ANU archaeologist inducted into British Academy<»

To be inducted into such a prestigious group as the British Academy is a fantastic achievement for Professor Bellwood. An academic from The Australian National University (ANU), who left school at 15 to work in a factory and later won a university scholarship, has been inducted into the British Academy - the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and social sciences. Emeritus Professor Peter Bellwood from the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology is the second ANU academic to be inducted in the past year, following ANU College of Law Professor Jane Stapleton's invitation in 2015. The British Academy's citation says he was inducted for his "multidisciplinary reconstruction of prehistoric human migrations across the world and the multiregional development of agricultural societies, with a disciplinary focus on the archaeology of Southeast Asia and Oceania". Professor Bellwood said he was honoured to be inducted. "I was actually lecturing on a cruise ship in the western Philippines when I received the Academy's email," he said. Professor Bellwood came to ANU in 1973 and has taught at least 40 Masters and PhD students.