The Fellowship of the British Academy consists of world-leading scholars and researchers in the humanities and social sciences. A number[ quantify ] of fellows are elected each year in July at the Academy's annual general meeting. [1]
Fellowship of the British Academy (FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences. There are three kinds of fellowship:
Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the time. Today, the humanities are more frequently contrasted with natural, and sometimes social sciences, as well as professional training.
The following fellows of the British Academy were elected at the annual general meeting in 2009: [2]
Simon Baron-Cohen is a British clinical psychologist and professor of developmental psychopathology at the University of Cambridge. He is the Director of the University's Autism Research Centre and a Fellow of Trinity College. In 1985, Baron-Cohen formulated the mind-blindness theory of autism, the evidence for which he collated and published in 1995. In 1997, he formulated the fetal sex steroid theory of autism, the key test of which was published in 2015. He has also made major contributions to the fields of typical cognitive sex differences, autism prevalence and screening, autism genetics, autism neuroimaging, autism and technical ability, and synaesthesia. However, his views on autism and sex differences, such as the fetal sex steroid theory, are controversial, some critics asserting that Baron-Cohen's theories are based on subjective perceptions.
William Beinart is a historian and Africanist. He was educated at the University of Cape Town and School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He taught at the University of Bristol from 1983 to 1997, and is now a professor of race relations and director of graduate studies at the African Studies Centre, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford His focuses are South Africa and the developments of racism.
Martin Bell is professor of archaeological science at the University of Reading. Bell is a specialist in environmental archaeology, geoarchaeology and coastal and maritime archaeology.
The following fellows of the British Academy were elected at the annual general meeting in 2008: [3]
Sara Lynne Arber, is a British sociologist and Professor at University of Surrey. Arber has previously held the position of President of the British Sociological Association (1999–2001) and Vice-President of the European Sociological Association (2005–07). She is well known for her work on gender and ageing, inequalities in health and has pioneered research in the new field of sociology of sleep.
Alan David Baddeley, CBE, FRS, FMedSci is a British psychologist. He is professor of psychology at the University of York. He is known for his work on working memory, in particular for his multiple components model.
William John Blair, is an English historian, archaeologist, and academic, who specialises in Anglo-Saxon England. He is Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford. He gave the 2013 Ford Lectures at the University of Oxford.
The following fellows of the British Academy were elected at the annual general meeting in 2007: [4]
The following fellows of the British Academy were elected at the annual general meeting in 2006: [5]
The following fellows of the British Academy were elected at the annual general meeting in 2005: [6]
The following fellows of the British Academy were elected at the annual general meeting in 2004: [7]
The following fellows of the British Academy were elected at the annual general meeting in 2003: [8]
The following fellows of the British Academy were elected at the annual general meeting in 2002: [9]
The following fellows of the British Academy were elected at the annual general meeting in 2001: [10]
The following fellows of the British Academy were elected at the annual general meeting in 2000: [11]
Shahid Beheshti University is one of the most renowned and prestigious universities in Iran. Based on the latest rankings of universities in the world and based on the ranking systems of Kakarry, Simonds and QS, Shahid Beheshti University has been ranked fifth for two consecutive years 2017 and 2018 after Sharif University, Iran University of Science and Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology and Tehran University, respectively at the 701 + and 1000-800.
Gregory Currie, FAHA is a British philosopher and academic. He is Professor of Philosophy at the University of York.
The BYU College of Family, Home and Social Sciences is a college located on the Provo, Utah campus of Brigham Young University and is housed in the Spencer W. Kimball Tower and Joseph F. Smith Building.
The Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science at the University of Cambridge was created in 2011 out of a merger of the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies. According to the Cambridge HSPS website: graduates pursue careers in "research, the Civil Service, journalism, management consultancy, museums, conservation and heritage management, national and international NGOs and development agencies, the Law, teaching, publishing, health management, and public relations."
Colin Crouch, is an English sociologist and political scientist. He coined the post-democracy concept in 2000 in his book Coping with Post-Democracy. Colin Crouch is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Warwick and an External Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
The University of Oxford introduced Titles of Distinction for senior academics in the 1990s. These are not established chairs, which are posts funded by endowment for academics with a distinguished career in British and European universities. However, since there was a limited number of established chairs in these universities and an abundance of distinguished academics it was decided to introduce these Titles of Distinction. Professor and reader were conferred annually, with Professor being the most senior.
Nicola Mary Lacey, LLD is a British legal scholar who specialises in criminal law. Her research interests include criminal justice, criminal responsibility, and the political economy of punishment. Since 2013, she has been Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy at the London School of Economics (LSE). She was previously Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Theory at LSE (1998–2010), and then Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Theory at the University of Oxford and a Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford (2010–2013).
Dame Theresa Mary Marteau, is a British health psychologist, professor, and director of the Behaviour and Health Research Unit at the University of Cambridge, Fellow and director of studies for Psychological and Behavioural Sciences at Christ's College, Cambridge.
The British Academy presents 18 awards and medals to recognise achievement in the humanities and social sciences.
Sara Binzer Hobolt, FBA is a Danish political scientist, who specialises in European politics and electoral behaviour. She holds the Sutherland Chair in European Institutions at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Michael John Warrender Lobban, FBA is a legal historian and academic. He has been Professor of Legal History at the London School of Economics since 2013, having previously been Professor of Legal History at Queen Mary University of London (2003–13).