The Promotion of Knowledge: Lectures to Mark the Centenary of the British Academy 1902-2002
John Morrill
Abstract
To mark its centenary in 2002, the British Academy invited leading universities around the UK to host public lectures on the current state of and future prospects for a cross section of the disciplines that fall within the Academy's compass. The Academy proposed the discipline and the universities nominated their preferred speakers. Those selected were drawn from Britain, Europe and the USA, and they rose magnificently to the challenge, while interpreting it in a way specific to their discipline. The eight chapters (plus four commentaries) span the disciplines in the humanities and the social ... More
To mark its centenary in 2002, the British Academy invited leading universities around the UK to host public lectures on the current state of and future prospects for a cross section of the disciplines that fall within the Academy's compass. The Academy proposed the discipline and the universities nominated their preferred speakers. Those selected were drawn from Britain, Europe and the USA, and they rose magnificently to the challenge, while interpreting it in a way specific to their discipline. The eight chapters (plus four commentaries) span the disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences, from the history of art to international relations and geography. These are reflections on the stability and instability of the ways in which we organize knowledge and on how far the academic community can and should be involved in the shaping of public policy.
Keywords:
British Academy,
humanities,
social sciences,
history of art,
international relations,
geography,
academic community,
public policy,
centenary,
2002
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2004 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780197263129 |
| Published to British Academy Scholarship Online: January 2012 |
DOI:10.5871/bacad/9780197263129.001.0001 |
