Professor Elizabeth Perry FBA
The history and politics of modern China, with special attention to traditions of rebellion and revolution and their influence on contemporary patterns of protest and governance
- Fellow type
- International Fellow
- Year elected
- 2016
- Sections
- Africa, Asia and the Middle East
Current post
Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Harvard University, and Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Robert Hillenbrand FBA
Islamic art, with particular reference to Iran and Syria; medieval architecture, book painting and iconography
Professor Harri Englund FBA
African-language political and moral thought; the historical-linguistic translation of freedom, equality and human rights; the racial and humanitarian politics of Christian missions in 19th-century Africa
Professor Graham Furniss FBA
Oral and written literatures of Africa; orality, performance and genre in the popular cultures of West Africa with particular reference to Hausa-speaking regions of Nigeria and Niger
