Professor Dr Petra Sijpesteijn FBA
Social and cultural history of the medieval Near East; literacy and documentary cultures; transition from Late Antiquity to early Islam in the Eastern Mediterranean
- Fellow type
- International Fellow
- Year elected
- 2024
- Honours
- FBA
- Sections
- Medieval Studies
Current post
Leiden University Professor of Arabic
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Roderick Beaton FBA
Greek literature, history, and culture from the twelfth century to the present; classical reception in the formation of late medieval and modern Greek identity; the Greek novel since antiquity
Professor Malcolm Godden FBA
Anglo-Saxon literature, especially Ælfric and the Alfredian writings; early medieval commentary on Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy
Professor Sergey Ivanov FBA
Byzantine hagiography and culture; the relations between Byzantium and the Slavs
