Chair's note: moving forwards amidst the British International Research Institutes (BIRI) of the British Academy

Atkinson, David

Abstract

This third Chair's note on the society's activities outlines the wider context of The Society for Libyan Studies within the British Academy's British International Research Institutes (BIRI), and recent developments within this collaboration. The BIRI comprises seven units that are part-funded by the British Academy and that are spread across Southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East. This note outlines the BIRI briefly, and also describes the recent developments that have seen the BIRI begin to explore how they might coordinate their work and their futures more coherently. The BIRI context is key to SLS's future and this note therefore outlines these recent developments.

Citation

Atkinson, D. (2019). Chair's note: moving forwards amidst the British International Research Institutes (BIRI) of the British Academy. Libyan Studies, 50, 197-199. https://doi.org/10.1017/lis.2019.29

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 20, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Oct 22, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-11
• Deposit Date: Dec 6, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 5, 2020
• Journal: Libyan Studies
• Print ISSN: 0263-7189
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 50
• Pages: 197-199
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/lis.2019.29
• Keywords: Cultural Studies; History
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3263423
• Additional Information: David Atkinson is the Chair (Director) of the Society for Libyan Studies - one of the British Academy's 'British International Research Institutes' (BIRI), and this is his annual update on the society's progress and activities in the context of research on North Africa in the humanities and social sciences.