Leverhulme Medal (British Academy)

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

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Year  | Name  | Field  | Notes

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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]

## See also

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* Awards of the British Academy
* List of social sciences awards

## References

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1. ^ a b "Leverhulme Medal and Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences". British Academy. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
2. ^ "Leverhulme Medal and Prize 2005". Prizes and Medals. British Academy. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
3. ^ "Leverhulme Medal and Prize 2009". Prizes and Medals. British Academy. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
4. ^ "Leverhulme Medal and Prize 2012". Prizes and Medals. British Academy. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
5. ^ "British Academy announces 2015 prize and medal winners". British Academy. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
6. ^ "Award-winning journalists, prehistorians and world-leading economists honoured with prestigious British Academy prizes and medals", The British Academy, 20 August 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
7. ^ "UCL professor recognised for ground-breaking work on legacies of British slavery". UCL. 2 September 2021.