10-Minute Talks

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10-Minute Talks

The world’s leading professors explain the latest thinking in the humanities and social sciences in just 10 minutes.

  1. 27 JUNE

    Why Truth is Not Enough

    In a post-truth world, can we always trust data? And what about our human biases? Walking us through ‘the ladder of misinference’, Alex Edmans FBA outlines how statistics and studies can feed misinformation, and the tools we need to resist and make informed choices.  You can learn more from Professor Edmans on the subject in his recent book ‘May Contain Lies’ https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455479/may-contain-lies-by-edmans-alex/9780241630181   Speaker: Alex Edmans FBA, Professor of Finance, London Business School    This podcast is for informative and educational purposes.   10-Minute Talks are a series of pre-recorded talks from Fellows of the British Academy screened on YouTube and also available on all podcasting platforms. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/10-minute-talks/id1530020476     This podcast was produced by https://www.haychdigital.com/   Find out more about the British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/     For future events, visit our website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/     Subscribe to our email newsletter: https://email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/p/6P7Q-5PO/newsletter

    13 min

  2. 13 JUNE

    The 21st Century Resurgence of Eugenics

    Eugenics is a coercive ideology with a destructive history over the course of the 19th and 20th Centuries. But did support for eugenics die out after the Second World War?   Unpacking the movement and its roots in academia, Rebecca Sear FBA explores the question of whether we are witnessing a resurgence in eugenics today.   Speaker: Rebecca Sear FBA, Professor and Director of the Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brunel University  This podcast is for informative and educational purposes.   10-Minute Talks are a series of pre-recorded talks from Fellows of the British Academy screened on YouTube and also available on all podcasting platforms. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/10-minute-talks/id1530020476        Find out more about the British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/     For future events, visit our website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/     Subscribe to our email newsletter: https://email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/p/6P7Q-5PO/newsletter

    11 min

  3. 30 MAY

    The Dead Sea Scrolls and Beginnings of Western Mysticism

    What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Who discovered them? And why are they important? Professor Philip Alexander FBA explores the history of the scrolls, and their role in uncovering the beginnings of Western Mysticism.  Want to learn more from the British Academy? Check out our Folklore Reimagined season on our website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/seasons/folklore-reimagined/   Speaker: Professor Philip Alexander FBA  This podcast is for informative and educational purposes.   10-Minute Talks are a series of pre-recorded talks from Fellows of the British Academy screened on YouTube and also available on all podcasting platforms. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/10-minute-talks/id1530020476     Find out more about the British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/     For future events, visit our website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/     Subscribe to our email newsletter: https://email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/p/6P7Q-5PO/newsletter

    13 min

  4. 11 APR

    The rise and fall of Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder General

    What really happened when a breakdown of the legal system in the English Civil War fuelled a series of witch-hunts? In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Ronald Hutton FBA delves into England's witch trials and Matthew Hopkins, the self-proclaimed Witchfinder General.  For more from The British Academy’s Folklore Reimagined season, visit our website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/seasons/folklore-reimagined/   Speaker: Professor Ronald Hutton FBA  This podcast is for informative and educational purposes.   10-Minute Talks are a series of pre-recorded talks from Fellows of the British Academy screened on YouTube and also available on all podcasting platforms.   Find out more about the British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/     For future events, visit our website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/     Subscribe to our email newsletter: https://email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/p/6P7Q-5PO/newsletter

    13 min

  5. 29/11/2024

    Schubert’s Die Forelle: how a classical music piece changes over time

    Classical music is often wrongly considered to be unaffected by political and social change. Exploring Franz Schubert’s ‘Die Forelle’, Laura Tunbridge FBA considers the cultural history of a song and the importance of a piece of music changing over time – both in sound and meaning.   Speaker: Professor Laura Tunbridge FBA, Professor of Music, University of Oxford  This podcast is for informative and educational purposes. Music included in this podcast: 02:28 - 'Die Forelle', performed as part of the Oxford International Song Festival www.oxfordsong.org by Irish soprano Ailish Tynan and pianist Iain Burnside.  Translation © Richard Wigmore, author of Schubert: The Complete Song Texts (Schirmer Books), provided via Oxford International Song Festival (www.oxfordsong.org).  07:12 - Schubert: Die Forelle, D. 550 (Orch. Britten) (Live), Anne Sofie von Otter, The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe & Claudio Abbado, from ‘Schubert: Orchestrated Songs’.  08:35 - "DIE Forelle!" from Arrangements and Derangements: Interpretations of Schubert (Arr. Michael Ching), performed by the ARK Trio: Allison Charney, soprano, Kajsa William-Olsson, cello, Reiko Uchida, piano.  10:09 - “Die Forelle” music by Franz Schubert, arranged by The Erlkings, English translation by Bryan Benner.   10-Minute Talks are a series of pre-recorded talks from Fellows of the British Academy screened each Friday on YouTube and also available on Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/10-minute-talks/id1530020476      Find out more about the British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/     For future events, visit our website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/     Subscribe to our email newsletter: https://email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/p/6P7Q-5PO/newsletter

    11 min

  6. 15/11/2024

    'Salvator Mundi': Leonardo da Vinci's missing masterpiece?

    ‘Salvator Mundi’ is a painting surrounded by mysteries. In this talk, Professor Martin Kemp FBA explores evidence that it is indeed a work of Leonardo Da Vinci, the painting’s key components, and the alleged whereabouts of the ‘Salvator Mundi’ today.   Speaker: Professor Martin Kemp FBA, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, University of Oxford; Honorary Fellow, Trinity College, Oxford  This podcast is for informative and educational purposes.   10-Minute Talks are a series of pre-recorded talks from Fellows of the British Academy screened each Friday on YouTube and also available on Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/10-minute-talks/id1530020476      Find out more about the British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/     For future events, visit our website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/     Subscribe to our email newsletter: https://email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/p/6P7Q-5PO/newsletter

    11 min

  7. 01/11/2024

    What does a neuropsychologist do?

    What exactly is the work of a neuropsychologist? In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Barbara Sahakian FBA unpacks some of her key work over the years and more recent ventures – from developing early models of memory testing to now transforming psychological tests into game apps.   Speaker: Professor Barbara Sahakian FBA, Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, Department of Psychiatry and MRC/Wellcome Trust Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge    This podcast is for informative and educational purposes.  Please find a blog version of this talk here: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/what-does-a-neuropsychologist-do/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=10mintalks&utm_content=copy 10-Minute Talks are a series of pre-recorded talks from Fellows of the British Academy screened each Friday on YouTube and also available on Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/10-minute-talks/id1530020476     Find out more about the British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/     For future events, visit our website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/     Subscribe to our email newsletter: https://email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/p/6P7Q-5PO/newsletter

    7 min

  8. 25/10/2024

    Traditional Japanese theatre and audience interaction

    Japanese theatre has, from its beginnings, encouraged audience participation – from formal fan-clubs to lessons on dancing and chanting. Hear Professor Drew Gerstle FBA take us through the key characteristics of Kabuki, Bunraku and Noh theatre and the ways viewers interacted with these 14th-17th century performances, both as patrons and amateur practitioners.   Speaker: Professor Drew Gerstle FBA, Emeritus Professor of Japanese Studies, SOAS University of London     This podcast is for informative and educational purposes.  10-Minute Talks are a series of pre-recorded talks from Fellows of the British Academy screened each Friday on YouTube and also available on Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/10-minute-talks/id1530020476     Find out more about the British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/     For future events, visit our website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/     Subscribe to our email newsletter: https://email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/p/6P7Q-5PO/newsletter

    10 min
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