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Autumn – Winter 2013

What’s On

The British Academy – for the humanities and social sciences. Supporting the best in UK and international academic research for over a century and furthering our understanding of the past, present and future through research, policy reports, publications and public events.

Welcome to the British Academy

E ach year the British Academy mounts a programme of more than 50 lectures, panel discussions,

conferences and other events celebrating the study of what it means to be human and how we relate to the world around us. Our events highlight fascinating new research and shed light on a wide range of human and social issues which affect us all. New perspectives on areas of knowledge ranging from history to psychology, archaeology to economics, and from philosophy to law, provide fresh insights and valuable understanding into the world we live in and how our environment shapes us.

Research stemming from the humanities and social sciences deepens our understanding of human behaviour and the decisions we make, not just as individuals but as a society. Decisions, for example, about the future direction of our economy, broadening education to all, addressing our cultural impoverishment, or how we deal with major challenges such as ageing, migration or the effects of constitutional change. These should all be

informed by the understanding, research and expertise of the humanities and social sciences.

British Academy events offer a rich mix of insights and new thinking across broad, deep and constructive academic research and highlight the immense public value they provide. The events programme is the central pillar of the Academy’s commitment to encourage and engage in public discussion and debate. We hope you will find them enjoyable and stimulating – and very much look forward to welcoming you to the British Academy.

Lord Stern of Brentford President of the British Academy

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Wednesday 11 September, 6.30 to 7.45pm

Britain and the Occupations of IraqPanel Discussion

Thursday 12 & Friday 13 September, 9.30am to 5.30pm

Gertrude Bell and Iraq – A Life and Legacy ConferenceConference

Tuesday 24 September, 6 to 7.15pm

Dyslexia: An Impairment of Language Learning British Academy/British Psychological Society Lecture

Thursday 26 & Friday 27 September, 9.15am to 6pm

The Cognitive Revolution 60 Years OnConference

Tuesday 8 & Wednesday 9 October, 9am to 5.15pm (9pm finish Tuesday)

Emerging Powers Going Global Conference

Wednesday 16 October, 6 to 7.15pm

What If? Models, Fact and Fiction in EconomicsKeynes Lecture in Economics

Tuesday 22 October, 6 to 7.15pm

A Heavenly Aura: Confucian Modes of Relic Veneration Elsley Zeitlyn Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Culture

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For details of events independently organised by British Academy Schools and institutions, please see pages 20-23.

Wednesday 23 October, 6 to 7.30pm

The Changing Face of ValuePanel Discussion

Tuesday 5 & Wednesday 6 November, 9.30am to 5.30pm

Desert Island Discs and the discographic selfConference

Tuesday 5 November, 6 to 7.15pm

Desert Island Discs: Music and MemoriesPanel Discussion


Charlemagne and Europe Raleigh Lecture on History


Getting A Word In: Contact, Etymology and English Vocabulary in the Twelfth CenturySir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture

Thursday 5 December, 6 to 7.15pm

Britain and the beginning of ScotlandSir John Rhys Memorial Lecture

Wednesday 11 December, 6 to 7.30pm

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Wednesday 11 September 2013, 6.30pm followed by a reception.

FREE registration required: www.britac.ac.uk/events

In the 10th anniversary year of British participation in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, join a host of

international experts as they explore the kinds of politics from which British occupation(s) of Iraq emerged and the political order that they have helped to bring into being. The focus of the panel will be contemporary, but will allow for reflection on the ways in which the histories of Iraq and Great Britain have been intertwined. The interests, the prejudices and the passions on both sides have set in motion forces that have shaped the histories of both countries and the four panellists will introduce a number of themes that will help the audience to reflect on the consequences that are still unfolding today.

Britain and the Occupations of Iraq

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Sir Adam Roberts KCMG, FBA (Chair) is Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of International Relations, Oxford University and was President of the British Academy from 2009 to July 2013. His recent books include (ed., with Timothy Garton Ash), Civil Resistance and Power Politics: The Experience of Non-violent Action from Gandhi to the Present (2009); and (ed.), Democracy, Sovereignty and Terror: Lakshman Kadirgamar on the Foundations of International Order (2012).

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Venue: The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Ali A. Allawi is an author, biographer and former government minister in Iraq.

Nadje Al-Ali is Professor of Gender Studies at SOAS, University of London.

Rosemary Hollis is Professor of Middle East Policy Studies and Director of the Olive Tree Scholarship Programme at City University London.

Charles Tripp FBA is Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle East, at SOAS, University of London.

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Thursday 12 September – Friday 13 September 2013, 9.30am – 5.30pm.


Exactly 90 years after the foundation of the Iraq Museum and a decade on from the 2003 invasion and

occupation of Iraq, join a wide range of international experts to examine the life and legacy of Gertrude Lowthian Bell (1868–1926), the renowned scholar, explorer, writer, archaeologist and British civil servant. This three-day conference will focus on her role in shaping British

policy in the Middle East, especially the establishment of the Iraqi monarchy and state, her interests in Iraq’s past (she was instrumental in the foundation of the Iraq Museum in 1923), and reflect on her legacy for modern Iraq and neighbouring regions.

This is the first major international conference to examine Bell’s extensive work in Iraq.

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Professor Nadje Al-Ali School of Oriental and African Studies Dr Lamia al-Gailani Werr University College LondonÇigdem Aydin Independent ScholarProfessor Helen Berry Newcastle UniversityDr Magnus Bernhardson Williams CollegeDr Tamara Chalabi Independent ScholarSir Terence Clarke KBE, CMG, CVO Former British Ambassador to Iraq, 1985–1989

Dr Paul Collins The Ashmolean MuseumDr Lisa Cooper University of British Columbia Dr Toby Dodge London School of Economics Dr Saad Eskander Director of Iraq’s National Library and ArchiveMoayad Hanoush Independent ScholarProfessor Stephen Hill University of Gloucestershire Dr Mark Jackson Newcastle UniversityProfessor Ian M. Johnson University of Aberdeen

Dr Fouad Kadhem University of Exeter Dr Wolfgang Köhler Independent ScholarDr Glen Rangwala University of Cambridge Ms Lynn Ritchie Newcastle UniversityDr Eleanor Robson University College London Dr Peter Sluglett National University of SingaporeDr Rosalind Wade Haddon Independent ScholarMyriam Yakoubi Collège de France/Paris 8 University

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Without the ability to read fluently and with accurate comprehension, for many

children there can be a downward spiral of poor educational achievement and career prospects. Studies following the development of children at family-risk of dyslexia have revealed that it is associated with language delays and speech difficulties in pre-school years before reading instruction even begins. Literacy outcomes in children depend not only on the risk factors that predispose reading difficulties but also on protective factors which mitigate the risk. Join Professor Snowling as she discusses the impact dyslexia has on society and asking whether it is possible to intervene early to ameliorate its impact?

Dyslexia: An Impairment of Language LearningJoint British Academy/British Psychological Society Lecture

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Professor Maggie Snowling FBA is President of St. John’s College, Oxford. She was a member of the Rose Review on Dyslexia and is Past-President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. She is also a fellow of Academy of Medical Sciences.

Tuesday 24 September 2013, 6 – 7.15pm followed by a reception.

FREE. Seats allocated on a first come, first served basis.


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Sixty years ago, the young Noam Chomsky put forward a new theory of language which radically altered

our understanding of language and cognition. At the time, Chomsky’s theory was seen as a paradigm example of the promise of the application of formal, computational methods originating in the sciences to understanding central and, in the case of language, unique aspects of human cognition. This was in many ways

the beginning of modern cognitive science. Chomsky’s ideas had a major impact well beyond linguistics: in psychology, philosophy and computer science. He also founded the fields of computational linguistics and psycholinguistics. This conference aims to assess the situation in modern linguistics and cognitive science six decades on.

The Cognitive Revolution 60 Years On

Thursday 26 and Friday 27 September 2013, 9.15am – 6pm.


SPEAKERS

Professor Bob Berwick Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Balthasar Bickel University of Zurich Professor Lera Boroditsky Stanford University Professor Jennifer Culbertson George Mason University Professor Ewa Dabrowska Northumbria University Professor Daniel Everett Bentley University Professor Janet Dean Fodor City University of New York Graduate Center James Higginbotham FBA University of Southern California

Professor Shalom Lappin FBA King’s College London Professor Stephen Levinson FBA Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen Professor Lisa Matthewson University of British Columbia Professor Barbara Partee University of Massachusetts at Amherst Professor Geoffrey Pullum FBA University of Edinburgh Professor Luigi Rizzi FBA Ecole Normale Superieure Paris Professor Paul Smolensky Johns Hopkins University Professor Edward Stabler UCLA

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What are the global implications of the rise of emerging powers? What are the opportunities and

challenges presented by their growing economic strength and political influence both within states and on a global scale?

This conference will take a situated global perspective by engaging both specialists on the impact of emerging powers in Africa, Latin America and Asia and leading scholars of the wider international

Emerging Powers Going Global

Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 October 2013, 9am – 5.15pm (9pm finish Tuesday).


SPEAKERS

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern PBA London School of Economics and Political Science

Professor Ngaire Woods University of Oxford

Professor Deborah Bräutigam John Hopkins University

Professor Ian Taylor University of St Andrews

Professor Sir Adam Roberts FBA University of Oxford

For a full list of speakers, please see the website.

political and economic order. The conference will assess emerging powers’ global geopolitical impact and the policy implications for investment, business and trade, as well as for international development, global health, agriculture and food security, and climate change.

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What would have happened to economic growth if the railway had not been invented? What if

the monetary system behaved like a hydraulic machine? And why have economists argued about the exchanges that Robinson Crusoe might have made with Friday on their desert island? Join Professor Morgan as she uses materials from the history of economics to illuminate how economists have created and used models – devices that combine elements of the factual and fictional – to explore the economic world.

What If? Models, Fact and Fiction in EconomicsKeynes Lecture in Economics

Wednesday 16 October 2013, 6 – 7.15pm followed by a reception.


ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Mary S. Morgan FBA is Professor of History and Philosophy of Economics at the London School of Economics and University of Amsterdam. Her book The World in the Model (2012) follows others on “travelling facts”, on measurement, and on observation. She has recently held a British Academy / Wolfson Research Professorship for “Re-Thinking Case Studies Across the Social Sciences”.

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The veneration of relics is usually identified with Buddhism in China. However, ideas about the special

efficacy of things associated with great persons developed long before the introduction of Buddhist practices. For instance, the display of personal items that had once belonged to Confucius (c.551–479 BC) powerfully evoked the ancient sage to later devotees who visited his memorial temple. His possessions, images, and even trees he allegedly planted were

A Heavenly Aura: Confucian Modes of Relic VenerationElsley Zeitlyn Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Culture

Tuesday 22 October 2013, 6 – 7.15pm followed by a reception.


ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Julia K. Murray is Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin and Associate in Research at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University. Her research focuses on the visual and material culture associated with the worship of Confucius, particularly pictorial portraits, sculptural images and hagiographical illustrations. She is currently writing the history of a shrine at the alleged burial site of Confucius’ robe and cap.

believed to harbour his beneficent spirit and possess supernatural power, inspiring paranormal events. Professor Murray’s talk will explore how auspicious objects could be transferred or replicated elsewhere, bringing blessings to new regions.

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In this period of, arguably, unprecedented economic, technological and social change,

‘The Changing Face of Value’ sets out to explore and critique how our sense of value and values may be shifting or indeed completely changing. The discussion will probe and challenge our understandings of what is valued by whom and why in the 21st century.

Bringing together a diverse range of experts from within and outside the Academy, this timely debate will present a compelling range of perspectives on the following themes:

• Thedigitalworld:Isitshapingoursocial and cultural values, and if so, how?

• Theapparentriseinvalueofnotionssuch as ‘authenticity’, ‘openness’ and ‘connectivity’

• Thevalueofobjectsandnewformsofmaterial culture

• Theshiftofvaluesfromtheenduringto the ephemeral

• Thefutureofvalueitself

‘The Changing Face of Value’ is part of the Culture Capital Exchange’s ‘Inside Out’ Festival. Details of speakers will be available from July on the website.

The Changing Face of ValueJoint event with the Culture Capital Exchange

Wednesday October 23 2013, 6 – 7.30pm followed by a reception.



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Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 November 2013, 9.30am – 5.30pm.


Desert Island Discs and the discographic self

The radio programme Desert Island Discs has run continuously since 1942 and represents a unique

record of the changing place of music in British society. In recognition of its iconic status, the BBC has recently created an online archive that currently includes podcasts of the last 25 years of programmes. This conference brings together musicologists, sociologists and media scholars to reflect on the programme’s historical and contextual significance, its changing position in Britain’s continually evolving media and its imitators in other parts of the world.

SPEAKERS

Professor Andrew Blake University of East London

Professor Philip Bohlman University of Chicago

Professor Georgina Born University of Oxford

Dr Julie Brown Royal Holloway, University of London

Dr Michael Bull University of Sussex

Professor Nicholas Cook FBA University of Cambridge

Professor Stephen Cottrell City University London

Professor Tia DeNora University of Exeter

Dr Jenny Doctor Syracuse University

Professor John Ellis Royal Holloway, University of London

Professor Simon Frith FBA University of Edinburgh

Professor David Hendy University of Sussex

Dr Sarah Hill Cardiff University

Dr Jo Littler City University

Professor Will Straw McGill University

Dr Peter Webb University of Cambridge

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Tuesday 5 November 2013, 6 – 7.15pm followed by a reception.


Join a panel of musicians who have appeared over the years on one of the UK’s most popular radio programmes,

BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. As the panel journey through their experiences of selecting their castaway recordings, this event will explore the fascinating relationship between music and autobiography. Chaired by City University’s Professor of Music, Stephen Cottrell, this event promises to give a unique insight into why music has such a deep connection to our everyday lives and memories.

Please visit the website for an updated list of confirmed speakers.

Desert Island Discs: Music and MemoriesChaired by Professor Stephen Cottrell, City University London

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In this year’s Raleigh lecture, Medievalist Professor Dame Jinty Nelson examines the long association

between Charlemagne (Charles the Great) King of the Franks and Christian emperor of the West, and Europe. She will explore and explain the variegated forms, meanings and functions that this association has acquired, been invested with and performed. She will also look behind myth and historiography, asking how and why Charlemagne and some of his contemporaries might have understood Europe as an imagined community.

Charlemagne and EuropeRaleigh Lecture on History

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Professor Dame Jinty Nelson FBA taught Medieval History at King’s College London for almost forty years before retiring in 2008. She has longstanding interests in the Carolingian world. She is currently working on a biography of Charlemagne, and helping to plan a day-conference at the British Museum to mark the 1200th anniversary of his death on 28 January 814.

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Getting A Word In: Contact, Etymology and English Vocabulary in the Twelfth CenturySir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture

English vocabulary owes an enormous debt to the other languages of medieval Britain. Arguably, nowhere

is this debt more significant than in the twelfth century – a complex and fascinating period of transition, when (amongst many other things) influence from both Norse and French is increasingly apparent in writing. This lecture will explore the etymologies, meanings and contexts of some key words from this crucial time, as a way to think about the evidence for contact and change at the boundary of Old and Middle English and to illustrate how rich, diverse, challenging and surprising its voices can be.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr Richard Dance is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic and a Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. He is the author of a number of books and articles about Old and Middle English language and literature.

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The often-repeated account of Scotland’s beginnings in a ‘union of Picts and Scots under Cinaed

(Kenneth) mac Ailpín’ has been numerously called into doubt over the years. In this lecture Professor Dauvit Broun explores recent rethinking on Scottish origins by discussing the role of Britain as an ‘idea’, connections with England, the emergence of Scotland as a country in the 13th century, and the beginnings of the Scottish kingdom itself. Professor Broun will also examine if this has implications for how Scotland is viewed in relation to Britain today.

Britain and the beginning of ScotlandSir John Rhys Memorial Lecture

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dauvit Broun is Professor at the University of Glasgow. He has been lecturing on Scottish History since 1990 and has held the chair in Scottish History there since 2009.

Thursday 5 December 2013, 6 – 7.15pm followed by a reception.


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William Trevor: Revaluations

Born in Ireland in 1928, resident in

Britain since 1953, an artist whose work embraces, but transcends these cultures, William Trevor is one of the most significant,

popular prose writers working today. This event will examine Trevor’s schooling in the art of fiction, tracing the influence of past masters (such as Dickens, Turgenev and Joyce), and more recent exemples (Camus, Beckett and Pinter).

Speakers will highlight his continuing responsiveness to historical and cultural change, how frequently his characters’ choices are constrained not only by nationality, language and religion, but also as a consequence of class, education, gender and race.

SPEAKERS

Wednesday 11 December, 6 – 7.30pm followed by a reception.


Paul Delaney is Lecturer in Irish Writing at Trinity College, Dublin.

Lyn Innes is Emeritus Professor of Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Kent.

Dame Hermione Lee FBA is Professor of English and president of Wolfson College, at Oxford University and a frequent literary reviewer and broadcaster.

Michael O’Neill is Professor of English at Durham University and a distinguished poet.

Michael Parker is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Central Lancashire. His and Paul Delaney’s co-edited collection, William Trevor: Revaluations, will be published this autumn.

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Other Events held at the Academy

Wednesday 18 September 2013, 6.30 – 7.45pm

FREE admission for BIAA members but registration required. Tickets for non-members £10. For further information please visit www.biaa.ac.uk or contact 020 7969 5204.

20th Century Turkish Literature – before and after Orhan PamukHow and why has there been a sudden burst of interest in twentieth century Turkish literature? What does this mean for Turkey and contemporary writing? In this lecture, Professor Freely will compare and contrast the official story with her own eyewitness account, as well as offering a list of exciting new (and old) names to watch out for in Turkish literature.

Professor Maureen Freely, University of Warwick and chair of the Translators Association

Arranged by the British Institute at Ankara

Thursday 14 November 2013, 6 – 7.15pm

FREE registration required. www.biea.ac.uk. For further information please contact [email protected]/020 7969 5201.

Africa – birthplace of the ‘First Industrial Revolution’?We think of the industrial revolution in terms of iron and steel, railways and steam engines, yet none of this would have been possible if a human being, half a million years ago, had not imagined what a stone attached to a stick might do and how it might make life a little easier. Join Professor Lawrence Barham as he explores this seemingly simple step in human technological achievement – with a focus on evidence and research across Africa.

Professor Lawrence Barham is Professor of African Archaeology at the University of Liverpool. He has worked in Zambia for 20 years and is extending his research into Ghana.

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Wednesday 20 November 2013, 6 – 7.45pm

FREE registration required: www.biea.ac.uk. For further information please contact [email protected]/020 7969 5274.

Excavating a provincial capital of the Assyrian Empire: The Ziyaret Tepe Archaeological ProjectKnown in antiquity as Tushan, Ziyaret Tepe was an Assyrian provincial capital and garrison town from 882 to 611 BC; as an archaeological site it is of exceptional importance. In this lecture, Dr MacGinnis will discuss the excavations carried out on the site to date and the finds that his team has uncovered, such as the remains of a palace, low status housing and an archive of cuneiform texts dating to the very end of the empire and one tablet that hints at the existence of a language hitherto unknown.

Dr John MacGinnis is Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. He is a consultant for UNESCO on the culture of ancient Mesopotamia and Field Director of the British Expedition to Ziyaret Tepe.

Arranged by Gertrude Bell Memorial. The British Institute for the Study of Iraq

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Monday 25 November 2013, 6 – 7.15pm

FREE registration required: www.bsr.ac.uk. For further information please contact [email protected]/ 020 7969 5247.

Debating Mussolini’s ItalyProfessor Paul Corner and Professor Christopher Duggan have recently produced two of the most significant contributions to the fascinating debates on fascist Italy. Join two of the most eminent experts in this field as they discuss their findings, based largely on rarely examined and unpublished archival material. Considering the experience of ordinary people and how they related to the regime, they will also touch on Mussolini’s legacy in contemporary Italy.

Paul Corner is Professor of European History and Director of the Euromasters programme at the Centre for the Study of Political Change, University of Siena.

Professor Christopher Duggan is Head of the Literature & Languages School at the University of Reading.

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Tuesday 10 December 2013, 6.30 – 7.45pm

FREE admission for BIAA members. Tickets for non-members £10. For further information and to register please contact Claire McCafferty at [email protected] 020 7969 5204 or visit the website www.biaa.ac.uk

The leopard changes its spots: recent work on societal change at CatalhoyukJoin Professor Ian Hodder, as he discusses recent evidence that demonstrates that Catalhoyuk was not such a stable entity as has often been supposed. In this lecture, he will look at the complex ritual and symbolic world that has become so well known, and explore how it was actually in continual turmoil, linked to changing economic and technological strategies and to the complex problem-solving challenges of everyday life.

Ian Hodder is the Dunlevie Family Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology at Stanford University. Professor Hodder is a pioneer of post-processualist theory in archaeology.

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