Annual Elections at the British Academy's AGM

Date: 07 July 2000

1. The British Academy held its Ninety-Eighth Annual General Meeting on 6 July 2000. The President, Sir Tony Wrigley, was in the Chair.
2. The Academy's Officers for 2000-2001 will be Sir Tony Wrigley, President; Professor J.L. Nelson, Vice-President; Mr J.S. Flemming, Treasurer; Professor C.N.J. Mann, Foreign Secretary; Professor F.G.B. Millar, Publications Secretary; Professor R.R. Davies, Chairman of the Committee on Academy Research Projects. A second Vice-President remains to be appointed.
3. The following thirty-five scholars were elected Fellows of the British Academy:

   Professor R.D. Ashton (University College London), English
   Professor C.M. Britton (University of Aberdeen), French
   Professor J. Broome (University of St Andrews), Philosophy
   Professor D.S.T. Clark (University of Wales Swansea), History
   Dr S.A. Collini (University of Cambridge), Intellectual History and English Literature
   Professor J.R. Crawford (University of Cambridge), Law
   Professor D. Crystal (University of Wales Bangor), Linguistics
   Professor P.L. Davies (London School of Economics and Political Science), Law
   Dr D. Gambetta (University of Oxford), Sociology
   Professor A.M. Gamble (University of Sheffield), Politics
   Professor C.S. Gamble (University of Southampton), Archaeology
   Professor H.G. Genn (University College London), Law
   Professor J. Gray (University of Cambridge), Education
   Mr A.V. Griffiths (British Museum), Art History
   Dr P.R. Hardie (University of Cambridge), Classics
   Professor H.E. Joshi (Institute of Education, University of London), Demography
   Professor S.D. Keynes (University of Cambridge), History
   Dr P.F. Kornicki (University of Cambridge), Japanese Studies
   Professor A.J. Kuper (Brunel University), Anthropology
   Professor R.C.C. Law (University of Stirling), History
   Professor A. Leighton (University of Hull), English
   Professor J.M. Malcomson (University of Oxford), Economics
   Dr G. Marshall (Economic and Social Research Council), Sociology
   Professor L. Mulvey (Birkbeck College), Film Studies
   Professor L.A. Newson (King’s College London), Geography
   The Revd Professor O.M.T. O'Donovan (University of Oxford), Theology
   Dr A. Offer (University of Oxford), Economic History
   Professor R.J. Overy (King’s College London), History
   Professor P.M. Robinson (London School of Economics and Political Science), Economics
   Professor P.E. Rock (London School of Economics and Political Science), Sociology
   Dr W.F. Ryan (Warburg Institute, University of London), Slavonic Studies
   Professor T.J. Samson (University of Bristol), Musicology
   Dr J.D. Teasdale (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit), Psychology
   Professor H.S. Wallace (University of Sussex), Political Studies
   Professor A. Whiten (University of St Andrews), Psychology

4. The following fourteen scholars were elected Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy:

   Professor L. Balsamo (Italy), Bibliography
   Professor S.H. Beer (USA), Political Science
   Professor O.S. D’A. Hart (USA), Economics
   Professor G. Hartman (USA), English Literature
   Professor C.F.W. Higham (New Zealand), Archaeology
   Professor Dr E. Hornung (Switzerland), Egyptology
   Professor F. Jackson (Australia), Philosophy
   Professor Dr K.U. Mayer (Germany), Sociology
   Professor J. Pelikan (USA), Theology
   Professor Dr W. Reinhard (Germany), History
   Professor L. Rizzi (Italy), Linguistics
   Professor G. Tabacco (Italy), History
   Professor S.J. Tambiah (USA), Anthropology
   Professor Dr C.von Bar (Germany), Law

5. The following were elected to Honorary Fellowship of the British Academy:

   Dr N. MacGregor
   Baroness Warnock
   Tht Rt Hon Lord Woolf

6. The following Medals and Prizes were awarded :
    

   Derek Allen Prize (Celtic studies)	Professor Derick Thomson, FBA
   Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies	Professor Hans Dieter Betz
   Rose Mary Crawshay Prizes	Joanne Wilkes, forLord Byron and Madame de Staël: Born for Opposition (Ashgate, 1999), and Marina Warner, for No Go the Bogeyman: Scarring, Lulling and Making Mock (Chatto and Windus 1998)
   Serena Medal	Professor G C Lepschy, FBA

NOTES TO EDITORS

1. The British Academy, founded in 1901, is the national academy for the humanities and the social sciences, the counterpart of the Royal Society which covers the natural sciences.  It is an independent learned society which has responsibility by Royal Charter for promoting research and scholarship in all branches of humane and social studies, from philosophy, language, literature and history to economics, law, sociology, geography and politics.
2. It receives government grant-in-aid of £33.8 million to assist with its work in promoting advanced research.
3. Election to Fellowship of the British Academy comes as the culmination of a rigorous selection process in which each of the Academy's eighteen Sections, organised by academic discipline, is involved.  The number of Ordinary Fellows elected in each year is limited by statute to 35.  There are currently 707 Ordinary Fellows.  Corresponding Fellows, scholars of international distinction, currently number 319.

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