Leverhulme Medal (British Academy)
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The Leverhulme Medal and Prize is awarded by the British Academy every three years 'for a significant contribution to knowledge and understanding in a field within the humanities and social sciences'. It was first awarded in 2002 and is funded by the Leverhulme Trust.[1]
List of recipients
| Year | Name | Field | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Sir Ernst Gombrich and Sir Raymond Firth | Art History (Gombrich), Anthropology and Ethnology (Firth) | [1] |
| 2005 | Sir Tony Wrigley | Geography | [2] |
| 2009 | Sebastian Brock | Aramaic language | [3] |
| 2012 | Dame Marilyn Strathern | Anthropology | [4] |
| 2015 | Sir Richard J. Evans | Modern German History | [5] |
| 2018 | Professor David W. Harvey, FBA | "For demonstrating the importance of the social sciences in understanding the modern complexities of capitalism, urbanism and questions of social justice." | [6] |
| 2021 | Professor Catherine Hall, FBA | "In recognition of Professor Hall’s impact across modern and contemporary British history, particularly in the fields of class, gender, empire and postcolonial history" | [7] |
| 2024 | Charles Hulme and Maggie Snowling | "for their complementary contributions to understanding childhood learning development, particularly dyslexia and developmental language disorders" | [8] |