Professors John Arnold and Anne Davis appointed to learned societies
We congratulate Fellows John Arnold and Anne Davis on their recent appointments to leading academic societies.
Professor of Medieval History John H. Arnold has been elected a Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. Fellowships are a recognition of a lifetime of academic achievement within the field of medieval studies, spanning teaching, scholarship, mentoring, and service.
Election to the fellowship is a peer-bestowed honour, and fewer than 100 overseas scholars hold this title. The Medieval Academy of America (MAA), the largest organisation in the United States promoting medieval studies, announced the election results earlier this month. Arnold is among five new Corresponding Fellows from the UK and France who will be officially inducted during the MAA Annual Meeting in March 2026.
Arnold is an expert in medieval religion and culture, heresy and inquisition, as well as gender and sexuality. He has published numerous works, such as The Making of Lay Religion in Southern France, c. 1000-1350 (Oxford University Press, 2024) and Belief and Unbelief in the Middle Ages (Bloomsbury, 2005).
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Professor Anne Davis is one of seven Cambridge researchers to have been appointed Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences. The inaugural cohort of 100 Fellows brings together the UK’s strongest mathematicians across academia, education, business, industry, and government to help solve some of the UK’s biggest challenges.
She is the Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics (1967) at Cambridge and Life Fellow at King's. She was the first female Professor in the Faculty of Mathematics at Cambridge. She has held positions at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, CERN, Imperial College and Durham University. Her work over a number of years has been in the area of dark energy and theoretical cosmology. She was awarded an OBE in the King's Birthday honours in 2024.
Included among the Fellowship are winners of the Fields Medal, business leaders, distinguished teachers and academics, science communicators, and pioneers of computing and machine learning. They will collaborate on tackling challenges, including pandemic preparedness, economic transformation, national security, and safe AI
Much like Fellows of the other National Academies (Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering, British Academy and the Academy of Medical Sciences), the Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences have been recognised as leaders in their fields, through fundamental discoveries, exceptional work in education, or driving the application of mathematics across society.