The British Academy is the national academy of the Social sciences and social of the the United Kingdom.
The Academy was created by a royal Charter of 1902, it is made up of 750 academicians (Fellows) . Its complete name is: The British Academy for the Promotion off Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies . It is organized by academic discipline in 18 sections, it is independent of the political power.
The election as an academician (Fellow) of British Academy recognizes the high-quality of academic work and the publications of the novel member in the field of the social sciences. The academicians (Fellows) are authorized to make follow their name of the letters FBA .
British Academy is chaired since 2005 by Onora O' Neill (born in 1941), Professor de Philosophie with Cambridge.
It is the British equivalent of the Academy of Science morals and political, of the Institut of France.
18 sections
- Classical Antiquity/ Antiquity traditional
- Theology and Religious Studies/ Theology and science of the religions
- Eastern African and Studies/ Eastern and African Sciences
- Linguistic Linguistics and Philology/ and Philology
- Early Modern Languages and Literature/ modern Languages and Literature
- Modern Languages, Literatures, and Other Media/ modern Languages, literature and other media
- Medieval Archeology/ Archeology
- Studies: History and Literature/ medieval Studies: history and literature
- Early Modern History to C1800/ Modern history, until in 1800
- Modern History from C1800/ Modern history, since 1800
- History off Art and Music/ History of art and of the music
- Philosophy/ Philosophy
- Law/ Right
- Economics and Economic History/ Economy and history of the economy
- Social Anthropology and Geography/ Social anthropology and Geography
- Sociology, Demography and Social Statistics/Sociology, Demography and Statistical S social
- Political Studies: Political Theory, International Government and Relations/ Political sciences
- Psychology/ Psychology
Medals and price
Each medal or price is granted following the recommendation of a committee of specialists. The presentations are made at each Annual general meeting, they are the following ones:
-
Derek Allen Prize - for the numismatics, the studies Celtic and musicology
- Burkitt Medal - for the biblical studies
- Grahame Clark Medal - for the prehistoric archeology
- Pink Mary Crawshay Prize - for the history and the criticism of the English literature
- Sir Israel Gollancz Prize - for studies in connection with England (history, language, philology, etc)
- Kenyon Medal for Classical Studies - for work concerning the traditional literature and archeology
- Leverhulme Medal - for the social sciences
- Serena Medal - for work concerning Italy
Some academicians
- Arthur Balfour, (1848 - 1930), Prime Minister, British
- Isaiah Berlin, (1909 - 1997), philosopher and historian, Russian
- James Bryce, (1838 - 1922), lawyer and historian, British
- Norman Cohn, born in 1915, historian, British
- Eric Hobsbawm, born on June 9th, 1917, historian, British
- John Macquarrie, (1919-2007), philosopher and Scottish theologist
- Male Emile, (1862-1954), historian of art, French
- Karl Popper, (1902-1994), philosopher, Austrian
- Jean Starobinski, born in 1920, doctor, Professor of history and literature, Swiss
Addresses
British Academy is located to the 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH, near Trafalgar Square and of St James Park.
See too
External bonds
- British Academy (in)
- Gate of research of British Academy (in) - the 18 sections
| Random links: | Wheel off Death | Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood | Institute of psychology | Albert Schwartz | Macaque of Tibet |