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 David Mosse FBA
Historical anthropology of religion, social-political systems and livelihoods, especially with reference to Indian caste inequality and activism, religious pluralism (Hindu and Christian) and common property resources; the anthropology of knowledge, institutions and international development.
Professor Rana Mitter FBA
The history and politics of modern China; history of twentieth-century China, in particular the Republican period (1912-1949) and Cold War; contemporary Chinese nationalism and Sino-Japanese relations
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
