Food historian Professor Rebecca Earle to chair British Academy Book Prize 2025

The food historian Professor Rebecca Earle FBA is the new Chair of judges of the British Academy Book Prize as the 2025 cycle opens for submissions, Wednesday 15 January.

Joining for 2025 is Professor Shadreck Chirikure FBA, Archaeological Scientist, Edward Hall Professor of Archaeological Science, University of Oxford. Completing the panel – and serving for a second year – are the broadcaster and former BBC foreign correspondent Bridget Kendall FBA (Hon); the journalist and broadcaster Ritula Shah; and Professor Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad FBA, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy at Lancaster University.