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.
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
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