Professor Dame Mary Beard FBA

The history, literature and culture of the classical world, and its impact on later periods
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2010
Subjects
Classics

Current post

University of Cambridge Professor of Classics

Six Fellows of the British Academy make the case for the importance of the humanities and social sciences

20 Nov 2018

As part of the #howhumanities and #howsocialscience series, six fellows highlight the importance of these disciplines.

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Jas Elsner FBA

Greek, Roman, early Christian and Byzantine art and archaeology; the reception of material culture in texts, museums and collecting; art and text; art and religion; the history of art history

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Professor Emily Greenwood FBA

Ancient Greek literature and cultural history in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE; responses to Greek and Roman classics from the 19th century to the present, especially in Black cultures.

Emily Greenwood FBA (credit David Milne)

Dr Miltiades Hatzopoulos FBA

The epigraphy, ancient topography, language, religion, institutions and political history of Macedonia in classical antiquity

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