AHRC Council
The AHRC Council is responsible for the overall strategic direction and financial management of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). There are sixteen members of the AHRC Council, listed alphabetically below by first name. See also the Members of Council Registers of Interest (PDF, 429KB).
- 17 December 2020
- Monisha Shah
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Monisha is a Board member for the Office for Students and a non-executive member of Ofcom's Content Board.
Term begins 1 April 2021.
- 03 December 2020
- Zeinab Badawi
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Zeinab is the current Chair of the Royal African Society.
Term begins 1 April 2021.
- 03 December 2020
- Patricia Cumper MBE FRSA
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Patricia Cumper MBE FRSA is an award-winning playwright who has written for theatre and radio for more than thirty years.
Term begins 1 April 2021.
- 03 December 2020
- Adrienne Scullion
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Adrienne Scullion is a cultural historian with particular expertise in theatre and drama in Scotland.
Term begins 1 April 2021.
- Professor Christopher Smith
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Professor Christopher Smith is the Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council
- 27 July 2020
- Professor Ambreena Manji
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Professor Ambreena Manji is the Professor of Land Law and Development at Cardiff University
- Professor Anthony Lilley
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Professor Anthony Lilley is the CEO & Chief Creative Officer of Magic Lantern Productions Ltd and Professor of Creative Industries at Ulster University
- Professor Chris Wickham
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Professor Chris Wickham is the Chichele Professor of Medieval History emeritus at the University of Oxford and is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Birmingham
- Professor Fiona Macpherson
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Professor Fiona Macpherson is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience at the University of Glasgow
- Professor Dame Janet Beer
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Professor Dame Janet Beer is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Liverpool
- Dame Judith Macgregor
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Dame Judith Macgregor DCMG LVO is former British High Commissioner to South Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Professor Hagan Bayley
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Professor Hagan Bayley is Professor of Chemical Biology at the University of Oxford
- Professor Tom Rodden
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Professor Tom Rodden has been appointed as the Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and begins this role in January 2019.