Sir Nicholas Penny FBA

Italian painting of the sixteenth century; European Sculpture 1480-1920; the history of the collecting and display of European art.
Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
2010
Subjects
Art history

Current post

Formerly Director, The National Gallery

Past appointments

The National Gallery Formerly Director

2015 -

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Richard Widdess FBA

Musicology of South Asia, including history, theory, analysis and social context of music in North India and Nepal; music and religion in South Asia; analysis of world music; music cognition, performance and meaning in oral traditions

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Professor Roberta Gilchrist FBA

Medieval and social archaeology, particularly gender and religion; burial, magic and religious communities, including nunneries, monasteries, hospitals, Norwich Cathedral and Glastonbury Abbey

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Dame Jessica Rawson FBA

Oriental and African Studies; East Asia, China

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