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Charles Wakefield and the British Academy’s first home

This ‘From the Archive’ article describes the role of Charles Wakefield as a benefactor of the British Academy, in particular in helping the Academy in moving into its first permanent home - in Burlington Gardens - in 1928.

Keynes and the British Academy

Drawing on evidence ‘from the archive’, this is the story of how the distinguished economist John Maynard Keynes was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1929, having originally been rejected in 1920.

Frida Mond: A good friend to the British Academy

From the Archive. An account of how Mrs Frida Mond (1847-1923) - a friend of the British Academy’s first Secretary, Israel Gollancz - provided generous support for the recently established body, particularly in the field of English language and literature.

From the Archive: The President’s chair

At meetings of the British Academy’s Council, the President sits at the table in an ornate wooden chair, designed in a medieval style, bearing the letters ‘H H’ on it. But why does the Academy have such an unusual piece of furniture? A letter recently found in the archives throws …

Celebrating fifty years of the Thank-Offering to Britain Fund

On 10 November 2015, the British Academy, in partnership with the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR), hosted an event to mark the 50th Anniversary of the ‘Thank-Offering to Britain’ Fund: ‘Commemoration and Celebration: The British Academy and the Jewish Refugee Academics in Britain after 1933’. This an edited version of …

Creating heritage: Vikings, Jorvik and public interest archaeology

Dr Peter V. Addyman was the Director of York Archaeological Trust from its foundation in 1972 to 2002, and instigator of the Jorvik Viking Centre. In 2015 he was awarded a British Academy President’s Medal in recognition of his significant efforts in making archaeology and historic heritage publicly accessible. Here …

The vivid faces of Ireland’s revolutionary generation

Professor Roy Foster FBA, author of ‘Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland 1890-1923’, was interviewed by Professor Richard English FBA, to discuss the hopes and expectations of Ireland's revolutionary generation - as we approach the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising.

One hundred years of Honorary Fellows of the British Academy

A ‘From the Archive’ article.

The British Academy and the Shakespeare Tercentenary, 1916

A ‘From the Archive’ article.

Presidential Address, 2003

Delivered by Lord Runciman PBA to the 101st Annual General Meeting of the Academy on 3 July 2003.

Presidential Address, 2001

Delivered by Sir Tony Wrigley PBA to the 99th Annual General Meeting of the British Academy on 5 July 2001.

Making a revolutionary generation in Ireland

Roy Foster is Carroll Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He held a British Academy Wolfson Research Professorship, 2009-2012.

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