Leverhulme Medal (British Academy)

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The Leverhulme Medal and Prize is awarded by the British Academy every three years 'for a significant contribution to knowledge and understanding in a field within the humanities and social sciences'. It was first awarded in 2002 and is funded by the Leverhulme Trust. [1]

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List of recipients

YearNameFieldNotes
2002 Sir Ernst Gombrich and Sir Raymond Firth Art History (Gombrich), Anthropology and Ethnology (Firth) [1]
2005 Sir Tony Wrigley Geography [2]
2009 Sebastian Brock Aramaic language [3]
2012 Dame Marilyn Strathern Anthropology [4]
2015 Sir Richard J. Evans Modern German History [5]
2018Professor David W. Harvey, FBA"For demonstrating the importance of the social sciences in understanding the modern complexities of capitalism, urbanism and questions of social justice." [6]
2021Professor Catherine Hall, FBA"In recognition of Professor Hall’s impact across modern and contemporary British history, particularly in the fields of class, gender, empire and postcolonial history" [7]
2024 Charles Hulme and Maggie Snowling "for their complementary contributions to understanding childhood learning development, particularly dyslexia and developmental language disorders" [8]

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