Performative Arts and Pedagogy: A British Perspective

This report resulted from a number of meetings in the context of The Performative Arts and Pedagogy Project – Towards the Development of an International Glossary (for further details click here). Representatives from five different countries (Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Switzerland) have contributed to the project, engaging in an interdisciplinary and intercultural exchange that aims at an increased awareness of (culture-)specific concepts and associated terminologies that are applied in Performative Arts and Pedagogy contexts.

Identifying causation in hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a British perspective

BackgroundEstablishing whether patients are exposed to a ‘known cause’ is a key element in both the diagnostic assessment and the subsequent management of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP).ObjectiveThis study surveyed British interstitial lung disease (ILD) specialists to document current practice and opinion in relation to establishing causation in HP.MethodsBritish ILD consultants (pulmonologists) were invited by email to take part in a structured questionnaire survey, to provide estimates of demographic data relating to their service and to rate their level of agreement with a series of statements. A priori ‘consensus agreement’ was defined as at least 70% of participants replying that they ‘Strongly agree’ or ‘Tend to agree’.Results54 consultants took part in the survey from 27 ILD multidisciplinary teams. Participants estimated that 20% of the patients in their ILD service have HP, and of these, a cause is identifiable in 32% of cases. For patients with confirmed HP, an estimated 40% have had a bronchoalveolar lavage for differential cell counts, and 10% a surgical biopsy. Consensus agreement was reached for 25 of 33 statements relating to causation and either the assessment of unexplained ILD or management of confirmed HP.ConclusionsThis survey has demonstrated that although there is a degree of variation in the diagnostic approach for patients with suspected HP in Britain, there is consensus opinion for some key areas of practice. There are several factors in clinical practice that currently act as potential barriers to identifying the cause for British HP patients.

Managing Diversity in Cross-border Succession Problems: A British Perspective

This chapter provides in-depth analysis of the role of private international law in managing legal diversity in the law of succession, which pertains not only to diversity of substantive rules of succession, but also to diversity of approach among legal systems to the resolution of conflict of laws problems. Specifically, it addresses diversity between UK common law methods of resolving cross-border succession problems and the civilian approach represented by Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 (Rome IV). Additionally, it critically examines primary and secondary techniques employed in UK choice of law methodology to deal with legal diversity in succession, namely: operation of the scission principle; use of alternative choice of law rules such as contained in the Wills Act 1963; the process of characterisation, and renvoi reasoning.

Germanies, Britains, and the Roman World

This chapter offers a British perspective on the rich array of contributions by German scholars that make up the present volume. The stories told of Roman Germany and Roman Britain are entwined both in their detail and in the manner of their telling. A mass of data attests to the movement of objects, people, and ideas between these areas. It is argued that comparative archaeological studies of different parts of the Roman Empire are necessary in order to illuminate the entangled history of that empire. Analogy is a powerful weapon at the heart of most archaeological analyses, but our dependence upon it seldom receives the consideration it demands. Moreover, the importance of Roman Britain to the archaeology of the Roman Empire is out of all proportion to Britannia’s importance in the Roman World.