British Academy honours for Professors Peter Mack and Warwick Gould
Professor Peter Mack elected to Fellowship of the British Academy
The School of Advanced Study offers its warmest congratulations to Peter. Election to Fellowship of the British Academy is a signal mark of academic distinction in the humanities and social sciences. It is rare – only a very small number of scholars in any field are elected. Peter joins the Early Modern Languages and Literature Section of the Academy. He was an Academy Research Reader from 2004-6 and is a leading interpreter of Renaissance Rhetoric. In five world-leading books published between 1993 and 2011 he has explored the use of language in a wide variety of modern texts both literary and non-literary. In his present post as our Director of the Warburg Institute, with its active programme, he is a prominent exemplar of the best traditions of renaissance scholarship in this country.
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Professor Warwick Gould awarded a British Academy President’s Medal
British Academy President’s Medals reward ‘signal service to the cause of the humanities and social sciences. They complement awards given by the Academy for academic achievement, by identifying and rewarding outstanding leadership or contributions other than purely academic’. Warwick Gould is, however, a considerable scholar in his own right, primarily through his editions of Yeats and his editing of Yeats Studies Annual. His medal recognises that but more especially his directorship of our Institute of English Studies for over a decade. Under his leadership the Institute has been gathering national and international prestige as a centre for research project innovation and promotion, the hosting of international conferences, and pedagogical and outreach activities of all possible kinds. Congratulations, Warwick!
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