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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. 15 NOV.

    '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

  2. 1 NOV.

    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

  3. 25 OCT.

    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

  4. 18 OCT.

    What are empires, nation states and colonialism?

    How do we understand empire in the modern age? In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Gurminder K Bhambra challenges the idea that modern nation-states emerged as a result of the break-up of empire, and instead invites us to rethink what defines empire entirely. By considering different colonial processes and the impact these have on how we understand empires, Bhambra unpacks the specific characteristics of European empire in the modern period.  Speaker: Professor Gurminder K Bhambra FBA, Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex      This video is for informative and educational purposes.   For further reading, Professor Bhambra has recently published an article expanding on the themes of this talk: https://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/tfs.65.3.6   Please find a blog version of this talk here: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/what-are-empires-nation-states-and-colonialism/?utm_source=transistor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_id=10-minute-talk 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     Subtitles, also known as closed captions, are available on our YouTube videos. You can access them by clicking on the 'CC' button or gear icon on the video. The 'CC' button and gear icon are usually located at the bottom of videos.     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

  5. 11 OCT.

    Books in wartime: innocent victims or guilty parties?

    While books are often thought of as victims of war, looted or burned in libraries, in this 10-Minute Talk Professor Andrew Pettegree suggests an alternative narrative: books are essential in the waging of war. Sharing insights from his recent publication, ‘The Book at War’, Pettegree explores the active role of books in wartime from the Napoleonic era to the Second World War.  Speaker: Professor Andrew Pettegree FBA, Professor of Modern History, University of St Andrews  This podcast is for informative and educational purposes. For further reading, please see Professor Andrew Pettegree’s ‘The Book at War’ https://profilebooks.com/work/the-book-at-war/   Please find a blog-version of this talk here: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/books-in-wartime-innocent-victims-or-guilty-parties/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=10mintalks&utm_content=cta 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

  6. 4 OCT.

    What was the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings?

    Expanding on her book, ‘Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy’, Professor Annette Gordon-Reed unpacks the evidence around this contested relationship and the role of historians in erasing the narratives of enslaved people. Exploring the ‘American dilemma’, this talk investigates the contradiction between Jefferson’s commitment to equality and his ownership of enslaved people.   Speaker: Professor Annette Gordon-Reed FBA, Carl M Loeb University Professor, Harvard University   This podcast is for informative and educational purposes.  A blog version of this 10-Minute Talk is available: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/what-was-the-relationship-between-thomas-jefferson-and-sally-hemings/  For further reading on this topic, please find Professor Annette Gordon-Reed's books here:- https://www.waterstones.com/book/thomas-jefferson-and-sally-hemmings/annette-gordon-reed/9780813918334- https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-hemingses-of-monticello/annette-gordon-reed/9780393337761 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

    9 min

  7. 27 SEPT.

    Shakespeare in popular culture

    What is it that makes great works from the past endure in the present? In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA explores Shakespeare’s legacy and his continued cultural presence over time. From influencing Jane Austen’s writing, to inspiring modern-day TV and film adaptations like 1999’s ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ and 2023’s ‘Anyone but You’, or providing a means for avoiding censorship, Shakespeare’s works live on in the present and bring the past back to life.   Speaker: Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA, Foundation Professor of Environmental Humanities, Arizona State University; Senior Research Fellow, Worcester College, University of 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

    8 min

  8. 20 SEPT.

    What have sign languages taught us about human language development?

    Sign language and how we use it and implement it into society has developed rapidly in the last 50 years, from little-to-no representation in education in the 1970s to the British Sign Language (BSL) Act 2022 and a new British Sign Language GCSE to be taught from 2025. In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Bencie Woll FBA unpacks her research and involvement in understandings of language development, automatic translation between BSL and English, and recent political and education developments for BSL. Speaker: Professor Bencie Woll FBA, Professor of Sign Language and Deaf Studies, University College London    This podcast is for informative and educational purposes.   For more information on BSL and research in Deafness Cognition, please visit:  BSL SignBank https://bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk/   Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/deafness-cognition-and-language-research-centre-dcal   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
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The world’s leading professors explain the latest thinking in the humanities and social sciences in just 10 minutes.

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    The British Academy
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    2020 - 2024
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