ethics, justice and equity it raises for our collective futures https://bit.ly/3L7toVi
With our partner @jsps_sns, we invite applications for the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2026. The scheme offers early career and postdoctoral researchers the chance to conduct collaborative research in Japan. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3WQ14Jw
October 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
With our partner @jsps_sns, we invite applications for the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2026. The scheme offers early career and postdoctoral researchers the chance to conduct collaborative research in Japan. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3WQ14Jw
There is only one week left to apply for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and The British Academy Knowledge Frontiers Symposium 2026. Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/4nyWsmv
October 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There is only one week left to apply for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and The British Academy Knowledge Frontiers Symposium 2026. Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/4nyWsmv
A huge congratulations to Sunil Amrith, winner of the 2025 British Academy Book Prize for The Burning Earth.
Chair of the judges, Professor Rebecca Earle FBA praised the quality of this year’s shortlist, which led readers across continents and through pivotal moments in human history.
Chair of the judges, Professor Rebecca Earle FBA praised the quality of this year’s shortlist, which led readers across continents and through pivotal moments in human history.
October 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A huge congratulations to Sunil Amrith, winner of the 2025 British Academy Book Prize for The Burning Earth.
Chair of the judges, Professor Rebecca Earle FBA praised the quality of this year’s shortlist, which led readers across continents and through pivotal moments in human history.
Chair of the judges, Professor Rebecca Earle FBA praised the quality of this year’s shortlist, which led readers across continents and through pivotal moments in human history.
We’re delighted to announce that The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years by Sunil Amrith has been awarded the 2025 British Academy Book Prize!
October 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We’re delighted to announce that The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years by Sunil Amrith has been awarded the 2025 British Academy Book Prize!
Despite decades of research and funding, women around the world continue to face preventable health risks and deaths. In Sick of It, Sophie Harman examines why this crisis persists, showing how women’s health is shaped by politics, policy, and social inequality. Learn more: https://bit.ly/47xrkP7
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Despite decades of research and funding, women around the world continue to face preventable health risks and deaths. In Sick of It, Sophie Harman examines why this crisis persists, showing how women’s health is shaped by politics, policy, and social inequality. Learn more: https://bit.ly/47xrkP7
Missed last night’s 2025 British Academy Book Prize Shortlist Event? Catch up on a fascinating discussion chaired by Rosie Goldsmith, featuring this year’s shortlisted authors exploring the ideas shaping our world.
Stay tuned for the winner's announcement tonight!
Watch now: https://bit.ly/42R3iMr
Stay tuned for the winner's announcement tonight!
Watch now: https://bit.ly/42R3iMr
October 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Missed last night’s 2025 British Academy Book Prize Shortlist Event? Catch up on a fascinating discussion chaired by Rosie Goldsmith, featuring this year’s shortlisted authors exploring the ideas shaping our world.
Stay tuned for the winner's announcement tonight!
Watch now: https://bit.ly/42R3iMr
Stay tuned for the winner's announcement tonight!
Watch now: https://bit.ly/42R3iMr
The new Thematic Collection in the Journal of the British Academy, 'Decolonising Gender Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa' highlights the under-representation of Global South scholars, particularly early career researchers, in gender knowledge production.
Find out more ⬇️
https://lnkd.in/eSnNbUPN
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October 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The new Thematic Collection in the Journal of the British Academy, 'Decolonising Gender Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa' highlights the under-representation of Global South scholars, particularly early career researchers, in gender knowledge production.
Find out more ⬇️
https://lnkd.in/eSnNbUPN
Find out more ⬇️
https://lnkd.in/eSnNbUPN