British Academy

The British Academy building

The British Academy [full name: British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies ] (German British Academy ) is a British learned society for the cultivation of science with over 1000 elected members. It serves as the UK's National Academy of Sciences for the humanities . It was founded in 1902 by Royal Charter and is based in Carlton House Terrace , London. Its first secretary was the philologist and literary scholar Israel Gollancz , after the "Sir Israel Gollancz Prize", which was awarded for the first time in 1925, was named.

The members of the Academy are referred to as Fellows and may use the abbreviation FBA for their name .

Sections

The British Academy is divided into 18 sections:

• African and Oriental Studies
• Archeology
• Classical Antiquity
• Early Modern History to C1800
• Early Modern Languages ​​and Literature
• Economics and Economic History
• History of Art and Music
• Law
• Linguistics and Philology
• Medieval Studies: History and Literature
• Modern History from C1800
• Modern Languages, Literatures, and Other Media
• Philosophy
• Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International Relations
• Psychology
• Social Anthropology and Geography
• Sociology, Demography and Social Statistics
• Theology and Religious Studies

Awards

The British Academy awards the following prizes:

• Burkitt Medal (after Francis Crawford Burkitt )
• British Academy Medal
• Derek Allen Prize
• Grahame Clark Medal
• John Coles Medal
• Kenyon Medal for Classical Studies
• Leverhulme Medal
• Peter Townsend Policy Press Prize
• President's Medal
• Rose Mary Crawshay Prize
• Serena Medal
• Sir Israel Gollancz Prize
• Wiley Prize in Economics
• Wiley Prize in Psychology

President

• Sir Donald Mackay 1902-1907
• Sir Edward Maunde Thompson 1907-1909
• Samuel Butcher 1909-1910
• Sir Adolphus Ward 1911-1913
• The Viscount Bryce 1913-1917
• Sir Frederic Kenyon 1917-1921
• The Earl of Balfour 1921-1928
• HAL Fisher 1928-1932
• John William Mackail 1932-1936
• Sir David Ross 1936-1940
• JH Clapham 1940-1946
• Sir Idris Bell 1946-1950
• Sir Charles Kingsley Webster 1950–1954
• Sir George Norman Clark 1954-1958
• Sir Maurice Bowra 1958–1962
• The Lord Robbins 1962-1967
• Sir Kenneth Clinton Wheare 1967-1971
• Sir Denys Lionel Page 1971-1974
• Sir Isaiah Berlin 1974–1978
• Sir Kenneth James Dover 1978-1981
• The Revd Owen Chadwick 1981-1985
• Sir Randolph Quirk 1985-1989
• Sir Anthony Kenny 1989-1993
• Sir Keith Thomas 1993-1997
• Sir Tony Wrigley 1997-2001
• The Viscount Runciman of Doxford 2001-2004
• The Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve 2005-2009
• Sir Adam Roberts 2009-2013
• The Lord Stern of Brentford 2013-2017
• David Cannadine 2017-2021
• Julia Black 2021–

British Academy members

• see category: Member of the British Academy

Web links

• The British Academy
• Proceedings of the British Academy - Open Access Archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sir Israel Gollancz Prize on britac.ac.uk

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