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Search results for “medieval history”
Professor of Medieval History
Head of School of History and Cultures
Department of History
I am currently supervising the following postgraduate research students and topics:
• Serish Baseel (PhD Medieval History PT, co-supervised with Dr Christopher Markiewicz), ‘The Muslim Persecution of Minorities: Understanding Medieval Arab Constructs of the “Other”’
• Giles Connolly (PhD Medieval History FT, full Wolfson Scholarship, co-supervised with Dr Simon Yarrow), ‘From Living Memory to Recent Past: Recording Thomas Becket’s Life in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries’
• James Kawalek (PhD ...
Senior Lecturer in Medieval History
Department of History
I would welcome research students on a wide range of issues in the history and archaeology of early medieval western Europe, especially the Vikings and medieval Iceland and Scandinavia. Research proposals on social, cultural or economic history within particular medieval regions or communities would also be possible. I have published on the writing of history in the middle ages and would be interested in supervising similar topics on medieval narratives. ...
Lecturer in Late Medieval Literature
Department of English Literature
Medieval theatre; interrelationships between French-language and English-language literature in the Middle Ages and bi- or multi-lingual poetics; medieval translation theories and practices; the literature and culture of medieval nuns.
Assistant Professor in the History of the Pre-modern Islamicate World
Department of History
I welcome postgraduate (doctoral and master’s) students to work with me on any aspect of the history or literary culture of the pre-modern Islamicate world, especially Iran, Central Asia and the Ottoman Empire.
I have hitherto supervised master’s and doctoral students working on
Ottoman intellectual history
Ottoman religious history
Ottoman-Iranian history
Ottoman cultural history
History of Iran
Associate Professor in Early Modern History
Department of History
I am interested in supervising research projects on most aspects of the social, cultural and religious history of early modern England, especially in areas relating to the reformation, theology, popular religion and belief, religious practices, puritanism, parish religion, music, the material culture of the parish church, and histories of emotion and mental illness.
I have been/am currently involved in supervising MA dissertations, MRes theses and PhD theses on the following topics: ...
Senior Lecturer in Medieval History
School of History and Cultures
I am interested to supervise postgraduate work on narrative sources, including histories and hagiographies, of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, in Northern France and England, with particular reference to elite political cultures and ideas of gender and other social identities.
Associate Professor in History of Art
Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies
Elizabeth L'Estrange’s research focuses mainly on the art and culture of the medieval and early modern periods (c. 1350-1600) with a particular emphasis on illuminated manuscripts and on questions of gender in visual culture. Her research has also focused on the female gaze and methodological approaches to assessing women’s agency as viewers. She is also interested in broader questions of gender and sexuality in the medieval and early modern periods, ...
Associate Professor in Early Medieval History
Department of History
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Professor in Medieval Iberian Studies
Department of Modern Languages
I welcome applications for postgraduate study on an aspect of medieval Iberia, on history and historiography in particular and also on textual editing. I particularly welcome suggestions for digital editing of medieval Iberian texts. I am especially interested in collaborating with Distance Learning projects.
I currently supervise three PhD projects: Holly Kashin Brown’s digital edition and study of three texts written by women authors in the late Middle Ages (with ...
Senior Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern Literature
Department of English Literature
I am pleased to supervise postgraduate work on Arthurian literature and prophecy; romance in translation and cross-border transmission; cultural encounters; wonder and the supernatural.
Teaching Fellow in Byzantine Archaeology
Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies
- Late Roman and Byzantine archaeology; archaeology of the later medieval Aegean world
- Regional histories and economic history of the Byzantine world
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Senior Research Fellow
Department of History
He is currently jointly supervising three PhD students.
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