Eight University of Cambridge academics have been elected fellows of the British Academy at its 102nd Annual General Meeting on July 1.

The British Academy, established by Royal Charter in 1902, is the national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It is an independent, self-governing fellowship of over 750 scholars, elected for distinction and achievement in one or more branches of the academic disciplines that make up the humanities and social sciences.

There are Ordinary Fellows, Senior Fellows (over the age of 70), overseas Corresponding Fellows, and Honorary Fellows (whose numbers are limited to twenty). Up to thirty-five new Ordinary Fellows may be elected in any one year.

Elected as Ordinary Fellows:

  • Professor P Allott (Law)
  • Professor E Duffy (History)
  • Professor N Jardine (History of Science)
  • Professor S Kay (French Literature)
  • Dr S C Ogilvie (Economic History)
  • Mr J D Ray (Egyptology)
  • Professor D Trotter (English Literature)

Elected as Senior Fellow:

  • Dr J L Oates (Archaeology)

Professor M D Hooker received the Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies.

Dr M Ellman received a Rose Mary Crawshay Prize for 'Elizabeth Bowen:The Shadow Across the Page'.

The Academy is the counterpart to the Royal Society, which exists to serve the natural sciences. It aims to represent the interests of scholarship nationally and internationally; to give recognition to excellence; to promote and support advanced research; to further international collaboration and exchange; to promote public understanding of research and scholarship; to publish the results of research.

The Academy's objectives are:

  • to represent the interests of scholarship nationally and internationally
  • to give recognition to excellence
  • to promote and support advanced research
  • to further international collaboration and exchange
  • to promote public understanding of research and scholarship
  • to publish the results of research

With the help of a Government grant-in-aid the Academy also acts as a grant-giving body, sponsoring its own research projects and facilitating the work of others, principally by offering research appointments and personal research grants.

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