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Cambridge-based geographer Susan Smith will head up humanities and social sciences body from July 2025
The British Academy has appointed a Cambridge-based geographer as its next president.
Susan Smith will begin her four-year term in July next year, taking over from Julia Black, a legal scholar working at the London School of Economics and Politics.