From a fake news report claiming a French victory to fictional memoirs and literary retellings, the Battle of Trafalgar’s legacy in France became shrouded in myth over the following years of the Nineteenth Century, particularly around the identity of the man who shot Nelson. In this 10-Minute Talk, Dr David McCallam recounts how the French responded to the crushing defeat in 1805 with satire and storytelling, offering a fascinating alternative perspective on a well-rehearsed historical event.

Speaker: Dr David McCallam 

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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   

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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.  

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‘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 

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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   

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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

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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    

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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     

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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  

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