The

British Academy The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the sa ...

presents 18 awards and medals to recognise achievement in the humanities and social sciences.

Overview

The British Academy currently awards 18 prizes and medals: General awards: *

British Academy Medal The British Academy Medal is awarded annually by the British Academy to up to three individuals or groups. It is awarded for "outstanding achievement that has transformed understanding of a particular subject or field of study in ... any branch of ...

(for academic research that has "transformed understanding" of a field of the humanities or social sciences) * The President's Medal (for "outstanding service" to the humanities or social sciences) * Leverhulme Medal and Prize (for "significant contribution to knowledge or understanding" in a field of the humanities or social sciences) Discipline-specific awards: * Brian Barry Prize in Political Science * Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies *

Derek Allen Prize The Derek Allen Prize is awarded by the British Academy. It was founded in 1976 to honour Derek Allen, FBA, who was secretary (1969–73) and treasurer (1973–75) of the British Academy. It was established by his widow and sons to recognise outst ...

(for numismatics, Celtic studies or musicology) *

Edward Ullendorff Medal The British Academy presents 18 awards and medals to recognise achievement in the humanities and social sciences. Overview The British Academy currently awards 18 prizes and medals: General awards: * British Academy Medal (for academic research ...

(for Semitic languages and Ethiopian studies) *

Grahame Clark Medal The Grahame Clark Medal is awarded by the British Academy every two years "for academic achievement involving recent contributions to the study of prehistoric archaeology". It was endowed in 1992 by Sir Grahame Clark, an eminent prehistorian and a ...

(for prehistoric archaeology) *

Kenyon Medal The Kenyon Medal is awarded every two years by the British Academy 'in recognition of work in the field of classical studies and archaeology'. The medal was endowed by Sir Frederic Kenyon and was first awarded in 1957. List of recipients SourceB ...

(for classical studies and archaeology) *

Landscape Archaeology Medal The British Academy presents 18 awards and medals to recognise achievement in the humanities and social sciences. Overview The British Academy currently awards 18 prizes and medals: General awards: * British Academy Medal (for academic research ...

British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding The British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding is a prize granted by the British Academy for "outstanding scholarly contributions to global cultural understanding". The prize is £25,000. It was created in 2013 as the Nayef Al-R ...

Neil and Saras Smith Medal for Linguistics The British Academy presents 18 awards and medals to recognise achievement in the humanities and social sciences. Overview The British Academy currently awards 18 prizes and medals: General awards: * British Academy Medal (for academic researc ...

* Peter Townsend Prize (for the sociology of poverty, ageing or health) *

Rose Mary Crawshay Prize The Rose Mary Crawshay Prize is a literary prize for female scholars, inaugurated in 1888 by the British Academy. Description The prize, set up in 1888, is said by the British Academy to be the only UK literary prize specifically for female sc ...

(for English literature scholarship; women only) *

Serena Medal The British Academy presents 18 awards and medals to recognise achievement in the humanities and social sciences. Overview The British Academy currently awards 18 prizes and medals: General awards: * British Academy Medal (for academic research ...

(for Italian studies) *

Sir Israel Gollancz Prize Sir Israel Gollancz Prize is awarded biannually by the British Academy in honour of Israel Gollancz, a founder member and its first secretary, since 1924. Originally named "Biennial Prize for English Literature" and renamed after Gollancz's death ...

(for English literature scholarship) *

Wiley Prize in Economics Wiley may refer to: Locations *Wiley, Colorado, a U.S. town *Wiley, Georgia, an U.S. unincorporated community * Wiley, Pleasants County, West Virginia, U.S. * Wiley-Kaserne, a district of the city of Neu-Ulm, Germany People *Wiley (musician), ...

* Wiley Prize in Psychology

Prizes and medals

Brian Barry Prize in Political Science

The Brian Barry Prize in Political Science is awarded jointly by the British Academy, the

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, and the ''

British Journal of Political Science ''British Journal of Political Science'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of political science. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in EBSCOhost, International Political Science Abstr ...

''. It was named in honour of

Brian Barry Brian Barry, (7 August 1936 – 10 March 2009) was a moral A moral (from Latin ''morālis'') is a message that is conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event. The moral may be left to the hearer, reader, or viewer to determin ...

and first awarded in 2014. It is awarded annually to an individual or group "for excellence in political science, as displayed in an unpublished essay". The prize is £2500 and the winning essay is published in the ''British Journal of Political Science''. List of Recipients: * 2014:

Helder De Schutter Helder may refer to: * Den Helder or The Helder, a municipality and a city in the Netherlands * Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in 1799, or expedition to the "Helder" People * Anne-Marie Helder (21st century), British singer-songwriter * Glen ...

and Dr

Lea Ypi Lea Ypi (born 8 September 1979) is an Albanian academic and author. She is a professor of political theory at the London School of Economics. Background and early life Ypi was born in Tirana, the eldest child of Xhaferr Ypi and Vjollca Veli, ...

, for 'Mandatory Citizenship for Immigrants' * 2015:

Parashar Kulkarni Notable people bearing the name Parashar include: * Amol Parashar - Indian actor * Deepak Parashar - Indian actor and former model * Narain Chand Parashar - Indian parliamentarian, professor, linguist and writer. * Pankuj Parashar - Indian ...

, for 'Are There Cultural Prerequisites to Effective Property Rights?: Evidence from Inheritance Rights of Widows in Colonial India' * 2016:

William Roberts Clark William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is ...

, Professor

Matt Golder Matt Golder is an American political scientist. He is professor and director of undergraduate studies in the department of political science at Pennsylvania State University. Golder is the editor of two works of comparative political science, ''P ...

, and Professor Sona N. Golder, for 'An Exit, Voice, and Loyalty Model of Politics' * 2017: Jonathan White, for 'The Ethics of Political Alliance' * 2018:

Zeynep Pamuk Zeynep is the Turkish form of the Arabic female given name Zaynab. Zeynep means "precious rock, precious gem" and may refer to: People * Zeynep Ahunbay (born 1946), Turkish scholar of antiquities * Zeynep Akata, Turkish computer scientist *Ze ...

, of St John's College, Oxford, for 'Justifying Public Funding for Science."Award-winning journalists, prehistorians and world-leading economists honoured with prestigious British Academy prizes and medals"
''The British Academy'', 20 August 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018. * 2019: Andre Santos Campos, for 'Representing the Future: The Interests of Future Persons in Representative Democracy' * 2020:

Jonathan Havercroft Jonathan may refer to: *Jonathan (name), a masculine given name Media * ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer * ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski * ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...

, for 'Why is there no just riot theory?'

British Academy Medal

The British Academy Medal was established in 2013. It is awarded annually "for academic research that has transformed understanding in a field of the humanities and social sciences".

Burkitt Medal

The Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies was established in 1923. It is awarded annually "in recognition of special service to

Biblical Studies Biblical studies is the academic application of a set of diverse disciplines to the study of the Bible, with ''Bible'' referring to the books of the canonical Hebrew Bible in mainstream Jewish usage and the Christian Bible including the can ...

", with the area of study alternating between the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.

Derek Allen Prize

The Derek Allen Prize was founded in 1976 to honour

Derek Allen Derek Fortrose Allen (29 May 1910 – 13 June 1975) was Secretary of the British Academy from 1969 to 1973 and Treasurer of that organisation from 1973 until his death. Born in Epsom, Surrey, Allen joined the British Museum staff in 1935 a ...

, FBA, who was secretary (1969–73) and treasurer (1973–75) of the British Academy; it was established by his widow and sons to recognise outstanding scholarly achievement in Allen's principal interests:

numismatics Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals, and related objects. Specialists, known as numismatists, are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, but the discipline also inclu ...

Celtic studies Celtic studies or Celtology is the academic discipline occupied with the study of any sort of cultural output relating to the Celts, Celtic-speaking peoples (i.e. speakers of Celtic languages). This ranges from linguistics, literature and art h ...

and

musicology Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, ...

. Although awarded annually, the prize rotates between the three disciplines. Recipients are awarded £400."Derek Allen Prize"
''British Academy''. Retrieved 13 May 2018.

Edward Ullendorff Medal

The Edward Ullendorff Medal was created in 2012 to honour Professor

Edward Ullendorff Edward Ullendorff (25 January 1920 – 6 March 2011) was a British scholar of Semitic languages and Ethiopian studies. Biography Ullendorff was born on 25 January 1920 in Berlin, Germany, to an upper-class, secular Jewish family. His parents ...

, FBA, who had died the previously year; its establishment was supported by his widow. Award annually, the medal recognizes "scholarly distinction and achievements in the field of

Semitic Languages The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. They include Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya language, Tigrinya, Aramaic, Hebrew language, Hebrew, Maltese language, Maltese, Modern South Arabian language ...

and Ethiopian Studies"."Edward Ullendorff Medal"
''British Academy''. Retrieved 13 May 2018. List of recipients: * 2012: Simon Hopkins, FBA, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. * 2013: Getatchew Haile, FBA, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library of Saint John's University, USA. * 2014:

David Appleyard David Appleyard (born 1950 in Leeds, England) is a British academic and an specialist in Ethiopian languages and linguistics. He is Professor Emeritus of the Languages of the Horn of Africa at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in ...

, School of African and Oriental Studies. * 2015: Siegbert Uhlig, University of Hamburg. * 2016:

Sebastian Brock Sebastian Paul Brock (born 1938, London) is a British scholar, university professor, and specialist in the field of academic studies of Classical Syriac language and Classical Syriac literature. His research also encompasses various aspects of ...

, FBA, University of Oxford. * 2017: Veronika Six, University of Hamburg. * 2018:

John Huehnergard John Huehnergard (born March 16, 1952) is a Canadian-American specialist in Semitic languages, notable for his work on categorization, etymology, and historical linguistics. Early life and education Huehnergard was born in Kitchener, Ontario, Can ...

, The University of Texas at Austin * 2019:

Michael Knibb Michael Anthony Knibb (14 December 1938 – 6 December 2023) was an English biblical scholar and academic. He was Samuel Davidson Professor of Old Testament Studies at King's College London from 1997 to 2001. Born 14 December 1938, he complete ...

, King's College London * 2020: Otto Jastrow, "for his leading scholarship in the field of Arabic and Neo-Aramaic spoken dialects" * 2021: Olga Kapeliuk * 2022: Werner Diem, Cologne University * 2023:

Mauro Tosco Mauro may refer to: Given name * Mauro (footballer, born 1932), Brazilian footballer * Mauro Silva (footballer, born 1978), Brazilian footballer * Mauro (footballer, born 1984), Portuguese footballer * Bruno Mauro (born 1973), Angolan footballer ...

, University of Turin * 2024:

, University of Oxford

Grahame Clark Medal

The Grahame Clark Medal endowed in 1992 by Sir Grahame Clark and first awarded in 1993. It is awarded every two years "for academic achievement involving recent contributions to the study of prehistoric archaeology".

Kenyon Medal

The Kenyon Medal was endowed by Sir Frederic Kenyon and awarded for the first time in 1957. It is awarded every two years "in recognition of work in the fields of classical studies and archaeology".

Landscape Archaeology Medal

The Landscape Archaeology Medal is awarded every two years "for distinguished achievements in landscape archaeology". It was first awarded in 2007. List of Recipients: * 2007: Andrew Fleming * 2009:

Tony Wilkinson Tony James Wilkinson, FBA (14 August 1948 – 25 December 2014) was a British archaeologist and academic, specialising in landscape archaeology and the Ancient Near East. He was Professor of Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh from 2005 ...

* 2011: Conor Newman * 2013: Christopher Taylor * 2015: David Hall * 2017: Tom Williamson, "for his significant contribution to the study of landscape history and archaeology" * 2019: Dominic Powlesland * 2020:

Keith Branigan Keith may refer to: People and fictional characters * Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Keith (surname) * Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949) * Keith (gamer), American professional ...

, "for his distinguished and varied career with many notable achievements in the study of Roman Britain and the prehistory of the Aegean"

Leverhulme Medal and Prize

The Leverhulme Medal and Prize was created 2002 and is sponsored by The Leverhulme Trust. It is awarded every three years "for significant contribution to knowledge and understanding in a field within the humanities and social sciences". It is worth £5000.

British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding

The British Academy Book Prize (formerly the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding) was established by Nayef Al-Rodhan in 2013. It is awarded annually for "outstanding scholarly contributions to global cultural understanding". It is worth £25,000.

Neil and Saras Smith Medal for Linguistics

The Neil and Saras Smith Medal for Linguistics is awarded annually to an individual for "lifetime achievement in the scholarly study of linguistics". It was established by Neil Smith in 2013, and first awarded in 2014. List of Recipients: * 2014:

Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American professor and public intellectual known for his work in linguistics, political activism, and social criticism. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a ...

FBA (

MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and sc ...

) * 2015:

William Labov William David Labov ( ; December4, 1927December17, 2024) was an American linguist widely regarded as the founder of the discipline of variationist sociolinguistics. He has been described as "an enormously original and influential figure who has ...

(

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

), "for his significant contribution to linguistics and the language sciences" * 2016:

Sir John Lyons Sir John Lyons FBA (23 May 1932 12 March 2020) was a British linguist, working on semantics. Education John Lyons was born and brought up in Stretford, Lancashire (now in Trafford). He was initially educated at St Ann's RC School, Stretford ...

FBA (

Trinity Hall, Cambridge Trinity Hall (formally The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge, colloquially "Tit Hall" ) is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1350, it is th ...

), "for his outstanding lifetime contribution to the field of linguistics" * 2017:

Bernard Comrie Bernard Sterling Comrie, (; born 23 May 1947) is a British linguist. Comrie is a specialist in linguistic typology, linguistic universals and on Caucasian languages. Personal life Early life and education Comrie was born in Sunderland, Eng ...

FBA (

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an ...

), "for his significant contributions to the study of language universals, linguistic typology and language history" * 2018:

Barbara Partee Barbara Hall Partee (born June 23, 1940) is a Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass). She is known as a pioneer in the field of formal semantics. Biography Bo ...

FBA (

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...

), for "her leading contributions to the study of semantics, syntax and pragmatics". * 2019:

Deirdre Wilson Deirdre Susan Moir Wilson, FBA (born 1941) is a British linguist and cognitive scientist. She is emeritus professor of Linguistics at University College London and research professor at the Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature at the Universi ...

FBA (

University College London University College London (Trade name, branded as UCL) is a Public university, public research university in London, England. It is a Member institutions of the University of London, member institution of the Federal university, federal Uni ...

) * 2020:

Paul Kiparsky René Paul Victor Kiparsky (born January 28, 1941) is a Finnish linguist and professor of linguistics at Stanford University. He is the son of the St. Petersburg (Russia)-born linguist and Baltist/ Slavicist Valentin Kiparsky. Kiparsky is es ...

FBA (

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

), for "his research on phonology and historical linguistics". * 2021:

Marianne Mithun Marianne Mithun ( ; born 1946) is an American linguist specializing in American Indian languages and language typology. She is a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she has held an academic position sinc ...

(

) * 2022: Sheila Blumstein (

Brown University Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ' ...

) * 2023:

Eva Hajičová Eva Hajičová �ɛva ˈɦajɪt͡ʃovaː(born 23 August 1935) is a Czech linguist, specializing in topic–focus articulation and corpus linguistics. In 2006, she was awarded the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) Lifetime Achievem ...

(

Charles University, Prague Charles University (CUNI; , UK; ; ), or historically as the University of Prague (), is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the oldest universities in the world in continuous operation, the oldest university north of the ...

) * 2024: Paula Fikkert (

Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, , formerly ) is a public university, public research university located in Nijmegen, Netherlands. RU has seven faculties and more than 24,000 students. Established in 1923, Radboud University has consistentl ...

), for "her research into phonological change over time, both in language acquisition (first and second) and historical change".

Peter Townsend Prize

The Peter Townsend Prize was created in 2011 to honour the sociologist Professor Peter Townsend, FBA, who had died in 2009. The prize is awarded biennially to recognise "outstanding work with policy relevance on a topic to which Townsend made a major contribution." Nominations are made for "a published work with policy relevance and academic merit on poverty and inequality; ageing and the lives of older people; disability and inequalities in health." The prize is awarded with £2,000."Peter Townsend Prize"
''British Academy''. Retrieved 13 May 2018. List of recipients: * 2011: Julia Johnson, Sheena Rolph and Randall Smith for ''Residential Care Transformed: Revisiting 'The Last Refuge * 2013: Tracy Shildrick, Professor Robert MacDonald, Colin Webster and Kayleigh Garthwaite for ''Poverty and Insecurity: Life in Low-Pay, No-Pay Britain'' * 2015:

Andrew Sayer (R.) Andrew Sayer (born 1949) is Emeritus Professor of Social Theory and Political Economy at Lancaster University, UK. He is known for significant contributions to methodology and theory in the social sciences. Education Andrew Sayer studied a BA ...

for ''Why We Can't Afford the Rich'' * 2017: Kayleigh Garthwaite for ''Hunger Pains: Life Inside Foodbank Britain'' * 2019: Steven King for ''Writing the Lives of the English Poor 1750s-1830s'' * 2021: John Stewart for ''Richard Titmuss: A Commitment to Welfare''

President's Medal

The President's Medal is awarded annually by the British Academy to up to five individuals or organisations for "outstanding service to the cause of the humanities and social sciences". It was first award in 2010.

Rose Mary Crawshay Prize

The Rose Mary Crawshay Prize was created in 1888 as The Byron, Shelley, Keats In Memoriam Yearly Prize Fund by

Rose Mary Crawshay Rose Mary Crawshay (1828–1907) was a British philanthropist. She commissioned free libraries and a non-fiction prize for women. Life Crawshay was born Rose Mary Yeates in Caversham Grove in Oxfordshire to Wilson Yeates and his first wife. She ...

(1828–1907). In 1914, the fund was transferred to the British Academy. The newly renamed Rose Mary Crawshay Prize was first awarded in 1916. It is awarded annually "for a historical or critical work on any subject connected with English Literature by a woman of any nationality" and is worth £500.

Serena Medal

The Serena Medal was established in 1920 and is awarded annually for "eminent services towards the furtherance of the study of Italian history, philosophy or music, literature, art, or economics.""Serena Medal"
''British Academy''. Retrieved 13 May 2018. List of recipients: * 1920

G. M. Trevelyan George Macaulay Trevelyan (16 February 1876 – 21 July 1962) was an English historian and academic. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1898 to 1903. He then spent more than twenty years as a full-time author. He returned to th ...

* 1921

Paget Toynbee Paget Jackson Toynbee, FBA (20 January 1855 – 13 May 1932) was a British Dante scholar. Robert Hollander has described Toynbee as 'the most influential Dantean scholar of his time'. Life He was born in Wimbledon, London, the third son of oto ...

* 1922 E. G. Gardner * 1923

Horatio Brown Horatio Robert Forbes Brown (16 February 1854 – 19 August 1926) was a Scottish historian who specialized in the Venice#History, history of Venice and history of Italy, Italy. Born in Nice, he grew up in Midlothian, Scotland, was educated in E ...

* 1924 Edward Hutton * 1925 No award * 1926

Edward Armstrong Edward Armstrong may refer to: * Edward Armstrong (cricketer) (1881–1963), Australian cricketer * Edward Allworthy Armstrong (1900–1978), ornithologist and Church of England clergyman * Edward Armstrong (historian) (1846–1928), English his ...

* 1927

Benedetto Croce Benedetto Croce, ( , ; 25 February 1866 – 20 November 1952) was an Italian idealist philosopher, historian, and politician who wrote on numerous topics, including philosophy, history, historiography, and aesthetics. A Cultural liberalism, poli ...

* 1928

Giovanni Gentile Giovanni Gentile ( , ; 30 May 1875 – 15 April 1944) was an Italian pedagogue, philosopher, and politician. He, alongside Benedetto Croce, was one of the major exponents of Italian idealism in Italian philosophy, and also devised his own sys ...

* 1929 No award * 1930 Ettore Modigliani * 1931 Countess Martinego-Cesaresco * 1932 Cesare Foligno * 1933

Thomas Okey Thomas Okey (30 September 1852 – 4 May 1935) was a British expert on basket weaving, a translator of Italian, and a writer on art and the topography of architecture and art works in Italy and France. Okey's first experience of the Italian langu ...

* 1934

Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell, (9 November 1858 – 26 July 1941), known as Sir Rennell Rodd before 1933, was a British diplomat, poet and politician. He served as British Ambassador to Italy during the First World War. Early life R ...

* 1935

Mario Praz Sir Mario Praz (; 6 September 1896, Rome – 23 March 1982, Rome) was an Italian critic of art and literature, and a scholar of English literature. His best-known book, ''The Romantic Agony'' (1933), was a comprehensive survey of the decadent, ...

* 1936 No award * 1937

Gaetano De Sanctis Gaetano De Sanctis (15 October 1870, Rome – 9 April 1957) was an Italian ancient historian, classicist and lifetime senator (1950-1957). As the collection of his 'scritti minori' illustrates, his scope of scholarship ranged from Homer down to ...

* 1938

Eugénie Sellers Strong Eugénie Sellers Strong (née Sellers; 25 March 1860 – 16 September 1943) was a British archaeologist and art historian. She was assistant director of the British School at Rome from 1909 to 1925. After studying at Girton College, Cambridge, ...

* 1939 No award * 1940

Evelyn Jamison Evelyn Mary Jamison (24 February 1877 – 9 May 1972) was a British medievalist who devoted herself mainly to the study of the history of the Normans in Sicily. She was vice-principal and tutor of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford from 1921 to 1937.'Mi ...

* 1941 G. F.-H. Berkeley * 1942

Gaetano Salvemini Gaetano Salvemini (; 8 September 1873 – 6 September 1957) was an Italian socialist and anti-fascist politician, historian, and writer. Born into a family of modest means, he became a historian of note whose work drew attention in Italy and ab ...

* 1943

Bernard Berenson Bernard Berenson (June 26, 1865 – October 6, 1959) was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. His book ''The Drawings of the Florentine Painters'' was an international success. His wife Mary is thought to have had a large ...

* 1944–45 No award * 1946 Giovanni Poggi * 1947 No award * 1948 Sir George Hill * 1949 No award * 1950 Etienne Gilson * 1951

Giuseppe Lugli Giuseppe Lugli (born in Rome, Italy, in 1890; died in Rome, Italy, on December 5, 1967) was Professor of ancient Roman topography at the University of Rome from 1933 to 1961. Lugli's academic career began with the completion of his undergradua ...

* 1952 No award * 1953 Carlo Dionisotti * 1954 Frederico Chabod * 1955

Kenneth Clark Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark (13 July 1903 – 21 May 1983) was a British art historian, museum director and broadcaster. His expertise covered a wide range of artists and periods, but he is particularly associated with Italian Renaissa ...

* 1956

Umberto Zanotti Bianco Umberto Zanotti Bianco (22 January 1889 – 28 August 1963) was an Italian historian social activist. He was once President of the Italian Red Cross. Career In 1920, Umberto Zanotti Bianco founded the Società Magna Grecia. In 1955, he co-foun ...

* 1957

Rudolf Wittkower Rudolf Wittkower (22 June 1901 – 11 October 1971) was a British art historian specializing in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture, who spent much of his career in London, but was educated in Germany, and later moved to the Unit ...

* 1958

Paul Oskar Kristeller Paul Oskar Kristeller (May 22, 1905 in Berlin – June 7, 1999 in New York, United States) was a scholar of Renaissance humanism. He was awarded the Haskins Medal in 1992. He was last active as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia Uni ...

* 1959 Bruno Nardi * 1960

Denis Mack Smith Denis Mack Smith (March 3, 1920 – July 11, 2017) was an English historian who specialized in the history of Italy from the Risorgimento onwards. He is best known for his biographies of Garibaldi, Cavour and Mussolini, and for his single-v ...

* 1961 Sir

John Pope-Hennessy Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy (13 December 1913 – 31 October 1994), was a British art historian. Pope-Hennessy was director of the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1967 and 1973, and director of the British Museum between 1974 and 1976. ...

* 1962 J. B. Ward-Perkins * 1963

Johannes Wilde Johannes Wilde Order of the British Empire, CBE (2 July 1891 – 13 September 1970) was a Hungarian art historian and teacher of art history. He later became an Austrian, and then a British, citizen. He was a noted expert on the drawings of Mic ...

* 1964 No award * 1965 Axel Boethius * 1966 Paola Zancani * 1967

Edgar Wind Edgar Wind (; 14 May 1900 – 12 September 1971) was a British interdisciplinary art historian, specializing in iconology in the Renaissance era. He was a member of the school of art historians associated with Aby Warburg and the Warburg Institu ...

* 1968

Ludwig Heydenreich Ludwig Heinrich Heydenreich (born 23 March 1903 in Leipzig; died 14 September 1978 in Munich) was a German art historian specialized in Italian Renaissance art. From 1947 to 1970, he served as director of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, ...

* 1969

Roberto Weiss Roberto Weiss (22 January 1906 – 10 August 1969) was an Italian-British scholar and historian who specialised in the fields of Italian-English cultural contacts during the period of the Renaissance, and of Renaissance humanism. Early career ...

* 1970 R. Longhi * 1971 R. Bianchi Bandinelli * 1972 J. Denis Mahon * 1973 E. R. Vincent * 1974 N. Rubinstein * 1975

Eugenio Garin Eugenio Garin (May 9, 1909 – December 29, 2004) was an Italian philosopher and Renaissance historian. He was recognised as an authority on the cultural history of the Renaissance. Born at Rieti, Garin studied philosophy at the University of Flo ...

* 1976 Cecil Grayson * 1977 Augusto Campana * 1978

Wolfgang Lotz Wolfgang Lotz (; 6 January 1921 – 13 May 1993), who later adopted the Hebrew name Ze'ev Gur-Arie, was an Israeli spy in Egypt during the 1960s providing intelligence and conducting operations against Egyptian military scientists. He was arr ...

* 1979

John Shearman John Kinder Gowran Shearman (pronounced "Sherman"; 24 June 1931 – 11 August 2003) was an English art historian who also taught in America. He was a specialist in Italian Renaissance painting, described by his colleague James S. Ackerman as " ...

* 1980

Massimo Pallottino Massimo Pallottino (9 November 1909 in Rome – 7 February 1995 in Rome) was an Italian archaeologist specializing in Etruscan civilization and art. Biography Pallottino was a student of Giulio Quirino Giglioli and worked early in his career on ...

* 1981

Giulio Einaudi Giulio Einaudi (; 2 January 1912 – 5 April 1999) was an Italian book publisher. The eponymous company that he founded in 1933 became "a European wellspring of fine literature, intellectual thought and political theory"Saxon, Wolfgang ''The Ne ...

* 1982

Paola Barocchi Paola Barocchi (2 April 1927, in Florence – 25 May 2016, in Florence) was an Italian art historian, best remembered for her work in the fields of the history of modern art, art criticism, renaissance art, and mannerism. She notably published ...

* 1983 Franco Venturi * 1984

J. H. Whitfield J, or j, is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. J may also refer to: * Palatal approximant in the International Phonetic Alphabet * J, Cyrillic letter Je Astronomy * J, a provisional designation prefix for some objects discovered bet ...

* 1985 Francis Haskell * 1986 Sir John Hale * 1987

Christopher Seton-Watson Christopher Seton-Watson (London, England, August 6, 1918 – London, England, September 8, 2007) was a British soldier and historian specializing in political science and Italian history. He taught at Oxford University, and was the founder of th ...

* 1988 Philip Jones * 1989 Sir

Harold Acton Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton (5 July 1904 – 27 February 1994) was a British writer, scholar, and aesthete who was a prominent member of the Bright Young Things. He wrote fiction, biography, history and autobiography. During his stay in C ...

* 1990

Daniel Waley Daniel Philip Waley (20 March 1921 in London – 26 May 2017) was a British historian, manuscript specialist, and professor. He was best known for his enduring textbooks on medieval Italy and Europe. Biography Waley began his education in Dork ...

* 1991

Brian Pullan Brian Sebastian Pullan, FBA (1935 – 16 December 2022) was a British historian and academic. He was Full Professor of Modern History at the University of Manchester from 1973 to 1998. After completing a BA and PhD at Trinity College, Cambridge, ...

, FBA * 1992 J. I. R. Montagu * 1993 George Holmes * 1994 Patrick Boyde, FBA * 1995

Hugh Honour Hugh Honour FRSL (26 September 1927 – 19 May 2016) was a British art historian, known for his writing partnership with John Fleming. Their ''A World History of Art'' (a.k.a. ''The Visual Arts: A History''), is now in its seventh edition and ...

* 1996 Giovanni Aquilecchia * 1997 Michael Mallett * 1998

J. A. Davis Jane Anthony Davis (September 2, 1821 – April 1855) was an American artist. Until 1981 she was known only as J. A. Davis. Davis was born Jane Anthony in Warwick, Rhode Island, Warwick, Rhode Island, the daughter of Giles Anthony and Sara Robins ...

* 1999 Michael Talbot * 2000

Giulio Lepschy Giulio Ciro Lepschy (; born 14 January 1935) is an Italian linguist and academic. He was Professor of Italian at the University of Reading from 1975 to 1997. Born in Venice in 1935, Lepschy attended the University of Pisa and the Scuola Normale ...

, FBA * 2001 Michael Hirst, FBA * 2002 John Woodhouse * 2003

Stuart Woolf Stuart Joseph Woolf (23 January 1936 – 1 May 2021) was an English-Italian historian. Woolf was emeritus professor of contemporary history at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, where he had taught from 1996 to 2006. Prior to this he taught ...

* 2004

William Weaver William Fense Weaver (24 July 1923 – 12 November 2013) was an English language translator of modern Italian literature. Weaver was best known for his translations of the work of Umberto Eco, Primo Levi, and Italo Calvino,Bruce Webe"Willi ...

* 2005

Ronald Lightbown Ronald Lightbown (1932–2021) was a noted British art historian and curator, specializing in Renaissance art. He wrote large monographs on the painters Sandro Botticelli and Carlo Crivelli. After a degree from the University of Cambridge, between ...

* 2006

Paul Ginsborg Paul Anthony Ginsborg (18 July 1945 – 11 May 2022) was a British-born Italian historian. In the 1980s, he was Professor at the University of Siena; from 1992, he was Professor of Contemporary European History at the University of Florence. Ed ...

* 2007 Conor Fahy * 2008

Philip Gossett Philip Gossett (September 27, 1941 – June 12, 2017) was an American musicologist and historian, and Robert W. Reneker Distinguished Service Professor of Music at the University of Chicago. His lifelong interest in 19th-century Italian opera bega ...

* 2009 Giorgio Chittolinin * 2010 Anna Laura Lepschy * 2011 Patricia Fortini Brown * 2012 Richard Bellamy * 2013 Pier Vincenzo Mengaldo * 2014

Chris Wickham Christopher John Wickham (born 18 May 1950) is a British historian and academic. From 2005 to 2016, he was the Chichele Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; he is now emeritus profe ...

, FBA * 2015 Brian A'Hearn * 2016 Geoffrey Nowell-Smith * 2017 Martin McLaughlin * 2018

Roger Parker Roger Parker (born London United Kingdom, 2 August 1951) is an English musicologist who was previously Thurston Dart Professor of Music at King's College London. His work has centred on opera. Between 2006 and 2010, while Professor of Music at ...

, FBA * 2019 John Foot * 2020 Jill Kraye * 2021

Lucrezia Reichlin Lucrezia Reichlin (born 14 August 1954) is an Italian economist who has been a professor at London Business School since 2008. As of early 2025, she was also a non-resident fellow at Bruegel. Reichlin's research focuses on forecasting, busines ...

, FBA

Sir Israel Gollancz Prize

The Sir Israel Gollancz Prize was created in 1924 as the Biennial Prize for English Literature. The name was changed to honour

Israel Gollancz Sir Israel Gollancz, FBA (13 July 1863 – 23 June 1930) was a scholar of early English literature and of Shakespeare. He was Professor of English Language and Literature at King's College, London, from 1903 to 1930. Life and career Gollancz wa ...

after his death in 1930. It is "awarded biennially for work connected with Anglo-Saxon, Early English Language and Literature, English Philology, or the History of English Language". It is worth £400.

Wiley Prize in Economics

The Wiley Prize in Economics was established in 2013 and is sponsored by the publisher

Wiley Wiley may refer to: Locations *Wiley, Colorado, a U.S. town *Wiley, Georgia, an U.S. unincorporated community * Wiley, Pleasants County, West Virginia, U.S. * Wiley-Kaserne, a district of the city of Neu-Ulm, Germany People *Wiley (musician), ...

; awarded annually, it recognises "achievement in research by an outstanding early career economist." The recipient is awarded £5,000."Wiley Prize in Psychology"
''British Academy''. Retrieved 13 May 2018. List of recipients * 2013: Philipp Kircher, University of Edinburgh * 2014: Vasco Carvalho, University of Cambridge * 2015: Johannes Spinnewijn, London School of Economics and Political Science * 2016: James Fenske, University of Warwick * 2017: Matthew Elliott, University of Cambridge * 2018: Mirko Draca, University of Warwick

Wiley Prize in Psychology

The Wiley Prize in Psychology was established in 2009 and is made in partnership with the publisher Wiley; awarded annually, it recognises "lifetime achievement by an outstanding international scholar and promising early-career work by a UK-based psychologist, within 5 years of receipt of their doctorate." The award is given out to the former in odd years and the latter in even years. The recipient is awarded £5,000. List of recipients * 2009:

Martin Seligman Martin Elias Peter Seligman (; born August 12, 1942) is an American psychologist, educator, and author of self-help books. Seligman is a strong promoter within the scientific community of his theories of well-being and positive psychology. His t ...

, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia * 2010:

Essi Viding Essi Maria Viding is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at University College London in the Faculty of Brain Sciences, where she co-directs the Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit, and an associate of King's College London's Institute ...

, University College London * 2011:

Michael Tomasello Michael Tomasello (born January 18, 1950) is an American developmental and comparative psychologist, as well as a linguist. He is professor of psychology at Duke University. Earning many prizes and awards from the end of the 1990s onward, he is ...

, Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Center, Leipzig * 2012: Yulia Kovas, Goldsmiths, University of London * 2013:

Anne Treisman Anne Marie Treisman (née Taylor; 27 February 1935 – 9 February 2018) was an English psychologist who specialised in cognitive psychology. Treisman researched visual attention, object perception, and memory. One of her most influential ideas ...

, FBA FRS, Princeton University * 2014: Richard Cook, City University London * 2015:

Peter Fonagy Peter Fonagy (born 14 August 1952) is a Hungarian-born British psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist. He studied clinical psychology at University College London. He is a Professor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science Head ...

, FBA, University College London * 2016:

Stephen Fleming Stephen Paul Fleming (born 1 April 1973) is a cricket coach and former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team. He was a left-handed Batting order (cricket), opening batter and an occasional right arm slow medium bowler. He is New Zea ...

, University College London * 2017:

Stanislas Dehaene Stanislas Dehaene (born May 12, 1965) is a French author and cognitive neuroscientist whose research centers on a number of topics, including numerical cognition, the neural basis of reading and the neural correlates of consciousness. As of 201 ...

, FBA, INSERM-CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit * 2018: Sarah Lloyd-Fox, Birkbeck, University of London; University of Cambridge

References

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Overview

Prizes and medals

Brian Barry Prize in Political Science

British Academy Medal

Burkitt Medal

Derek Allen Prize

Edward Ullendorff Medal

Grahame Clark Medal

Kenyon Medal

Landscape Archaeology Medal

Leverhulme Medal and Prize

British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding

Neil and Saras Smith Medal for Linguistics

Peter Townsend Prize

President's Medal

Rose Mary Crawshay Prize

Serena Medal

Sir Israel Gollancz Prize

Wiley Prize in Economics

Wiley Prize in Psychology

See also

References