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)'.
40th Anniversary of Continuity and Change: Explore Free‑to‑Read Articles from the Archive
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Continuity and Change: A Journal of Social Structure, Law and Demography in Past Societies. Explore free-to-read articles from the archive selected by journal's editorial team.
Rethinking Democratic Competition
A new book from the British Academy sets out to reframe the role of competition in democratic theory.
Reframing Nineteenth-Century Ireland
In this post, authors Renée Fox and Mary L. Mullen discuss the findings of their edited collection, Race, Violence, and Form: Reframing Nineteenth-Century Ireland. The second volume in the new Studies in the Global Nineteenth-Century series from Liverpool University Press, this book challenges assumptions about nineteenth-century Irish identity, exceptionalism, and literary conventions. Credit: “Two forces,” … Continue reading
Mieczysław Weinberg
A new book from the British Academy explores the life and work of Polish-born, Soviet-domiciled composer Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996), the 21st century’s most remarkable rediscovery in the field of art music.