The President of the British Academy always delivers an address to the Annual General Meeting. Cumulatively, they provide snapshots of the Academy’s activities and concerns over the years.
2022 Presidential Address by Julia Black
2021 Valedictory Presidential Address by David Cannadine
2020 Presidential Address by David Cannadine
2019 Presidential Address by David Cannadine, 2019.pdf
2018 David Cannadine
2017 Nicholas Stern ; David Cannadine
2015 Nicholas Stern
2014 Nicholas Stern
2013 Adam Roberts ; Nicholas Stern
2012 Adam Roberts
2011 Adam Roberts
2010 Adam Roberts
2009 Adam Roberts
2008 Onora O’Neill
2003 W G Runciman
2002 W G Runciman (‘Two Bodies, One Culture’, speech at the Centenary Dinner)
2001 Tony Wrigley
2000 Tony Wrigley
1999 Tony Wrigley
1998 Tony Wrigley
1997 Keith Thomas
1996 Keith Thomas
1994 & 1995 Keith Thomas
1993 Anthony Kenny
1992 Anthony Kenny
1983 Owen Chadwick
1982 Owen Chadwick
1981 Kenneth Dover
1980 Kenneth Dover
1979 Kenneth Dover
1978 Isaiah Berlin
1977 Isaiah Berlin
1976 Isaiah Berlin
1975 Isaiah Berlin
1974 Denys Page
1973 Denys Page
1972 Denys Page
1971 Kenneth Wheare
1970 Kenneth Wheare
1969 Kenneth Wheare
1968 Kenneth Wheare
1967 Lionel Robbins
1966 Lionel Robbins
1965 Lionel Robbins
1964 Lionel Robbins
1963 Lionel Robbins
1962 Maurice Bowra
1961 Maurice Bowra
1960 Maurice Bowra
1959 Maurice Bowra
1958 George Clark
1957 George Clark
1956 George Clark
1955 George Clark
1954 Charles Webster
1953 Charles Webster
1952 Charles Webster
1951 Charles Webster
1950 H. Idris Bell
1949 H. Idris Bell
1948 H. Idris Bell
1947 H. Idris Bell
1946 [No published Presidential Address]
1945 John Clapham
1944 John Clapham
1943 John Clapham
1942 John Clapham
1941 John Clapham
1940 David Ross
1939 David Ross
1938 David Ross
1937 David Ross
1936 J W Mackail
1935 J W Mackail
1934 J W Mackail
1933 J W Mackail
1932 H A L Fisher
1922-1931 [No published Presidential Addresses]
1921 F G Kenyon ('The Fellowship of Learning')
1920 F G Kenyon ('International Scholarship')
1919 F G Kenyon
1918 F G Kenyon (‘The Position of an Academy in a Civilized State’)
1917 James Bryce (‘The Next Thirty Years’)
1916 James Bryce
1915 James Bryce
1914 James Bryce
1913 A W Ward
1912, October A W Ward
1912, July A W Ward
1911, October A W Ward
1911, July Lord Reay (Acting President)
1910, June S H Butcher
1909, October S H Butcher
1909 E Maunde Thompson
1908 E Maunde Thompson
1907 Lord Reay
1906 Lord Reay
1905 Lord Reay
1904 Lord Reay
1903 Lord Reay