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New Generation Thinkers

Series of essays read by some of the BBC's New Generation Thinkers - comprising the brightest academic minds in the arts and humanities

2011 The Canon of Comics

5/5 Jon Adams compares the work of modern comic book enthusiasts to ancient biblical scholars.

First broadcast: 20 Jan 2012

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2011 Looking beyond the Dead

4/5 Zoe Norridge ask why photos of Africa fix perceptions of the continent at its worst times.

First broadcast: 19 Jan 2012

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2011 Light in the Dark

3/5 Alexandra Harris explores the history of artificial light through literary sources.

First broadcast: 18 Jan 2012

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2011 Parallels and Paradoxes

2/5 Shahidha Bari examines the ideas behind the founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.

First broadcast: 17 Jan 2012

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2011 The Entrepreneur

1/5 Philip Roscoe asks whether our expectations of the lone entrepreneur are unrealistic.

First broadcast: 16 Jan 2012

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2011 The Canon of Comics

5/5 Jon Adams compares the work of modern comic book enthusiasts to ancient biblical scholars.

BBC Radio 3

Fri 20 Jan 2012 22:45 BBC Radio 3

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