Professor Romila Thapar FBA

Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
1999
Subjects
Medieval studies

Current post

Emeritus Professor of History, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Publications

The Past Before Us: Historical Traditions of Early North India 2013

The Past As Present: Forging Contemporary Identities Through History 2014

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

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Professor Kathryn M. Rudy FBA

Medieval manuscripts and their functions; technical approaches to the reception of manuscripts; creativity and inventiveness

Kathryn Rudy FBA

Professor Peter Biller FBA

Medieval history; heresy, inquisition & 'religions': university texts as the locus for medieval thought about contemporary social topics such as medicine, peoples and population.

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