# List of female fellows of the British Academy

The Fellowship of the British Academy consists of world-leading scholars and researchers in the humanities and social sciences. A varying number of fellows are elected each year in July at the academy's annual general meeting. The first woman was elected to the fellowship in 1932.

## Elected in 1930s

| Name | Year elected | Disciplinary section(s) | Notes |
| Beatrice Webb | 1932 | Economics | |

## Elected in 1940s

| Name | Year elected | Disciplinary section(s) |
| Gertrude Caton Thompson | 1944 | Archaeology |
| Helen Cam | 1945 | Medieval studies |
| Helen Darbishire | 1947 | |

## Elected in 1950s

| Name | Year elected | Disciplinary section(s) |
| Professor Jocelyn Toynbee | 1952 | Archaeology Classical antiquity |
| Doris Mary Stenton | 1953 | Medieval studies |
| Dame Lucy Sutherland | 1954 | |
| Professor Dorothy Whitelock | 1956 | |
| Professor A. M. Dale | 1957 | Classics |

## Elected in 1960s

| Name | Year elected | Disciplinary section(s) |
| Eleanora Carus-Wilson | 1963 | Economic history |
| Dame Margery Perham | 1961 | |
| Mary Lascelles | 1962 | |
| Beryl Smalley | 1963 | |
| Kathleen Tillotson | 1965 | |
| Audrey Richards | 1967 | Anthropology |
| Margaret Whinney | 1967 | History of art |
| Dame Frances Yates | 1967 | |

## Elected in 1970s

| Name | Year elected |
| Professor Dominica Legge | 1974 |
| Marjorie Reeves | 1974 |
| Joan Thirsk | 1974 |

## Elected in 1980s

| Name | Year elected | Disciplinary section(s) |
| Averil Cameron | 1981 | Late antique and Byzantine studies |
| Joyce Reynolds | 1982 | Classical antiquity |
| Professor Margaret Boden | 1983 | Philosophy Psychology |
| Professor Anne Hudson | 1988 | Medieval studies |
| Elizabeth Rawson | 1988 | Classicist |

## Elected in 1990s

| Name | Year elected | Disciplinary section(s) |
| Professor Janet Bately | 1990 | Medieval studies |
| Dr Margaret Bent | 1990 | Medieval studies History of art and music |
| Dr Lotte Hellinga | 1990 | Early modern languages and literatures to 1830 |
| Professor Isabel de Madariaga | 1990 | |
| Dr Stephanie West | 1990 | Classics |
| Professor Jose Harris | 1993 | |
| Dr Caroline Bammel | 1994 | |
| Professor Margaret Spufford | 1995 | |
| Professor Lorraine Tyler | 1995 | |
| Professor Dawn Adès | 1996 | History of art and music |
| Professor Ruth Finnegan | 1996 | |
| Professor Dorothy J. Thompson | 1998 | Classics and Ancient History |
| Professor Dame Olwen Hufton | 1998 | Early Modern history to 1850 |
| Professor Elizabeth McGrath | 1998 | History of art and music |
| Professor P. E. Easterling | 1998 | Classics |
| Professor Ann Moss | 1998 | Early modern languages and literatures to 1830 |
| Professor Dame Vicki Bruce | 1999 | Psychology |
| Professor Linda Colley | 1999 | History |
| Professor Wendy Davies | 1999 | Medieval studies Archaeology |
| Professor Carol Harlow | 1999 | Law |
| Dr Georgina Herrmann | 1999 | Archaeology |
| Professor Marian Hobson | 1999 | French studies |
| Professor Wendy James | 1999 | Anthropology and geography Archaeology |
| Professor Melveena McKendrick | 1999 | Early modern languages and literatures to 1830 |

## Elected in 2000s

| Name | Year elected | Disciplinary section(s) |
| Professor Rosemary Ashton | 2000 | Modern languages, literatures and other media from 1830 Modern history from 1850 |
| Professor Celia Britton | 2000 | Modern languages, literatures and other media from 1830 |
| Professor Angela Leighton | 2000 | Modern languages, literatures and other media from 1830 |
| Professor Amélie Kuhrt | 2001 | The social, cultural and political history of the ancient Middle East (c.3000-100 BC), especially the Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian and Seleucid empires |
| Professor Diana Greenway | 2001 | Medieval studies |
| Professor Dame Hermione Lee | 2001 | Modern languages, literatures and other media from 1830 |
| Professor Marilyn Butler | 2002 | English |
| Professor Megan Vaughan | 2002 | Africa, Asia and the Middle East Modern history from 1850 |
| Professor Isobel Armstrong | 2003 | Modern languages, literatures and other media from 1830 |
| Professor Karin Barber | 2003 | Africa, Asia and the Middle East Anthropology and geography |
| Professor Sarah Broadie | 2003 | Philosophy |
| Professor Elizabeth Boa | 2003 | Modern languages, literatures and other media from 1830 |
| Professor Anne Phillips | 2003 | Political studies: political theory, government and international relations |
| Professor Ann Jefferson | 2004 | Modern languages, literatures and other media from 1830 |
| Professor Maxine Berg | 2004 | Economics and economic history Modern history from 1850 |
| Professor Annette Kuhn | 2004 | Modern languages, literatures and other media from 1830 |
| Professor Jane Lewis | 2004 | Sociology, demography and social statistics |
| Professor Susan Mendus | 2004 | Political studies: political theory, government and international relations |
| Professor Sheilagh Ogilvie | 2004 | Economics and economic history |
| Professor Frances Young | 2004 | Theology and religious studies |
| Professor Sandra Fredman | 2005 | Law |
| Professor Miriam Glucksmann | 2005 | Sociology, demography and social statistics |
| Professor Dawn Oliver | 2005 | Law |
| Professor Jo Labanyi | 2005 | Modern languages, literatures and other media from 1830 |
| Professor Helen Cooper | 2006 | Medieval studies |
| Professor Dame Rosemary Cramp | 2006 | Archaeology |
| Professor Jill Rubery | 2006 | Management and business studies; Sociology, demography and social statistics |
| Professor Rachel Bowlby | 2007 | Modern languages, literatures and other media from 1830 |
| Professor Bryony Coles | 2007 | Archaeology |
| Professor Catriona Kelly | 2007 | Modern languages, literatures and other media from 1830 |
| Professor Joni Lovenduski | 2007 | Political studies: political theory, government and international relations |
| Professor Dame Henrietta Moore | 2007 | Africa, Asia and the Middle East Anthropology and geography |
| Professor Genevra Richardson | 2007 | Law |
| Dr Zara Steiner | 2007 | Modern history from 1850 |
| Professor Sara Arber | 2008 | Sociology, demography and social statistics |
| Professor Roberta Gilchrist | 2008 | History of art and music Archaeology |
| Professor Ruth Mace | 2008 | Anthropology and geography |
| Professor Lisa Tickner | 2008 | History of art and music |
| Professor Sarah Worthington | 2009 | Law |

## Elected in 2010s

| Name | Year elected | Disciplinary section(s) |
| Professor Mary Beard | 2010 | Classical Antiquity |
| Professor Rosemary Crompton | 2010 | Sociology, demography and social statistics |
| Professor Cecilia Heyes | 2010 | Philosophy Psychology |
| Professor Emilie Savage-Smith | 2010 | Africa, Asia and the Middle East |
| Professor Jenny Cheshire | 2011 | Linguistics and Philology; Education |
| Professor Cécile Fabre | 2011 | Political studies: political theory, government and international relations Philosophy |
| Professor Laura Marcus | 2011 | Modern languages, literatures and other media from 1830 |
| Professor Susan Owens | 2011 | Anthropology and geography |
| Professor Kathleen Kiernan | 2012 | Sociology, demography and social statistics |
| Professor Gillian Clark | 2012 | Theology and Religious Studies; Classical Antiquity |
| Professor Bencie Woll | 2012 | Linguistics and philology Psychology |
| Professor Lucia Zedner | 2012 | Law |
| Professor Sarah Birch | 2013 | Political studies: political theory, government and international relations Philosophy |
| Professor Stella Bruzzi | 2013 | Modern languages, literatures and other media from 1830 |
| Professor Katharine Ellis | 2013 | History of art and music |
| Professor Eilís Ferran | 2013 | Law |
| Professor Diana Knight | 2013 | Modern languages, literatures and other media from 1830 |
| Professor Cécile Laborde | 2013 | Political studies: political theory, government and international relations; theology and religious studies |
| Professor Jenny Ozga | 2013 | Sociology, demography and social statistics; education group |
| Professor Lucrezia Reichlin | 2013 | Economics and economic history |
| Professor Joanne Scott | 2013 | Law |
| Professor Janet Watson | 2013 | Africa, Asia and the Middle East Linguistics and philology |
| Professor Ingrid De Smet | 2014 | Classical Antiquity; Early Modern Languages and Literatures to 1830 |
| Professor Susanne Bobzien | 2014 | Philosophy |
| Professor Joanna Bourke | 2014 | Modern history from 1850 |
| Professor Margot Brazier | 2014 | Law |
| Professor Eleanor Dickey | 2014 | Classical antiquity Linguistics and philology |
| Professor Rae Langton | 2014 | Political studies: political theory, government and international relations Philosophy |
| Professor Judith Lieu | 2014 | Classical antiquity Theology and religious studies |
| Professor Cecilia Trifogli | 2014 | Philosophy Medieval studies |
| Professor Janette Atkinson | 2015 | Psychology |
| Professor Oriana Bandiera | 2015 | Economics and economic history |
| Professor Julia Black | 2015 | Law |
| Professor Dawn Chatty | 2015 | Anthropology and geography Africa, Asia and the Middle East |
| Professor Julia Barrow | 2016 | Medieval studies |
| Professor Robyn Carston | 2016 | Linguistics and philology |
| Professor Patricia Clavin | 2016 | Modern history from 1850 |
| Professor Jane Duckett | 2016 | Political studies: political theory, government and international relations |
| Professor Nancy Edwards | 2016 | Archaeology |
| Professor Judith Freedman | 2016 | Law |
| Professor Miranda Fricker | 2016 | Political studies: political theory, government and international relations |
| Professor Hilary Graham | 2016 | Sociology, demography and social statistics |
| Professor Lorna Hutson | 2016 | Early modern languages and literatures to 1830 |
| Professor Emily Jackson | 2016 | Law |
| Professor Susanne Küchler | 2016 | Anthropology and geography |
| Professor Nilli Lavie | 2016 | Psychology |
| Professor Elizabeth Eva Leach | 2016 | History of art and music |
| Professor Catherine Merridale | 2016 | Modern history from 1850 |
| Professor Catherine Morgan | 2016 | Classical antiquity |
| Professor Sophie Scott | 2016 | Psychology |
| Professor Judy Wajcman | 2016 | Sociology, demography and social statistics |
| Professor Patricia Waugh | 2016 | Modern languages, literatures and other media from 1830 |
| Professor Fiona Williams | 2016 | Sociology, demography and social statistics |
| Professor Alison Bashford | 2017 | |
| Professor Mary Daly | 2017 | |
| Professor Gillian Douglas | 2017 | |
| Professor Emily Grundy | 2017 | |
| Professor Sara Hobolt | 2017 | |
| Professor Jennifer Hornsby | 2017 | |
| Professor Melissa Leach | 2017 | |
| Professor M. M. McCabe | 2017 | |
| Professor Angela McRobbie | 2017 | |
| Professor Lynne Murray | 2017 | |
| Professor Francesca Orsini | 2017 | |
| Professor Ulinka Rublack | 2017 | |
| Professor Barbara Sahakian | 2017 | |
| Professor Catriona Seth | 2017 | Early modern languages and literatures to 1830 |
| Professor Anna Vignoles | 2017 | |
| Dr Teresa Webber | 2017 | |
| Professor Lynn Abrams | 2018 | Modern history |
| Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore | 2018 | Cognitive neuroscience |
| Professor Joya Chatterji | 2018 | South Asian history |
| Professor Veronica Della Dora | 2018 | Human geography |
| Professor Tia DeNora | 2018 | Sociology of music |
| Professor Emerita Catherine Hall | 2018 | Modern British social and cultural history |
| Canon Professor Carol Harrison | 2018 | Divinity |
| Professor Alison Liebling | 2018 | Criminology and criminal justice |
| Professor Elena Lieven | 2018 | Psychology |
| Professor Jane Lightfoot | 2018 | Greek literature |
| Professor Sonia Livingstone | 2018 | Social psychology |
| Professor Eleanor Maguire | 2018 | Cognitive neuroscience |
| Nuffield Professor Melinda Mills | 2018 | Sociology |
| Professor Niamh Moloney | 2018 | Financial markets law |
| Professor Catherine Nash | 2018 | Human geography |
| Pevsner Professor Lynda Nead | 2018 | History of art |
| Professor Wen-chin Ouyang | 2018 | Arabic and comparative literature |
| Professor Alexandra Shepard | 2018 | Gender history |
| Professor Helen Small | 2018 | English literature |
| Professor Fiona Stafford | 2018 | English language and literature |
| Professor Judith Still | 2018 | French and critical theory |
| Professor Silvana Tenreyro | 2018 | Economics |
| Professor Gill Valentine | 2018 | |
| Professor Georgina Waylen | 2018 | Politics |
| Professor Christina Boswell | 2019 | |
| Professor Charlotte Brunsdon | 2019 | |
| Professor Harriet Bulkeley | 2019 | |
| The Rev. Professor Sarah Coakley | 2019 | |
| Dr Annabel Gallop | 2019 | |
| Professor Susan Golombok | 2019 | |
| Professor Emily Gowers | 2019 | |
| Professor Louise Gullifer | 2019 | |
| Professor Clare Harris | 2019 | |
| Professor Rebecca Herissone | 2019 | |
| Professor Caroline Heycock | 2019 | |
| Professor Herminia Ibarra | 2019 | |
| Professor Susan James | 2019 | |
| Professor Deborah James | 2019 | |
| Professor Esther Leslie | 2019 | |
| Professor Julia Lovell | 2019 | |
| Professor Helen Margetts | 2019 | |
| Professor Jennifer Mason | 2019 | |
| Dr Margaret Meyer | 2019 | |
| Professor Nicola Milner | 2019 | |
| Professor Irina Nikolaeva | 2019 | |
| Professor Katie Scott | 2019 | |
| Dr Alison Sheridan | 2019 | |
| Professor Tiffany Stern | 2019 | |

## Elected in 2020s

| Name | Year elected | Disciplinary section(s) |
| Anna Sapir Abulafia | 2020 | Theology and Religious Studies; Medieval Studies |
| Professor Catherine Barnard | 2020 | European Union law |
| Professor Gurminder Bhambra | 2020 | Postcolonial and decolonial studies |
| Professor Dame Sue Black | 2020 | Forensic anthropology |
| Professor Amy Bogaard | 2020 | Archaeology |
| Professor Ursula Coope | 2020 | Classical Antiquity; Philosophy |
| Professor Rebecca Earle | 2020 | Early Modern History to 1850; Modern History from 1850 |
| Professor Regenia Gagnier | 2020 | Modern Languages, Literatures and other Media from 1830 |
| Professor Katherine Hawley | 2020 | Philosophy |
| Professor Paula Jarzabkowski | 2020 | Management and business studies |
| Professor Judith Jesch | 2020 | Medieval Studies |
| Professor Polly O'Hanlon | 2020 | Africa, Asia and the Middle East; Modern History from 1850 |
| Professor Sarah A. Radcliffe | 2020 | Anthropology and Geography |
| Professor Meg Russell | 2020 | Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International Relations |
| Professor Antonella Sorace | 2020 | Linguistics and Philology |
| Professor Penny Summerfield | 2020 | Modern History from 1850 |
| Professor Kathy Sylva | 2020 | Education |
| Professor Rosalind Thomas | 2020 | Classical Antiquity |
| Professor Isabel Torres | 2020 | Early Modern Languages and Literatures to 1830 |
| Professor Elaine Unterhalter | 2020 | Education |
| Professor Caroline van Eck | 2020 | History of Art and Music |
| Professor Essi Viding | 2020 | Psychology |
| Professor Clair Wills | 2020 | Modern Languages, Literatures and other Media from 1830; Modern History from 1850 |
| Professor Laura Bear | 2021 | |
| Professor Catherine Boone | 2021 | |
| Professor Joanne Conaghan | 2021 | |
| Professor Davina Cooper | 2021 | |
| Professor Julia Crick | 2021 | |
| Professor Catharine Edwards | 2021 | |
| Professor Becky Francis | 2021 | |
| Professor Sarah Franklin | 2021 | |
| Professor Anne Gerritsen | 2021 | |
| Professor Elaine Graham | 2021 | |
| Professor Anne Haour | 2021 | |
| Professor Susanne Kord | 2021 | |
| Professor Alison Light | 2021 | |
| Professor Susan Michie | 2021 | |
| Professor Sarah Nettleton | 2021 | |
| Professor Barbara Petrongolo | 2021 | |
| Professor Dorothy Price | 2021 | |
| Professor Shirin Rai | 2021 | |
| Professor Mari Sako | 2021 | |
| Professor Helen Steward | 2021 | |
| Professor Ianthi Maria Tsimpli | 2021 | |
| Professor Laura Tunbridge | 2021 | |
| Professor Amanda Vickery | 2021 | |
| Professor Susan Banducci | 2022 | Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International Relations |
| Professor Barbara Bombi | 2022 | Medieval Studies |
| Professor Theresa Buckland | 2022 | Culture, Media and Performance |
| Professor Virginia Cox | 2022 | Early Modern Languages and Literatures to 1830 |
| Professor Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro | 2022 | Management and Business Studies |
| Dr Melanie Giles | 2022 | Archaeology |
| Professor Lucy Green | 2022 | History of Art and Music |
| Professor Edith Hall | 2022 | Classical Antiquity |
| Professor Penny Harvey | 2022 | Anthropology and Geography |
| Professor Pat Hudson | 2022 | Economics and Economic History; Sociology, Demography and Social Statistics |
| Professor Cristina Iannelli | 2022 | Education |
| Professor Anna Lawson | 2022 | Law |
| Professor Sally Maitlis | 2022 | Management and Business Studies |
| Professor Robin Mansell | 2022 | Culture, Media and Performance |
| Professor Nicola Miller | 2022 | Modern History from 1850 |
| Professor Hilary Owen | 2022 | Modern Languages, Literatures and other Media from 1830 |
| Professor Cathy Price | 2022 | Psychology |
| Professor Rebecca Probert | 2022 | Law |
| Professor Eleanor Robson | 2022 | Africa, Asia and the Middle East |
| Professor Kathryn M. Rudy | 2022 | History of Art and Music |
| Professor Valerie Rumbold | 2022 | Early Modern Languages and Literatures to 1830 |
| Professor Monika Schmid | 2022 | |
| Professor Uta Schönberg | 2022 | |
| Professor Marie Louise Stig Sørensen | 2022 | |
| Professor Catherine Steel | 2022 | |
| Professor Sylvia Walby | 2022 | |
| Professor Jane Wills | 2022 | |
| Professor Emma Wilson | 2022 | |
| Professor Linda Woodhead | 2022 | |
| Professor Louise Amoore | 2023 | |
| Professor Clare Anderson | 2023 | |
| Professor Louise Archer | 2023 | |
| Professor Helen Beebee | 2023 | |
| Professor Wendy Carlin | 2023 | |
| Professor Katherine Clarke | 2023 | |
| Professor Neta Crawford | 2023 | |
| Professor Georgina Endfield | 2023 | |
| Professor Annabelle Gawer | 2023 | |
| Professor Rosalind Gill | 2023 | |
| Professor Laura Gowing | 2023 | |
| Professor Helena Hamerow | 2023 | |
| Professor Kate Hunt | 2023 | |
| Professor Ananya Jahanara Kabir | 2023 | |
| Professor Elizabeth Lambourn | 2023 | |
| Professor Susan Marks | 2023 | |
| Professor Sharon Monteith | 2023 | |
| Professor Debra Myhill | 2023 | |
| Professor Lúcia Nagib | 2023 | |
| Professor Kate Nation | 2023 | |
| Professor Tina K. Ramnarine | 2023 | |
| Professor Jennifer Richards | 2023 | |
| Professor Susie Scott | 2023 | |
| Professor Devyani Sharma | 2023 | |
| Professor Lyndsey Stonebridge | 2023 | |
| Professor Jane Stuart-Smith | 2023 | |
| Professor Nava Ashraf | 2024 | |
| Professor Sara Cohen | 2024 | |
| Professor Anne Davies | 2024 | |
| Professor Esther Eidinow | 2024 | |
| Professor Maria Cristina Fumagalli | 2024 | |
| Professor Katy Gardner | 2024 | |
| Professor Sophie Gilliat-Ray | 2024 | |
| Professor Liz James | 2024 | |
| Professor Carey Jewitt | 2024 | |
| Professor Helen Kennedy | 2024 | |
| Professor Rosalind Love | 2024 | |
| Professor Asifa Majid | 2024 | |
| Professor Miriam Meyerhoff | 2024 | |
| Professor Janet Montgomery | 2024 | |
| Professor Lydia Morris | 2024 | |
| Professor Rachael Mulheron | 2024 | |
| Professor Lucy O'Brien | 2024 | |
| Professor Philomen Probert | 2024 | |
| Professor Jennifer Robinson | 2024 | |
| Professor Rebecca Sear | 2024 | |
| Professor Alison Shell | 2024 | |
| Professor Elisabeth van Houts | 2024 | |
| Professor Lea Ypi | 2024 | |
| Professor Ayşe Zarakol | 2024 | |