British Academy Fellows at SOAS

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples, cultures and societies, past, present and future. The Fellowship of around 1,400 leading national and international academics elected for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences. Each year, the British Academy elects to its Fellowship up to 52 outstanding UK-based scholars who have achieved academic distinction as reflected in scholarly research activity and publication.

2018

Wen-Chin Ouyang
Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature

Timon Screech
Professor of the History of Art

2017

Francesca Orsini
Professor of Hindi and South Asian Literature
https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-francesca-orsini

SOAS President Graça Machel
https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/mrs-gra%C3%A7a-machel

2015

Almut Hintze
Zartoshty Brothers Professor of Zoroastrianism
https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-almut-hintze

Andrew Gerstle
Professor of Japanese Studies
https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-andrew-gerstle

Richard Widdess
Professor of Musicology
https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-richard-widdess

Jonardon Ganeri
Professorial Research Associate
https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-jonardon-ganeri

2013

David Mosse
Professor of Social Anthropology
https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-david-mosse

2012

Charles Tripp
Emeritus Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle East
https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-charles-tripp

Hugh Kennedy
Professor of Arabic
https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-hugh-kennedy

2009

Graham Furniss
Emeritus Professor of African Language Literature
https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-graham-furniss

2006

Andrew George
Professor of Babylonian
https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-andrew-george

2004

Richard Fardon
Professor of West African Anthropology
https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-richard-fardon

1997

George Hewitt
Emeritus Professor of Caucasian Languages
https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-george-hewitt

1995

Shula Marks
Emeritus Professor of History
https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-shula-marks

1988

Nicholas Sims-Williams
Emeritus Professor of Iranian and Central Asian Studies
https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-nicholas-sims-williams