British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Sections

On election, all Fellows are assigned to one of 18 broad disciplinary Sections spanning the humanities and social sciences. Fellows may also become members of an additional Section, according to the range of their scholarly expertise.

The Sections are further subdivided into two Groups, for the humanities and social sciences. These Groups were established mainly for electoral purposes, but also to conduct other business falling within their disciplinary coverage.

Humanities Sections

H1 Classical Antiquity (Chair: Professor Robin Osborne)
H2 Theology and Religious Studies (Chair: Professor Frances Young)
H3 African and Oriental Studies (Chair: Professor Geoffrey Khan)
H4 Linguistics and Philology (Chair: Professor Shalom Lappin)
H5 Early Modern Languages and Literatures (Chair: Professor Nick Boyle)
H6 Modern Languages, Literatures and other Media (Chair: Professor Ian Christie)
H7 Archaeology (Chair: Professor Colin Haselgrove)
H8 Medieval Studies (Chair: Professor David d'Avray)
H9 Early Modern History to c1800 (Chair: Professor Hamish Scott)
H10 Modern History from c1800 (Chair: Professor Mary Fulbrook)
H11 History of Art and Music (Chair: Professor Paul Binski)
H12 Philosophy (Chair: Dr Wilfrid Hodges)

Social Science Sections

S1 Law (Chair: Professor Nicola Lacey)
S2 Economics and Economic History (Chair: Professor Andrew Chesher)
S3 Anthropology and Geography (Chair: Professor Linda Newson)
S4 Sociology, Demography and Social Statistics (Chair: Professor Colin Crouch)
S5 Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International Relations (Chair: Professor David Sanders)
S6 Psychology (Chair: Professor Andrew Young)