Professor Joanna Brück elected International Fellow of the British Academy
18 July 2025
(opens in a new window)Professor Joanna Brück from the UCD School of Archaeology has been elected as an International Fellow of the British Academy.
The British Academy is the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences, supporting research, funding scholars and promoting public understanding of these disciplines.
An International Fellowship is the highest honour the Academy confers on non-UK residents in recognition of scholarly distinction.
Professor Brück is a leading scholar of the European Bronze Age and has published widely. Her book Personifying Prehistory: Relational Ontologies in Bronze Age Britain and Ireland was published in 2019.
She is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and currently holds an ERC Advanced Grant for her project “Animals and Society in Bronze Age Europe”. She has also conducted groundbreaking research on the archaeology of the Irish revolutionary period.
“I feel immensely honoured that my work has been recognised in this special way,” said Professor Brück.
“I look forward to working with colleagues in Britain, Ireland and further afield to support the discipline of archaeology and to advocate for its crucial role in understanding the complexity and diversity of the human experience past, present and future.”
Professor Brück is one of 92 scholars who have been newly elected as Fellows of the British Academy in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.
“One of my first acts as the incoming President of the British Academy is to welcome this year’s newly elected Fellows,” said Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy.
“They bring years of experience, evidence-based arguments and innovative thinking to the profound challenges of our age: managing the economy, enabling democracy, and securing the quality of human life.”
By: Rebecca Hastings, Digital Journalist, UCD University Relations
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