Eight Cambridge academics to join British Academy Fellowship

The British Academy has today announced the scholars elected for this year's Fellowships in recognition of their contribution to the humanities and social sciences. Election is an acknowledgment of "academic distinction" and is granted annually to only a small number of scholars in any field. This year's list includes eight Cambridge academics. The newly appointed Fellows are as follows: Professor David Abulafia has been a Professor of Mediterranean History at Cambridge since 2000 and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College since 1974. He has a particular interest in the economic, social and political history of southern Italy in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and has written a wide variety of publications on the history and development of the Mediterranean lands. Professor Mary Beard is a Professor of Classics and a Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge. She is the Classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement and her blog, 'A Don's Life' appears in The Times as a regular column.