This year, the Bayeux Tapestry is being displayed in the UK for the first time after 1,000 years. Here, Anne-Hélène Miller, discusses this significant moment and her new book, The Invention of Frenchness. Scene 51 of the Bayeux Tapestry, from the Bayeux Museum. Credit: https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/la-tapisserie-de-bayeux/decouvrir-la-tapisserie-de-bayeux/explorer-la-tapisserie-de-bayeux-en-ligne The year 2026 marks the “return” of the Bayeux Tapestry … Continue reading
Translating Peter the Sicilian
In this blog post, Carl Dixon, author and translator of the latest title in the Translated Texts for Byzantinists series, discusses the Paulicians of the Byzantine Empire and the controversies of Peter the Sicilian's writings on them. The Paulicians are one of the more unusual heresies of the Middle Ages. Unlike many of their ilk, … Continue reading
Remembering Through Poetry: Voices from the Concentration Camps
In this blog post, Belle Marie Joseph reflects on remarkable poems written secretly in Nazi concentration camps, and explains how years of research into these writings shaped her latest book 'Trauma and Meaning in French Concentration Camp Poetry (1943-1945)'.
First Proceedings of the British Academy Title Meets Delayed Open Access Sales Threshold
For the first time, a volume of Proceedings of the British Academy has transformed to Open Access, having hit the required sales threshold.
Rethinking Democratic Competition
A new book from the British Academy sets out to reframe the role of competition in democratic theory.
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