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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]].<ref name="BA - Leverhulme Medal and Prize">{{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}}</ref>
==List of recipients==
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!Year
!Name
!Field
!class="unsortable"|Notes
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|2002
|[[Sir Ernst Gombrich]] and [[Sir Raymond Firth]]
|Art History (Gombrich), Anthropology and Ethnology (Firth)
|<ref name="BA - Leverhulme Medal and Prize" />
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|2005
|[[Tony Wrigley|Sir Tony Wrigley]]
|[[Geography]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Leverhulme Medal and Prize 2005 |url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/about/medals/Leverhulme_Medal_2005.cfm |website=Prizes and Medals |publisher=British Academy |accessdate=20 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920163145/http://www.britac.ac.uk/about/medals/Leverhulme_Medal_2005.cfm |archivedate=20 September 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|2009
|[[Sebastian Brock]]
|[[Aramaic language]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Leverhulme Medal and Prize 2009|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/about/medals/Leverhulme_Medal_2009.cfm|website=Prizes and Medals|publisher=British Academy|accessdate=20 June 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193506/http://www.britac.ac.uk/about/medals/Leverhulme_Medal_2009.cfm|archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|[[Marilyn Strathern|Dame Marilyn Strathern]]
|[[Anthropology]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Leverhulme Medal and Prize 2012|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/about/medals/Leverhulme_Medal_2012.cfm|website=Prizes and Medals|publisher=British Academy|accessdate=20 June 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714123132/http://www.britac.ac.uk/about/medals/Leverhulme_Medal_2012.cfm|archivedate=14 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|[[Richard J. Evans|Sir Richard J. Evans]]
|Modern German History
|<ref>{{cite web|title=British Academy announces 2015 prize and medal winners|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/press-release/british-academy-announces-2015-prize-and-medal-winners|website=British Academy|accessdate=22 June 2017|date=29 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
|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."
|<ref>[https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/journalists-prehistorians-economists-honoured-british-academy-prizes-medals "Award-winning journalists, prehistorians and world-leading economists honoured with prestigious British Academy prizes and medals"], ''The British Academy'', 20 August 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.</ref>
|-
|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"
|<ref>{{cite web|title=UCL professor recognised for ground-breaking work on legacies of British slavery|website=UCL|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/sep/ucl-professor-recognised-ground-breaking-work-legacies-british-slavery|date=2 September 2021}}</ref>
|}
==See also==
* [[Awards of the British Academy]]
* [[List of social sciences awards]]
==References==
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[[Category:British Academy]]
[[Category:British awards]]
[[Category:Academic awards]]