Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator?
in Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 125, 2003 Lectures
January 2005; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: social and cultural history. 5707 words.
This lecture discusses the evolution of Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery and race. It looks at his eventual role as the Great Emancipator, which was given to him in light of the events of the Civil...
Abstracts and Notes on Lecturers
in Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 131, 2004 Lectures
December 2005; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: social and cultural history. 4838 words.
Abstracts and Notes on Lecturers
in Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 151, 2006 Lectures
December 2007; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: social and cultural history. 4603 words.
The Adventures of the Optic Nerve
in The Promotion of Knowledge
July 2004; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: social and cultural history. 9857 words.
This chapter presents the text of a lecture on the role of visual medium in art-historical study. It addresses the relationship of art history to the existential acts of painting and looking at...
After Glyn Dŵr: An Age of Reconciliation?
in Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 117
January 2003; published online January 2013.
Chapter. Subjects: social and cultural history. 12221 words.
During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, following Edward I's final conquest, the inhabitants of the whole of Wales were adjusting to the fact that they were a cosmopolitan people of diverse...
Albert Reckitt Archaeological Lecture
in Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 121, 2002 Lectures
December 2003; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: social and cultural history. 15783 words.
This lecture discusses the origins of the civilisation of Angkor. The location of this civilisation presents several unique advantages, such as sufficient rainfall and permanent settlement. It looks...
Albert Reckitt Archaeological Lecture
in Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 151, 2006 Lectures
December 2007; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: social and cultural history. 10757 words.
This lecture discusses three successive themes in relation to recovering Maya civilisation. The first is the origins of a settled society, and the second is the emergence of a complex literate...
Albert Reckitt Archaeological Lecture: Archaeology in Mesopotamia: Digging Deeper at Tell Brak
in Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 131, 2004 Lectures
December 2005; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: social and cultural history. 10496 words.
This lecture discusses two recent projects conducted at Tell Brak: an intensive survey of the surrounding countryside and an investigation of the earlier fourth to fifth millennium levels. These...
The Alfredian Project and its Aftermath: Rethinking the Literary History of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
in Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 162, 2008 Lectures
December 2009; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: social and cultural history. 13801 words.
This lecture presents the text of the speech about the Alfredian project and its aftermath delivered by the author at the 2008 Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture held at the British Academy. It...
Anthropology in the Territory of Rights, Islamic, Human, and Otherwise…
in Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 167, 2009 Lectures
June 2011; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: social and cultural history. 17242 words.
This chapter presents the text of a lecture on the anthropology in the territory of rights given at the British Academy's 2009 Radcliffe-Brown Lecture in Social Anthropology. This text discusses the...