British Academy 263549 217096360 2008-06-04T16:15:28Z Tzahy 3164772 /* External links */ The '''British Academy''' is the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[national academy]] for the [[humanities]] and the [[social science]]s. It was established by [[Royal Charter]] in [[1902]], and is a fellowship of more than 800 scholars. The Academy is self-governing and independent. As of June 2007, over 90% of the funds that the Academy administers are received as a grant from the Office of Science and Innovation (OSI), part of the UK's Department of Universities, Innovation and Skills. Election as a Fellow of the British Academy recognises high scholarly distinction in some branch of the humanities or social sciences, evidenced by published work. Fellows may use the letters FBA after their names. The Academy states its objectives as follows: * 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; and * to publish the results of research. ==Presidents of the British Academy, 1902–present== *[[Donald James Mackay, 11th Lord Reay|The Lord Reay]] 1902–1907 *[[Edward Maunde Thompson|Sir Edward Maunde Thompson]] 1907–1909 *[[Samuel Butcher]] 1909–1910 *[[Adolphus William Ward|Sir Adolphus Ward]] 1911–1913 *[[James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce|The Viscount Bryce]] 1913–1917 *[[Frederic G. Kenyon|Sir Frederic Kenyon]] 1917–1921 *[[Arthur Balfour|The Earl of Balfour]] 1921–1928 *[[H. A. L. Fisher]] 1928–1932 *[[John William Mackail]] 1932–1936 *[[David Ross (scholar)|Sir David Ross]] 1936–1940 *[[John Clapham|J. H. Clapham]] 1940–1946 *[[Idris Bell|Sir Idris Bell]] 1946–1950 *[[Charles Kingsley Webster|Sir Charles Kingsley Webster]] 1950–1954 *[[George Norman Clark|Sir George Norman Clark]] 1954–1958 *[[Maurice Bowra|Sir Maurice Bowra]] 1958–1962 *[[Lionel Robbins|The Lord Robbins]] 1962–1967 *[[Kenneth Clinton Wheare|Sir Kenneth Clinton Wheare]] 1967–1971 *[[Denys Lionel Page|Sir Denys Lionel Page]] 1971–1974 *[[Isaiah Berlin|Sir Isaiah Berlin]] 1974–1978 *[[Kenneth Dover|Sir Kenneth James Dover]] 1978–1981 *[[Owen Chadwick|The Revd Owen Chadwick]] 1981–1985 *[[Randolph Quirk|Sir Randolph Quirk]] 1985–1989 *[[Anthony Kenny|Sir Anthony Kenny]] 1989–1993 *[[Keith Thomas (historian)|Sir Keith Thomas]] 1993–1997 *[[Tony Wrigley|Sir Tony Wrigley]] 1997–2001 *[[Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford|The Viscount Runciman of Doxford]] 2001–2004 *[[Onora O'Neill|The Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve]] 2005– ==Secretaries of the British Academy, 1902–present== *Sir [[Israel Gollancz]] (1902-30) *Sir [[Frederic G. Kenyon]], G.B.E., K.C.B. (1930-49) *Sir R. E. [[Mortimer Wheeler]], C.H., C.I.E., M.C. (1949-68) *Mr D. F. Allen, C.B. (1969-73) *Dr N. J. Williams (1973-77) *Mr [[J. P. Carswell]], C.B. (1978-83) *Mr P W H Brown, CBE (1983-2006) *Dr R Jackson (2006 -) ==Publications== ===Lectures and Conferences Papers=== * [[British Academy Occasional Papers]] * [[Proceedings of the British Academy]] * [[Reissues of Proceedings lectures]] * [[Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology]] * [[Symposia]] * [[Thank-Offering to Britain Fund Lectures]] ===Monographs=== * [[Archaeological reports]] (including BAMA) * [[British Academy Centenary Monographs]] * [[British Academy (monograph)|British Academy]] * [[Miscellaneous research publications]] * [[Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs]] * [[Supplemental Papers]] ===Research series=== * [[Anglo-Saxon Charters]] * [[Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi]] * [[Classical and Medieval Logic Texts]] * [[Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture]] * [[Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani]] * [[Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum]] * [[Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi]] * [[Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources]] * [[Early English Church Music]] * [[English Episcopal Acta]] * [[Fontes Historiae Africanae]] * [[Oriental and African Archives]] * [[Oriental Documents]] * [[Records of Social and Economic History]] * [[Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles]] * [[Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum]] * [[Tabula Imperii Romani]] ===Reports=== * [[British Academy Review]] * [[review reports]] ==See also== *[[Royal Society]] ==External links== *[http://www.britac.ac.uk/ The British Academy] *[http://www.britac.ac.uk/portal/ The British Academy research resources portal] [[Category:Organisations based in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Fellows of the British Academy]] [[Category:Geographic societies]] {{UK-org-stub}} [[de:British Academy]] [[es:Academia Británica]] [[fr:British Academy]] [[it:British Academy]] [[pl:Akademia Brytyjska]] [[pt:British Academy]] [[he:האקדמיה הבריטית]]