The Promotion of Knowledge: Lectures to mark the Centenary of the British Academy, 1902-2002 (Proceedings of the British Academy: Themed volumes of essays in the humanities and social sciences, 122) - Hardcover

 
9780197263129: The Promotion of Knowledge: Lectures to mark the Centenary of the British Academy, 1902-2002 (Proceedings of the British Academy: Themed volumes of essays in the humanities and social sciences, 122)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0197263127 ISBN 13: 9780197263129
Publisher: The British Academy, 2004

Synopsis

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 which 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 interpteting it in a way specific to their discipline. The eight essays (plus four commentaries) span the disciplines in the Humanities and the Social Sciences, from 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.

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About the Author

John Morrill is at Professor of British and Irish History, University of Cambridge; Fellow of the British Academy.

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Publisher
The British Academy
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0197263127
ISBN 13 
9780197263129
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224
Editor
Morrill John