Professor Emma Tarlo newly elected Fellow of the British Academy
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Emeritus Professor of Anthropology Emma Tarlo has been elected to the British Academy's Fellowship.
Credit: The British Academy
This year, 92 distinguished scholars have been elected to the British Academy’s Fellowship in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. The newly elected Fellows come from 28 universities across the UK, alongside 32 International Fellows and two Honorary Fellows who have been elected in recognition of their exceptional achievements in law and international affairs.
Emma Tarlo, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology in the School of Global Change, is amongst this year's prestigious cohort of new Fellows. Her research focuses on the anthropology of material culture with reference to dress, fashion, textiles, the body and hair in trans-cultural contexts. She is the author of 'Visibly Muslim: Fashion, Politics, Faith' (2010) and 'Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair' (2017), which won the Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing in 2017.
Founded in 1902, the British Academy is the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. It is also a funder of both national and international research, as well as a forum for debate and public engagement.
Professor Tarlo joins a community of over 1,800 scholars committed to advancing the humanities and social sciences. Current British Academy Fellows include classicist Professor Dame Mary Beard, the historian and expert on China Professor Rana Mitter and philosopher Professor Baroness Onora O’Neill. Professor David Olusoga, Baroness Brenda Hale, and Professor Gary Younge are also among its Honorary Fellows.
Responding to the news, Professor Tarlo said, "'I am delighted and honoured to be elected a Fellow of the British Academy."
The British Academy plays such a vital role in nourishing the social sciences and humanities and promoting their importance in public life. I look forward to contributing to this work at a time when insights from the arts and social sciences are often undervalued but remain more essential than ever for understanding the challenges and complexities of our changing world.
Emma Tarlo, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology
Professor Susan J. Smith PBA, President of the British Academy, said: "I am delighted to welcome our newest Fellows to the British Academy. Each has made an outstanding contribution to their field, and together they reflect the remarkable breadth and depth of scholarship across our disciplines.
At a time when society is grappling with radical uncertainty in the face of technological, economic and environmental change, the humanities and social sciences have never been more important.
Professor Susan J. Smith PBA, President of the British Academy
"Insights from economics, geography and political studies help us navigate geopolitical tensions, while literature, history and philosophy – to name a few of the disciplines the Academy represents – fuel our creative industries and help people to better understand themselves and each other."