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The British Academy Book Prize 2025 shortlist is here! 📚

Spanning a broad range of subjects from the global politics of women’s health to Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church, these books lead readers across continents and the pivotal moments in their history.

Each title offers a new perspective on issues of global importance, united by rigorous research and a remarkable ability to tell powerful stories in an engaging and compelling way.

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Join us on Wed 17 September for a fascinating lecture with Professor Lea Ypi FBA for a reading and discussion of her new book. Ypi’s latest book traces the journey of a woman from Ottoman Salonica to a life under surveillance in post-war communist Albania, exploring moral and political meanings of individual and collective dignity, in connection to questions of truth and reconciliation, historical injustice and the relationship between fact and fiction. This lecture will be hosted at the University of Coventry. Book now: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/lectures/dignity-and-historical-injustice/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=conference

How might decolonisation change comparative literature?

How might thinking comparatively move us away from homogenization, or the reduction of one language or culture to the terms of another, lead us to alter some of the ways in which we think of decolonisation?

Join us for this fascinating British Academy conference on Thu 11-Fri 12 September bringing together dialogue among comparatists at various stages of their careers, studying African, Asian, Latin American and other literatures. This conference will be hosted at St John’s College Oxford and is a collaboration with The British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA) which is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Book now: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-conferences/comparative-literature-and-decoloniality/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=conference

Join us for a British Academy conference on Thu 11-Fri 12 September to understand how sound and nature can inspire wellbeing in both older people and those receiving care. This conference will bring together researchers and practitioners exploring the influence that sound has on wellbeing and ageing, whilst also understanding emerging methodologies for navigating the challenges of this interdisciplinary research. This conference will be hosted at the University of Gloucestershire. Book now: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-conferences/sound-nature-and-wellbeing-in-ageing/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=conference

Are you interested in understanding the European venture into the Andes, and what this meant for the Inca people? Join us for this engaging British Academy conference on Tue 2-Wed 3 September, presented by a new generation of diverse scholars who argue for major changes to the established view of the rise and fall of the Inca. This conference will deconstruct the violent cultural interaction by taking an Andes-wide approach, highlighting different ways of empire-building whilst leveraging a range of perspectives and data from a multi-disciplinary approach. This conference will be hosted at the University of Reading. Book now: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-conferences/deconstructing-the-inca-multidisciplinary-approaches-to-empire-in-the-andes/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=conference

Applications for the Innovation Fellowships Scheme Route B: Policy-led (Sustainable Futures) are still open to UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences interested in addressing sustainability challenges through policy-driven solutions. Learn more and apply: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/innovation-fellowships-2024-25-route-b-policy-led-suistainable-futures/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=info&utm_content=copy

Join us for this incredible two day online conference on Thursday 3 July and Friday 4 July on the work of one of the most acclaimed and widely known African writers and the ‘father of modern African literature,’ Chinua Achebe (1930-2013). Featuring world-leading scholars and rising stars in the fields of anthropology, literary modernism, African politics, African literature, African history, and African art, this conference aims to re-situate Chinua Achebe as both a literary and political figure of incontestable aesthetic value, intellectual profundity and extraordinary range. With only a few days to go, make sure not to miss out, book your tickets here: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-conferences/achebe-redivivus/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=conference

Join us for this incredible two day online conference on Thursday 3 July and Friday 4 July, aiming to re-situate Chinua Achebe as both a literary and political figure of incontestable aesthetic value, intellectual profundity and extraordinary range. Known as the ‘father of modern African literature,’ and one of the key literary figures of the twentieth century, this conference will generate theoretical and methodological reflections, considering the process of reinvigorating the study of Achebe’s work while providing veritable models for creating the literary history of the postcolonial world. Be sure not to miss out, book your tickets here: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-conferences/achebe-redivivus/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=conference

Join us for this fascinating online conference on the work of one of the most acclaimed and widely known African writers and the ‘father of modern African literature,’ Chinua Achebe (1930-2013). This two-day conference features world-leading scholars and rising stars in the fields of anthropology, literary modernism, African politics, African literature, African history, and African art, offering fresh, meticulously researched insights into some of the well-trodden contexts of Achebe’s work. Be sure not to miss out on Thursday 3 July and Friday 4 July. Book your tickets here: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-conferences/achebe-redivivus/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=conference

Are you interested to find out more about one of the most widely known African writers and the ‘father of modern African literature,’ Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)?

Join us for this engaging two day online conference on Thursday 3 July and Friday 4 July featuring world-leading scholars and rising stars in the fields of anthropology, literary modernism, African politics, African literature, African history, and African art, offering fresh, meticulously researched insights into some of the well-trodden contexts of Achebe’s work.

Be sure not to miss out, book your tickets here: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-conferences/achebe-redivivus/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=conference

Are you interested to find out more about one of the most widely known African writers and the ‘father of modern African literature,’ Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)? Join us for this engaging two day online conference on Thursday 3 July and Friday 4 July featuring world-leading scholars and rising stars in the fields of anthropology, literary modernism, African politics, African literature, African history, and African art, offering fresh, meticulously researched insights into some of the well-trodden contexts of Achebe’s work. Be sure not to miss out, book your tickets here: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-conferences/achebe-redivivus/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=conference