Featuring 15 thought - provoking exhibits 22–23 June 2018 The Summer Showcase is a free two-day festival celebrating the It’s my pleasure outstanding research in the humanities and social sciences, that shapes the to welcome you world in which we live.
Taking place throughout our building, the to the British Showcase features 15 exhibits from some of the best humanities and social sciences scholars working across the UK. From exploring Sleep in Early Modern England to Flood Management in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, their exhibits help Academy’s first us to understand who we are, where we came from and where we are headed. You will have a unique opportunity to speak to our researchers and immerse yourself in their ever Summer subjects, whether that’s history or politics, music or anthropology. You can also take part in hands-on activities, listen to talks and enjoy a variety of activities at our Friday Late. Showcase. I hope you enjoy the Showcase and do visit our website to find out more about upcoming events: britishacademy.ac.uk
Professor Sir David Cannadine President of the British Academy
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britishacademy.ac.uk | @britac_news 03 Are the Armed Forces Is working at home the key Find our exhibitors diverse enough? to equality for women?
Ground Floor © Rooful Ali © Rooful Saunders © Leonora
Muslims in the Military Double Lives: Working Motherhood in Twentieth-Century Britain Of the 3 million Muslims living in the UK today, it is estimated that only 550 serve in the Today, over 4 million people in the UK – British Armed Forces. Asma Mustafa’s exhibit including many mothers – regularly work examines why so few young Muslims consider from home. These Four Walls, a collaboration a career in the Armed Forces, particularly between Helen McCarthy and Leonora given the Ministry of Defence’s drive to Saunders, explores the different meanings of improve the diversity of its personnel, and high home-based work for women in Britain over unemployment among British Muslims. the past century through an exciting fusion of portrait photography and cutting-edge First historical research. Floor Dr Asma Mustafa — Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies/University of Oxford British Academy/Leverhulme Dr Helen McCarthy Small Research Grant 2015 — Queen Mary University of London British Academy Mid-Career Fellow 2017 The Lee Library Leonora Saunders Photographer and Artist The Lee Library
04 britishacademy.ac.uk/summershowcase britishacademy.ac.uk | @britac_news 05 What do we really know What does the history of How has America What do you about African art in masking tell us about youth, been depicted remember about reading European museums? politics and insecurity in Nigeria? in videogames? novels at school?
Rediscovering the Arts and Heritage of Militant Masks: Youth, Performance Playing Cowboys and Criminals: Videogame Literature’s Lasting Impression: South Sudan in Italian Museums and Insecurity in Nigeria Depictions of the Frontier and Urban West What Makes Shared Reading of Novels Powerful? In the nineteenth century, Europeans began David Pratten gives an insight into the lives John Wills’s research explores depictions of to travel to the territory of what is now South of the Agaba masquerade based in the Niger America in popular videogames from the 1970s Most people remember ‘reading round Sudan. They returned with over twenty Delta region. His exhibit tells a story about onwards, focusing on ‘Wild West’ titles such as the class,’ where students join in or share thousand objects, which were deposited in members’ masquerade traditions, and why The Oregon Trail (1971), an educational adventure reading of a book under the guidance of a museums across Europe and almost forgotten. they continue to flourish today. While these used to teach the history of the frontier, as well as teacher. But does it really work? Drawing Zoe Cormack’s research focuses on the items masquerade performances – which feature games based on the modern American city, such as on memories and interviews with teachers brought back by Italian traders and explorers. music, carved masks and bold dance styles – LA Noire (2011). Drop in to play retro videogames and students, John Gordon invites visitors In collaboration with South Sudanese partners, are striking, the songs are witty laments that and find out more about how gaming has shaped to take part in shared reading activities and she has retraced the routes of these objects reflect on the insecurity of life for these young our view of history and culture. asks how we can nurture lasting pleasure and rediscovered thousands of treasures from men, and offer a critique of politics and the and interest in reading beyond school. Visitors to John's exhibit will have a chance to South Sudan in Italian museums. Her exhibit economic system in Nigeria. play classic videogames. One of these will be explores what historic arts and heritage could suitable for those age 14+ only. mean today, as South Sudan grapples with a Dr John Gordon history of conflict and division. Dr David Pratten —University of East Anglia —University of Oxford British Academy Mid-Career Fellow 2016 British Academy/Leverhulme Dr John Wills —University of Kent No.11 Reception Small Research Grant 2015 Dr Zoe Cormack British Academy/Leverhulme —University of Oxford The Reading Room Small Research Grant 2015 Postdoctoral Research Associate at The British Institute in Eastern Africa; No.11 Reception Rome Fellow at the British School at Rome The Lee Library
06 britishacademy.ac.uk/summershowcase britishacademy.ac.uk | @britac_news 07 How does your Why would you What happens to Musical archives: appearance reflect deliberately design a our bodies when What goes in, and your lifestyle habits? disabled artificial limb? we play music? what is left out? © Hugh Mdlalose © Hugh
Perceptions of Health Engineering the Imagination: The Breath of Music: Investigating South African Jazz Cultures and the Archive Disability, Prostheses and the Body Respiration in Indian Music Performance High profile campaigns urge us to stop Various efforts to document, categorise and smoking, drink less and eat our ‘5-a-day’. Hands are one of the most expressive parts Making music, whether vocal or instrumental, archive jazz music in South Africa have been Yet health information alone does not of the body, yet prosthetic models tend to is a physical act usually undertaken with made in recent years. While this work is seem to encourage us to adopt a healthier be thought of in purely functional terms. To others. However, relatively little is known essential, there have been few opportunities for lifestyle. David Perrett and colleagues at the challenge this way of thinking, Stuart Murray about how performers coordinate and how the South African jazz community to explore University of St Andrews explore a new and team have deliberately constructed this is manifested in the body. The Breath of and respond to these initiatives. Bringing idea to improve our health – by appealing to artificial hands. They invite you to interact Music investigates respiration and heart rate together leading musicians and scholars, our vanity. Their exhibit includes surprising with the hands and explore the relationship data from Indian instrumental performers Jonathan Eato and Stephanus Muller’s research facts and interactive displays to show between disability design and the use of with the aim of discovering how these signals seeks to address this gap, and examine South how diet, exercise and lifestyle habits can prosthetics. Will thinking about hands as tools relate to musical structure and coordination Africa’s musical heritage from a range of improve our appearance, and even affect to express emotion help to improve assistive between musicians. Drop in to test your own different perspectives. how others see us. technologies for those with disabilities? musical abilities and find out how musicians from different cultures and musical traditions coordinate their behaviour while performing. Dr Jonathan Eato Professor David Perrett FBA Professor Stuart Murray — University of York — University of St Andrews — University of Leeds British Academy/Wolfson Research APEX Award 2017 Professor Martin Clayton Professor Stephanus Muller — Durham University — Africa Open Institute, Stellenbosch University Professorship 2009–2012 The Wolfson Room British Academy/Leverhulme Newton Advanced Fellowship Grant 2015 The Wolfson Room Small Research Grant 2016 Nduduzo Makhathini The Wolfson Room Pianist, Composer, and Researcher University of Fort Hare Find out when award-winning South African jazz pianist Nduduzo Makhathini will perform on P14. The Music Room
08 britishacademy.ac.uk/summershowcase britishacademy.ac.uk | @britac_news 09 Was the 2011 How can people live safely What can our How can medieval studies Syrian uprising an in coastal areas under ancestors teach us contribute to the debate on agrarian revolt? conditions of climate change? about sleeping well? the existence of Planet Nine? © Andy McCrea McCrea © Andy
Agriculture, Pastoralism and Settlement in Proactively Living with Floods: Sleep in Early Modern England Before and After Halley: Medieval Contemporary Syria: The Deep Past to the Developing New Approaches to Flood Visions of Modern Science Modern Conflict in the Fertile Crescent Management in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta Sleep in Early Modern England is the first in-depth investigation of the history of sleep. Before and After Halley explores, for the first Until the mid-2000s, the livelihoods of around Flooding is a regular part of life for the people It reveals how our ancestors approached time, how medieval records of comets can be 50% of Syria’s population depended on farming. in tropical river deltas, yet climate change and bedtime, the fascinating rituals that used to test the theory that our solar system Yet by 2011, drought and failed agricultural growing infrastructure needs have increased bookended sleep, and the powerful religious may include an additional, undiscovered policies resulted in just 10% being able to make the risk of serious incidents. This has produced motivations that fuelled the pursuit of a good planet: Planet Nine. Combining the skills of a living from the land. With many seeing rural complexity and uncertainty in responding to night’s rest. Join Sasha Handley to make your a medievalist and an astronomer, this exhibit underemployment as a trigger for the 2011 Syrian development challenges. Innovative solutions own scent bag, sample some of the smells challenges the assumption that early medieval uprising, it is clear that agriculture is essential for knowledge co-production and sharing from a seventeenth century bedchamber and scientific thought was simple and undeserving to sustainable livelihoods in the Middle East. are required that benefit a large diversity find out how historic sleep patterns may help of serious scientific investigation. However, agriculture also represents one of the of stakeholders. Drop in to engage with an us to get a more restful night’s sleep today. most significant threats to the archaeology and interactive model of a river basin and animated natural heritage of the Middle East. Using photos children stories to find out how research Dr Marilina Cesario and interactive displays, this exhibit emphasises involves communities and other stakeholders Professor Sasha Handley — Queen’s University Belfast the importance of developing farming practices in disaster management. — University of Manchester APEX Award 2017 that both protect livelihoods, and the natural and British Academy Mid-Career Fellow 2015 Dr Pedro Lacerda cultural heritage of the Middle East. Dr Oliver Hensengerth The Lecture Room — Queen’s University Belfast — Northumbria University The Lecture Room Dr Jennie Bradbury Newton Mobility Grant 2015 — University of Oxford The Council Room Former CBRL Research Fellow
Dr Philip Proudfoot — Northumbria University Assistant Director, CBRL British Institute in Amman 2016–18 The Council Room
10 britishacademy.ac.uk/summershowcase britishacademy.ac.uk | @britac_news 11 Is 3D cinema only good for spectacle and novelty, 10–11 Carlton or can it do more? House Terrace Numbers 10 and 11 Carlton House Terrace were designed by John Nash. Constructed between 1827 and 1833, it was built on the site of Carlton House, the former home of the Prince Regent. Former occupants have included Prime Minister William Gladstone, Sir Matthew White Ridley and Lord Monson. During the First World War, No.10 housed a hospital for wounded officers, initiated by Lady Ridley. Contemporary 3D Cinema: To learn more about the history of our building, Space in the Digital Age look out for panels written by our Fellows, Digital 3D cinema is often dismissed as a which are located throughout the building. gimmick, but this overlooks its historical and cultural significance. In his exhibit, Nick Jones reassesses its importance and shares his research on the history of 3D, from Victorian stereoscopes to cutting-edge VR headsets. In addition to enhancing our understanding of digital cinema, 3D is also crucial to One of London’s Grade finest 1 Georgian listed treasures. understanding today’s wider landscape of digital technologies – including pervasive digital surveillance and the phenomenon of big data. Drop in to learn more about 3D and try a VR headset to see the world in a different way.
Dr Nick Jones — University of York British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship 2015 Waiting Room
12 britishacademy.ac.uk/summershowcase britishacademy.ac.uk | @britac_news 13 Come to a special late-night view of the Talks and Summer Showcase Summer Showcase. Drop in to see the exhibits, enjoy talks and performances, Activities Late – Fri 22 June or simply relax with a drink at the bar. Talks Performances Ground Floor First Floor
Join us for free 10 minute pop-up talks by our Fri 22 June, 1.00pm The Reading Room The Wolfson Room exhibitors in The Wolfson Room, The Council Sat 23 June, 1.30pm & 3.00pm Relaxation Bar Indian breath in music Room and The Reading Room. The Music Room Long week at work? Choose a mindful Enjoy an Indian music performance by musicians Drop in for a live performance by South colouring book and relax with a cocktail Kaviraj Singh and Hiren Chate, inspired by Martin Sat 23 June, 12.30pm African Jazz musician Nduduzo Makhathini, in inspired by Tudor healthcare regimes. Clayton’s exhibit Breath in Music. The Reading Room conjunction with the exhibit South African Jazz 6.30–9.00pm 7.30–7.50pm David Pratten, What does the history of Cultures and the Archive. masking tell us about youth, politics and You can also pick up a free Linguistics Puzzle, Garden Gallery insecurity in Nigeria? devised by Professor Dick Hudson FBA, from Performing East and Edible Perfume The Council Room The Reading Room and The Music Room. Southeast Asian identity Sample a refreshing orange blossom and Nick Jones, Is 3D cinema only good for Diana Yeh and Tamsin Barber’s research mint edible perfume created in response to spectacle and novelty, or can it do more? explores race, migration, and the cultural David Perrett’s exhibit Perceptions of Health. The Wolfson Room politics of East & Southeast Asian youth in Inspired by Renaissance flower waters, this Jennie Bradbury, Was the 2011 Syrian uprising London. Join them as they introduce dance by perfume is light and fragrant. Made from all an agrarian revolt? Will Pham and poetry by Anna Chen linked to natural ingredients, it can be consumed by their current research project Becoming East/ spraying directly into your mouth or through Southeast Asian. Sat 23 June, 1.00pm your skin. Devised by food historian Tasha 6.45–7.15pm Marks, Founder of AVM Curiosities and a The Reading Room specialist in the sensory museum. Sasha Handley, What can our Humanities and Humour 6.30–9.00pm ancestors teach us about sleeping well? Join Steve Cross, comedian and the creator The Council Room of Bright Club, Science Showoff and the The Music Room Asma Mustafa, Are the Armed Over-Analyser’s Book Club for comedy shows Forces diverse enough? starring some of the UK’s funniest academics. Performance by Nduduzo Makhathini Hilarious history, laughable literature, amusing Drop in for a live performance by award The Wolfson Room anthropology and curious curation combine to winning South African Jazz pianist John Gordon, What do you remember keep you laughing while you learn. Nduduzo Makhathini, in conjunction with about reading novels at school? 7.30–8.00pm & 8.15–8.45pm the exhibit South African Jazz Cultures and the Archive. 8.00–8.20pm
FREE, Drop-in. All activities are on a first come, first served basis. Steve Cross Steve
14 britishacademy.ac.uk/summershowcase britishacademy.ac.uk/summershowcase 15 Drawn from the humanities and social About sciences, we look to understand many of the great questions facing humanity today. 1 2 The British Academy We fund outstanding research for academics at key stages of their careers and are is a Fellowship of over particularly proud to support the next 1,000 distinguished generation of scholars. We play a role in enriching public debate, 3 4 academics based in the helping to inform those who make important UK and overseas. decisions in our society and shaping public policy. We also offer a place for anyone who shares a passion for our subjects and wants to discover more. 5 6
Below: Some of the 66 Fellows elected to the British Academy in 2017.
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Visit our website to find out more about our Fellowship of over 1,000 leading academics: britishacademy.ac.uk 11 12
1 . Mary Leakey 5 . C S Lewis 9 . Seamus Heaney — Palaeoanthropologist — Poet and author — Poet and playwright
2 . Angela McRobbie 6 . Catriona Seth 10 . Alison Bashford — Professor of Communications, — Marshal Foch Professor of French — Research Professor of History, Goldsmiths University of London Literature, University of Oxford University of New South Wales, Australia
3 . Sara Hobolt 7 . Melissa Leach CBE 11 . Beatrice Webb — Sutherland Chair in European — Director, Institute of Development — Co-founder of the Institutions, London School of Studies, University of Sussex London School of Economics Economics and Political Science 8 . Tariq Modood MBE 12 . Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad 4 . Winston Churchill — Director of the University Research — Distinguished Professor of — Prime Minister of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Comparative Religion and Philosophy, United Kingdom, 1940-45 & 1951–55 Citizenship, University of Bristol Lancaster University
16 britishacademy.ac.uk/summershowcase britishacademy.ac.uk | @britac_news 17 The British Academy’s public events programme British Academy showcases the latest research and thinking in a variety of subjects – from psychology to history, Public Events literature to politics, linguistics to law. This Summer, distinguished academics from our Fellowship will be travelling the UK to take part in two leading festivals – Buxton International Festival and Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Buxton International Edinburgh International Festival Book Festival
This July, we join forces with Buxton International British Academy President David Cannadine Festival to create the Perspectives series. Curated will discuss his latest book, The Victorious by Peter Hennessy FBA, Perspectives will revive Century: The United Kingdom 1800 -1906, at the the spirit of the revolutionary Georgian Coffee Edinburgh International Book Festival in August. House, exploring the issues of our age with some of Described as ‘Sparklingly intelligent’ by one Britain's foremost thinkers and commentators. critic, David’s magisterial history of Britain under Queen Victoria paints a vivid portrait of a country British Academy Fellows - including Fiona Reynolds self-importantly swaggering at the summit of the and Rosemary Ashton - will join politicians, world, but also dogged by self-doubt. journalists and other academics to discuss topics ranging from the ethics of modern corporations Edinburgh International Book Festival
to the tensions between historical fact and takes place 11–27 August 2018. David Cannadine thanks dramatisation. will speak on 13 August, 6.45–7.45pm Buxton International Festival For more information and to takes place 6–22 July 2018. book your tickets, visit edbookfest.co.uk For more information and to book your tickets, visit: buxtonfestival.co.uk With
Thank you to our Fellows, exhibitors and the British International Research Institutes for their involvement in our first Summer Showcase. Find out more online at The British Academy is grateful for generous britishacademy.ac.uk/events support from a range of partners, including individuals, trusts and foundations and companies, for its research programmes, policy work and other activities.
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