Leverhulme Medal (British Academy)
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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.{{cite web|title=Leverhulme Medal and Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/about/medals/Leverhulme_Medal.cfm|publisher=British Academy|accessdate=20 June 2014}}
List of recipients
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Year
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2002
|Sir Ernst Gombrich and Sir Raymond Firth |Art History (Gombrich), Anthropology and Ethnology (Firth) |
2005 |
2009 |
2012 |
2015
|Modern German History |
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." |
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" |
2024
|Charles Hulme and Maggie Snowling |"for their complementary contributions to understanding childhood learning development, particularly dyslexia and developmental language disorders" |