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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
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.
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
For centuries, Western powers have sought to ‘fix’ African economies. Shortlisted for the 2025 British Academy Book Prize, Bronwen Everill's Africonomics traces how these interventions have repeatedly failed to deliver, and highlights Africa’s own approaches to economic life: https://bit.ly/47aBrcJ
October 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
For centuries, Western powers have sought to ‘fix’ African economies. Shortlisted for the 2025 British Academy Book Prize, Bronwen Everill's Africonomics traces how these interventions have repeatedly failed to deliver, and highlights Africa’s own approaches to economic life: https://bit.ly/47aBrcJ
‘A musical detective story’, Sound Tracks by Graeme Lawson unpacks the history of our relationship with music. From 27,000-year-old bone pipes in the Pyrenees, to bells in a 5th Century Chinese tomb, this grand musical tour is on our 2025 Book Prize shortlist.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3WsTunW
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3WsTunW
October 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
‘A musical detective story’, Sound Tracks by Graeme Lawson unpacks the history of our relationship with music. From 27,000-year-old bone pipes in the Pyrenees, to bells in a 5th Century Chinese tomb, this grand musical tour is on our 2025 Book Prize shortlist.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3WsTunW
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3WsTunW