Two University of Sheffield academics elected as Fellows of the British Academy

In an unprecedented honour for the University of Sheffield, two of its academic staff have been elected Fellows of the British Academy - the UK's national body which champions and supports the humanities and social sciences. Professor Michael Braddick, Professor of History, recently completed a term of office as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Sheffield. Author of a number of highly acclaimed histories, he has published widely on aspects of state formation and forms of political resistance in early modern England. His most recent publications are God's Fury, England's Fire: a new history of the English civil wars and edited collections on The politics of gesture: historical perspectives and The experience of revolution in Stuart Britain and Ireland. He is also a champion of the value of the Arts and Humanities within education, and many of his articles on this subject have been published by the national media. Professor Braddick was educated at the University of Cambridge, and moved to Sheffield in 1990 after a period working in the USA. He has held fellowships from the British Academy, the Nuffield Foundation and a Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust.